I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at EY (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2012
Interview
The entire hiring process was smooth, but a little longer than I expected (10 weeks). My resume was submitted by a recruiter for ITAS. After 2-3 weeks they scheduled a telephonic interview. It was a half an hour discussion about my experience, which projects I have worked on, why I want to join E&Y, etc. The guy on the phone liked me and straightaway told me he was forwarding my name for the next step. After a few weeks, they flew me to San fransisco for face to face interviews. This was 4 half an hour discussions with a manager, senior manager, executive director and a partner. The questions were mostly behavioral - why I want to leave current company, why E&Y, etc. The manager and senior manager asked me resume questions about my experience, my opinions about certain technologies, what approach I would take for certain problems, etc. The other two guys only had get to know you kind of conversations. Overall everybody was friendly and nice.
In just two days I received their verbal confirmation that they were going to make an offer, but it took 6 weeks to actually get the offer letter (I suppose the delay was because it was end of the year time). All in all, very good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing unexpected. Behavioral and resume questions.
Was hybrid
First online and then offline
There were two rounds in total
Virtually with partner
The offline with Hr in Gurgaon
Then waited for 2 months
Then got a call
The got the offer letter
Questions based on role client round is completely scenerio based. Few hands on part is verified. Linux basic to advanced Kubernetes, Config management, Monitoring, vault management SQL queries, prometheus, Grafana splunk jenkins stages of CI CD
It was good and very handy questions on resume and basic understanding of topics . General topics regarding pega CSA and CSSA with hands on question . Also expect some of project managerial skill .