EY Junior Consultant interview questions

I was called first for a zoom interview where the manager would be present and an employee of the HR. After thoroughly explaining the masters i have obtained and my work experience the manager asked me whether the pursuing of three masters concurrently would stand in the way of being a good employee. As i came to realize she had not heard me at all the entire interview. I then went on to explain i had obtained all three llms and her response was that i had to tell her what the llms were about and what was my thesis subject . When i kindly told her i had already elaborated them but i wpuld be more than happy to explain further she criticised me for not being a comprehensive narrator ! She also corrected me once when i said i am currently dealing with aspects of corporate law in the firm i work at and said no you are wrong its commercial law ! All the questions asked were targeted on whether i am willing to work relentless hours with pressure and sometimes high tones ! Specifically i was asked how i would handle and urgent matter ! I said i was willing to work more and overtime in case of an urgent matter but if that happens on an everyday basis i would consider it . They replied that the department where i will be is new and hence i will have to work more. When i asked them to specify i only received the answer from the HR that anyways lawyers dont have a work schedule with a smile on his face! After that i was asked how i would react if there would be high tones in the office during times of pressure. In particular i was asked : if there is pressure at work and someone yells eg your manager due to stress what would you do ? Would you take it personally or not ? Then they asked me if anyone from my work had ever mentioned my flaws to me and if i have any flaw related to work ! In general the whole interview was disgracing towards the employee. Fun fact they called me for an interview because i had the level of expertise of a mid level to senior yet they could only offer me the salary of a junior because after all i applied for a junior position. They also mentioned that if needed be i will have to work on legal projects of other teams to assist them ( they wouldn hire other people for the new department i would be placed so i would have to work overtime while i would have to work other departments as well?) . To all the questions asked all answers they gave me were vague. I also have to mention that the cancelled the first interview last minute. Later i was called for a second interview at their premises which are far from downtown. After arriving at the premises despite a riot at the day and having waited for fifteen minutes alone at a meeting room ( needless to say they rescheduled the second interview last minute as well ) another employee of the HR came to let me know that the manager with whom i would meet and for whom i drove all the way to the premises would not be present but would attend via zoom ! Again i was asked the same questions. When asked about the overtime i replied that it had to be clarified fo me whether i will be working overtime e g. 12 hours a day because it is something i do not wish to do on a daily basis . The reply i received from the HR was that she is not sure whether i will have to work that long but its possible but i would have to refer to the manager again just to be sure(who had left the chat for a meeting after posing the questions and replying vaguely and with generalities) . They then let me know that there would be a third interview for which i was never called ( i assume due to the fact that i made clear that i would like to have some personal life ) . To my dissatisfaction i have sent two emails to be informed on whether the position has been filled and to this day (two weeks following my emails) they have not been replied. I am very disappointed for their behavior they are supposed to be a big four . If they needed the nee department to run smoothly they should hire more personel since they have the resources rather than pressuring an employee to be to work overtime for a poor salary. The questions asked to me were against any labor right and should be banned. Clear answers to the employee in regards the type of job he / she will conduct which departments he/she would assist should be answered so that the employee has a clear understanding of the role. Otherwise the whole interview seems like a way to take advantage of the employee to be.

J’ai d’abord eu un Entretien téléphonique, puis ensuite j’ai du faire un test de logique. Après cela j’ai clôture entretien avec HR et Director. J’ai ensuite reçu mon offre que j’ai décidé d’accepter. Cela a été facilité car c’était en cours d’année et il y’avait un besoin spécifique pour un projet déjà en cours.