Re: Cadetships 2007
btw..for those of you who are applying for cadetships in 2008...and are going for KPMG..this is what they said in the rejection email:
[FONT=times new roman, times, serif]"We've found that successful KPMG professionals tend to share certain vocational and personal attributes and at our interviews are looking for candidates who can demonstrate skills in the following areas:[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman, times, serif]- Task Management;
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]- Communication and influence;
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]- Team skills;
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]- Commercial awareness;
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]- Problem Solving;
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]- Career motivation;[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]
-[/FONT] [FONT=times new roman, times, serif]Professionalism; and
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]- Continuous Learning.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman, times, serif]Our interviewers look for candidates who can provide evidence from their own experiences of these skills. The best way to describe your experience in an interview is to include the following information in your responses:[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman, times, serif]Situation: what was happening
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]Action: what action you took
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman, times, serif]Outcome: what was the outcome"[/FONT]
Some tips for those applying next year:
First Round: Interview with middle level manager/team leader type of person - strict booklet of behavioural style qustions. Google 'behavioural interviewing' if you have no idea what i'm on about! Sorry - I can't remember any of the specific questions asked, but, i found that just by going over tyical bahavioural style questions the night before, i knew what i was on about it...Don't be nervous!
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Second Round:
- Partner Interview: Much more intimidating (for me anyway) then the first interview. The partner doesn't ask as much questions, and wasn't as conversational as the first round one (for me anyway). You need to appear confident, and actually know what the division you are applying for is about (I did...but I think I talked at him wayy too much).
- Group Task: People arranged in groups, sat around a table. Given a scenario. Our sceanario was about potential recievers of a kidney transplant; we we're the doctors choosing who would get the kidney out of four people. We we're given a sheet which outlined a little bit about each person. We got to read this sheet individually for 3mins, and then we had to discuss it as a group. Then we had to present our decision to the 'ethical board of the hospital'.
- Written Task: Was a computer task. Had to compile an email based on all of these pieces of information (other emails) sent to various people about some job a company was requested to do. Involved adding up a whole bunch of numbers and being able to perform basic multiplication. Was very easy.
That is all.
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