EY Interview Experiences

Tax Associate

Toronto, ON

Fall 2025Accepted

Wilfrid Laurier University · Business Administration

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 2 past internships

Easy Interview

BehavioralVirtualConversational

Quick call to confirm interest then a 15 min presentation on problem solving approach, pretty unusual. Final was STAR behavioral about difficult decisions and why do u want EY

Questions Asked

1.“Describe a time you identified a tax planning opportunity for a client”

Audit Associate

Kitchener, ON

Summer 2026Accepted

Wilfrid Laurier University · Business Administration

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 0 past internships

Easy Interview

BehavioralPre-recordedMultiple roundsVirtual

Campus event then hirevue then final round with a manager. Manager was asking why EY and about a project where I had to work with conflicting data. Nothing too accounting specific at the co-op level. Process took about three weeks and communication was good throughout.

Questions Asked

1.“Explain audit risk. What are its three components?”

Technology Consultant

Edmonton, AB

Summer 2026Accepted

University of Alberta · Commerce

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships

Average Interview

Case studyBehavioralMultiple roundsVirtual

The partner kept the conversation going even when I was thinking out loud, felt more like a chat than a grilling. Case was on an insurance company modernizing claims processing, heavy on change management and process redesign. Behavioral screen before that was standard

Questions Asked

1.“How would you identify the root cause of poor organizational productivity at a client?”
2.“Describe how you'd run a stakeholder workshop to align on a future-state operating model”

Consulting Analyst

Toronto, ON

Summer 2026No Offer

University of Toronto · Mechanical Engineering

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 2 past internships

Average Interview

Case studyBehavioralMultiple roundsVirtual

Panel interview with two managers asking SQL questions. They wanted me to write a query to find duplicate records using GROUP BY and HAVING. Also how I'd explain a data finding to someone non technical. SQL portion seemed to be weighted more heavily

Questions Asked

1.“A hospital wants to reduce medication errors by 40%. How do you approach this problem?”

Technology Risk Analyst

Mississauga, ON

Fall 2025No Offer

Toronto Metropolitan University · Computer Science

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 1 past internship

Average Interview

TechnicalBehavioralMultiple roundsVirtual

Know IT audit concepts deep, not just concptually if you're applying here. Hirevue then a technical round on IT controls and cybersecurity risks in financial reporting. Final behavioral with a director. Five weeks total

Questions Asked

1.“A client has significant gaps in its internal controls over financial reporting. How do you prioritize remediation?”

Tax Associate

Toronto, ON

Fall 2023No Offer

University of Waterloo · Accounting and Financial Management

3rd year · 2.1-2.4 GPA · 1 past internship

Easy Interview

BehavioralVirtualSlow process

Transfer pricing team, hireVue 5 questions all behavioral then two zoom interviews first asked why tax over audit and about my hobbies kind of random and second was STAR questions about handling stress.

Questions Asked

1.“Tell me about a challenging technical tax question you worked through and how you resolved it”

Data Science

Montreal, QC

Winter 2025Accepted

Concordia University · Computer Science

4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship

Average Interview

BehavioralVirtualConversational

The HackerRank OA had three parts, coding then SQL then an API task and I thought I did fine on coding but the SQL was rough

Questions Asked

1.“Whats the difference between a decision tree and a logistic regression model?”
2.“How do you communicate model results to a non-technical stakeholder?”

Technology Consultant

Toronto, ON

Summer 2025Accepted

Toronto Metropolitan University · Information Technology

5th year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 3 past internships

Easy Interview

Multiple roundsBehavioralConversationalIn-Person

Way more relaxed than expected for a big 4 interview, phone screen then in person at the office with two people and questions about teamwork and why public accounting that was it

Questions Asked

1.“Describe a time you had to push back on a client's request”

Risk Analyst

Toronto, ON

Fall 2025No Offer

University of Waterloo · Accounting and Financial Management

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 1 past internship

Easy Interview

BehavioralVirtualMultiple rounds

Two person panel caught me off guard.My answer wasn't structured enough, didn't move forward

Questions Asked

1.“How does Basel III affect a bank's capital requirements”
2.“What is a credit rating and how do rating agencies assign them?”

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