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Lhyviathan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Australia975 Posts
April 28 2008 09:26 GMT
#1
For those who hadn't read my inaugural blog post, I am now in the midst of trying to secure a job position for when I graduate. Over the next three days, I have:

Tuesday - Deloitte group-work task. I think the point of this is for them to assess how well we work in teams. My strategy is to sort of facilitate the discussion, without dominating it... because people who dominate team discussions fail at life.

Wednesday - Interview with Grant Thornton.

Thursday - Interview with KPMG.


Good luck to everyone else in my position!

****
Nal_rA = The Fourth Race
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
April 28 2008 09:49 GMT
#2
you just need to jump in with a strong point to keep the discussion going, then jump out
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Elric
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom1327 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-28 10:00:32
April 28 2008 09:59 GMT
#3
I hated these so-called "teamwork" interview exercises. You probably know already but don't be too nice and let people interrupt you all the time (as that's what everyone will do to try impress the watching assessors).

Try to be engaged 150% with everyone. Easy kudos points for saying timing/structural things like, "ok guys, we've got 30mins and 3 areas to cover, let's aim for 10mins each", "and guys, let's not get too bogged down in this as we need to move on".

There will always be one or cunts who try to dominate. Let them shoot themselves in the foot. Trying to argue directly against (sometimes) bad ideas usually comes across badly. A good tip is to say something like "I think that's an excellent idea but....[insert clever shit here]" or "I see what you're saying, I guess an alternative would be...[insert more clever shit here]. It's all a big gay game.

You are applying for some pretty hardcore jobs so it's gonna be tough. You are gonna get better though after each interview/assessment so no worries if the first doesn't go as well as you hoped. GOOD LUCK.
Lhyviathan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Australia975 Posts
April 28 2008 12:08 GMT
#4
Yeah, if someone tries to dominate, I'll be like "Well, [Name], I see you've thought a lot about this. What's your take on it, [Someone who hasn't spoken]?"
Nal_rA = The Fourth Race
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
April 28 2008 12:21 GMT
#5
I see what you did thar.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
spydR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia243 Posts
April 28 2008 13:10 GMT
#6
Suaaaave.

Good luck with it man, group excercises can be a real pain, hope they go well.
#1 Eric Marienthal fanboy. Dropped engineering for this >.<
Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4844 Posts
April 28 2008 16:30 GMT
#7
PricewaterhouseCoopers > both KPMG and Deloitte, ggnore

I talked a lot about these kind of interviews a lot with a HR senior manager when / after I worked for PwC at a summer job...but I'm still far too inexperienced to give you any useful tip in this situation.
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