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Ernst & Young Senior Consultant Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 4 Mar 2025

Top Ernst & Young Senior Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. 1. What is Virtual DOM? How does it work & Its algorithm? 2. React component life cycle in detail? 3. Higher-order components? 4. Basic javascript based object/Array- ...read more
  • Q2. Risk management experience and audit work experience?
  • Q3. A North American telecom operator wants to enter the Indian market. They hire you as a consultant. How would you go about helping them in making a decision? And also how ...read more
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Ernst & Young Senior Consultant Interview Experiences

111 interviews found

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Don't worry much about interview questions. Just prepare basics and the most important thing is confidence. My interview was quite good. And always remember to have good connect with your interviewer if po...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have confidence and always ask questions from your interviewer after everything gets completed.

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical and related to the job
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical and realated to job

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just focus your job and try to get this through

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Senior Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

user image SHIVAM CHOUHAN

posted on 28 Oct 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Roles and responsibilties of BA Previous organisation lending experience, roles and responsibilities
Round 3 - L2 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Previous orgnisation experience Role and responsibilities in organization

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Selenium and Webdriver architecture
  • Q2. Automation Framework worked
  • Ans. 

    I have experience in designing and implementing automation frameworks using various tools and technologies.

    • Designed and implemented automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG

    • Developed custom libraries and utilities to enhance automation capabilities

    • Integrated automation with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins

    • Implemented BDD frameworks using Cucumber and Gherkin syntax

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Team handling experience

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Projects worked on, experience
  • Q2. What projects I had worked on
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Projects I had worked on
  • Q2. Past experience in projects
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary and culture fitment

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be yourself, talk about what you have worked on and what you contributed

Get interview-ready with Top Ernst & Young Interview Questions

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Apr 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Coding Questions Questions on AWS and Cloud Java Questions
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on Functional Programming, Database, Design Patterns SQL Queries

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Strengthen your technical part, questions are basically technical for tech consulting part.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Case Study 

You are asked about the various skills related to BFSI domain, Agile, water fall and the project that you have worked upon. the changes that you bought in a change and the complexity . The type of the projects that you handled and the way of execution

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. If any tech areas that you have mentioned, then the abouts of the technology like PL SQL and may more
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary negotiation and Joining dates

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - EY is purely service based organization, where in the
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. It was started with Tell me about yourself, followed by questions from my CV and other technical questions such as What is 5 step model of ind as 115, which is the first note in notes to accounts, auditing...
  • Q2. Difference between AS and IndAS.
  • Ans. 

    AS and IndAS are accounting standards used in India. IndAS is based on IFRS while AS is based on Indian GAAP.

    • AS stands for Accounting Standards while IndAS stands for Indian Accounting Standards.

    • AS is based on Indian GAAP while IndAS is based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

    • IndAS is more comprehensive and detailed than AS.

    • IndAS is mandatory for certain companies while AS is being phased out.

    • IndAS ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please prepare questions from your resume. Also prepare for auditing assertions, auditing procedures, major observations during audit etc.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in May 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Calculate angle between minute hand and hour hand of a clock at a given period of time
  • Ans. 

    Calculate angle between minute hand and hour hand of a clock at a given period of time

    • Calculate the angle between the two hands using the formula: |(30H - 11/2M)|

    • Where H is the hour and M is the minute

    • Take the absolute value of the result

    • If the result is greater than 180, subtract it from 360 to get the acute angle

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. You have 2 unevenly greased ropes and 1 candle. Burning of 1 complete rope takes 1 hour. How will you calculate 45 minutes

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 2 Technical rounds of interview with EY and 2 rounds of client interview. Questions on each and every technology you have mentioned, database queries, java8 stream coding questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions about self and previous experience
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manager round - accounting standards
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Partner Round - about yourself

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be calm
Be confident
Accounting Standards
IFRS
IndAS

Ernst & Young Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Ernst & Young Senior Consultant interview?
Ernst & Young interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Ernst & Young interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Ernst & Young Senior Consultant interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Ernst & Young. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Ernst & Young expect are Quality Assurance, Agile Coaching, International Taxation, Taxation and Client Servicing.
What are the top questions asked in Ernst & Young Senior Consultant interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Ernst & Young Senior Consultant interview -

  1. 1. What is Virtual DOM? How does it work & Its algorithm? 2. React component li...read more
  2. Risk management experience and audit work experien...read more
  3. A North American telecom operator wants to enter the Indian market. They hire y...read more
How long is the Ernst & Young Senior Consultant interview process?

The duration of Ernst & Young Senior Consultant interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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