I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BDO (Dallas, TX) in Oct 2014
Interview
I applied via career website of my university by submitting resume, and also applying via their website. I was selected for the on-campus interview. After that, I received a message within a week that I was invited for an office interview. There were three interviews with partner and managers back-to-back, all one-on-one. It sounds like nerve-taking but the flow of the conversation was smooth, and it was more like walk-through with my resume, my past experiences, my strengths and weaknesses, and my goals etc. There was a lunch session with the audit associates after interviews, which was more relaxed and friendly. I got the verbal confirmation within three hours after all these were done.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"What are your weaknesses?" was the most difficult but not so unexpected question. I would recommend everyone to be prepared to answer this question before any interview.
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at BDO (Dallas, TX) in Oct 2014
Interview
This was for the Dallas office. The process started with me submitting my resume to my colleges career website for the possibility to be considered for an interview that was held on campus. After getting picked for the interview I had a 30 minute interview with one of their senior managers from their Dallas office(where I applied for). This was actually a really different kind of interview for me. It was a really laid back experience and the guy who interviewed me actually started off the interview saying "so what questions do you have for me" I heard back 2 days later that I had been selected for an in office interview that was going to be held 2 weeks from my campus interview. We were given the option of choosing from two different times to start the interview. The office interview consisted of three 30 minute interviews. Two of them were with senior managers and then last one was with a partner. All of the interviews were very casual. Each one asked why I was choosing accounting. The interview with the partner was the most interview like. After the three interviews we went to lunch with two audit associates with two others interviewers. It was a pleasant day. They said they would get back within two weeks with the job offer or not. They got back to me by the end of the day with an offer and I was given to weeks to decide.
Tell me about a time when you were in a group situation and you were a leader and things turned out well, and then tell me about a group situation where things did not go well and how you over came that?
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BDO (Kuala Lumpur) in Nov 2014
Interview
Submitted CV through company visit. HR executive called for interview after 4 weeks. Required to fill up application form and write an essay of not less than 100 words. HR manager and later, audit director and partner conducted interview. It was a group interview of 12 candidates. Most were applying for full time position as audit associate. There were others applying for an internship in the audit department.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If 3 other firms offered you a position to join them, what are the criteria you would have in choosing?