Application Process & Interviews at Baker Tilly Staples Rodway

Was still coming out of Covid at the time so had a online interview with a director and manager. Following was asked to complete a online assessment.

The interview process is straightforward to navigate, and the assessments are enjoyable.

Initial assessment, then two interviews.

Interview process was quite straight forward. Had to submit a cover letter and CV and indicate which service line I was interested in. Once I did that, I did some psychometric tests. Within a week I was asked to have an interview.

Interview is usually done with Senior Manager above, and could include directors as well. Interviewing process is pretty chill, just feels like a conversation.

During Covid restrictions therefore had an online interview and online cognitive test.

Why I believed one of my grades was not as good as the rest of them. Goals and how I see myself/contribution as an individual and team member

Teamwork, excel ability.

No technical questions were asked in the interview. The questions asked were mostly about me and my ability to communicate with others and deal with certain situations.

What experiences I had, what my strengths and weaknesses are, generally what kind of a person I am and what characters I had.

Why do you think "worst grade" in academic transcript was achieved?

Do the research, know some history/services and use this in the interview.

Learn as much as possible about yourself, ensuring that you can articulate exactly what you accomplished in each of your experiences.

Be yourself! I felt that they want to know about you as a person and how you operate rather than what you know. Having past job experience (not necessarily in the accounting field) is advantageous as it shows that you can work in teams.

Be genuine with your responses, it's more about seeing whether you would be a good fit for the company and in my opinion it comes down to 1. what kind of a person you are & 2. how committed you are or would be to the role once you jump into it.

Research the company prior, know what they do and when certain milestones were achieved in the businesses history.