I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BDO (London, England) in Sep 2019
Interview
I went through an agency, there was a 2 stage process.
First stage with support function team leader and another colleague already in the role.
Second stage with 1 partner and 1 director. The partner, who admitted not reading my CV in the first 5 minutes of the meeting, was on the offensive from the get go. He berated me for the format of my CV for 10 mins (whilst I apologised), all the while KNOWING that their HR department copied and pasted my original document and didn't keep my formatting. After completely throwing me off my game, he was rude, aggressive and unapologetic about it. The other woman in the room did nothing. She could see that I was on the verge of tears due to the way I was being treated and carried on asking questions as if I was stupid. I've never been more embarrassed in an interview in my life, through no fault of my own, so much so that I rescinded my application to work there! This seemed to be reflective of the company ethos. It was intentional and I am DISGUSTED by this company and will continuously tell everyone to avoid!
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at BDO (Manchester, England) in Apr 2024
Interview
Slow process overall as the recruitment team weren'tvery responsive. The people who interviewed me were great and the interview itself was well structured but unfortunately I wasn't lucky enough to get the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Competency based questions which were based on prior experience
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at BDO (Sydney)
Interview
The interview process was a positive experience. Although I was not successful in the position, BDO were organised and responsive with regular updates in regards to next steps. Both of my interviews were in person. The first was with an EA and the second was with 2 x partners and an EA. All team members who interviewed me were lovely.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself outside of work, what do you like to do on your days off?
I applied online. I interviewed at BDO (Liverpool, England) in Jan 2023
Interview
I passed the first interview and was really pleased. However the second interview was horrendous. It was rescheduled four times and the interviewer explained my personality was not showing. I found the process awful and unbelievable that an interviewer could be so rude after rescheduling so many times!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Deeper dive questions were asked. All basic questions were asked at the first interview