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study on“四大”网申
第一部分 四大OPEN QUESTIONS情况简介
KPMG
KPMG的网站是四大里面做得最好的,内容丰富,有中文版,网速飞快。
KPMG网申的开放式问题有代表性,建议大家认真写。写完一次之后,再申请后面三家就方便了
1)Please give a brief summary of your current recreational and leisure activities, including sports and hobbies. (热身问题)
2)What clubs and societies are you a member of and in what capacity? (团队合作经历的引子)
3)What factors have influenced your career choice? (重要问题,答案最好跟申请的工作有关)
4)Outline your career ambitions and objectives. (重要问题,“N年内做经理 + 我的CICPA考试计划”)
5)Describe your greatest success or a situation where you exceeded your own expectations. (看性格,四大挺喜欢完美主义者的)
PwC
1) Why are you applying for this position? (工作性质,职业生涯目标,公司声望等)
2) Please explain how your personal qualities, skills, knowledge and working experience will help you to be successful in the position for which you are applying. (关键问题,见“准备篇”)
3) What community or students’ clubs do you belong to and to what extent are you involved?
4) Any additional information? (把KPMG其余的答案写上去吧:)
EY
1)Please describe your career objective and what you have done to date to achieve it. (Maximum 100 English words)
2)Please include any other information which you may consider relevant to your application. (Maximum 100 English words)
有了前两家的经验,会写了吧。
DTT
DTT的网申是无OPEN Q的,页数也特别少,只有两页。但DTT的网站速度比较慢,所以如果宿舍的教育网不好用,大家就去办个ADSL吧,在找工的过程中很有用。
DTT的网申筛选是北京中聘网做的,今年有点混乱,很多人不明不白就被刷下来了。后来有部分人去投诉,然后又进了。
第二部分 四大OPEN QUESTIONS答案参考
1)Please give a brief summary of your current recreational and leisure activities, including sports and hobbies.
My current recreational and leisure activities are as follows:
Reading: I am fond of reading detective novels, thrillers (e.g. Alfred Hitchcock’s);
Movies and TV play series: I am a moviegoer and recently I saw Schindler’s List, which is directed by Steven Spielberg. My favorite TV play series are American sitcoms (e.g. Friends);
Dancing: I am learning ballroom dance as an elective course;
Sports: I always go jogging and rope skipping to keep fit;
Drawing: I enjoy doodling and I’m very good at facsimile. You can find my graffito on my sketch paper or the blank places of my textbooks.
2)What clubs and societies are you a member of and in what capacity?
I worked as a team player on the student team belonging to Market Research Section in Beijing New Oriental School last year (Jan. 2008-Sep. 2008). New Oriental Education & Technology Group focuses on foreign language education and training. The group was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on September 7, 2006, the first private education company to achieve this feat in China.
Main goal of our team: Collect and analyze useful data from activities of other education and training companies and then transfer the data into information, which will make considerable contribution to managers’ decisions.
My duties and responsibilities: Collect data from activities of our competitors (e.g. New Channel International Education Group Ltd.), including the number of students, the location of teaching building, the date of courses, new training projects, etc. Obtain the data and information by visiting their official website or consulting directly through phone call. Input and save the data in Excel in an organized way. Participate in lectures and campaigns held by our competitors and record information such as date, place, lecturer and content in Word. Analyze merits and defects of these activities. Take part in meetings every other week to discuss difficulties we met and bring up constructive measures to solve these problems.
Results and learning: Last summer holiday I received an individual prize for excellent performance of the last half year’s hard work. This experience cultivates my strong team spirits and the ability to work well under pressure.
3)What factors have influenced your career choice?
Subjective factors:
1) Personality: Cautious, patient, responsible; sensitive and accurate with numbers; look at challenges as opportunities; a quick learner;
2) Ability: Good interpersonal skills, leadership potentials, strong team spirits, ability to work well under pressure, ability to work efficiently and pay attention to detail;
3) Skills: Language Skill: Understand most articles in English, engage in an extended conversation with English-speaking foreigners, write a report or essay that communicates the desired messages;
Computer Skill: Collect and analyze data with Excel, confident with other Microsoft Office applications, email and the web;
Professional Skill: Attain the knowledge of accounting and financial management; analyze the financial reports basically;
Objective factors:
1) Family: My father is a computer teacher and my mother is an engineer. They are both intelligent. I am the only child so that I have to take the financial burden and take care of them when they are old;
2) Educational background: My major is financial management and I have learnt a combination of courses in financial accounting, management accounting, Financial Management and Financial Statement Analysis. Other relevant courses include Accounting Computerization, Assets Appraisal and Internal Control.
3) Social background and economic trends: In the recent twelve years, China actively participates in globalization, especially the economic globalization, which has obviously affected the career choices of Chinese young people.
4)Outline your career ambitions and objectives.
Short-term objective: Be involved in a dynamic and fast growing company, which provides me with great opportunities to improve my skills and accumulate experiences;
Mid-term objective: After the efforts and study for a couple of years, I could be a qualified professional such as an excellent accountant or auditor, who can be a considerable leader striving for the prosperity of the company;
Long-term objective: Set up a company of my own. To be the chairman as well as CFO;
Besides, I have to attain professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA during the pursuit of my career ambitions.
1)Please give a brief summary of your current recreational and leisure activities, including sports and hobbies.
My current recreational and leisure activities are as follows:
Reading: I am fond of reading detective novels, thrillers (e.g. Alfred Hitchcock’s);
Movies and TV play series: I am a moviegoer and recently I saw Schindler’s List, which is directed by Steven Spielberg. My favorite TV play series are American sitcoms (e.g. Friends);
Dancing: I am learning ballroom dance as an elective course;
Sports: I always go jogging and rope skipping to keep fit;
Drawing: I enjoy doodling and I’m very good at facsimile. You can find my graffito on my sketch paper or the blank places of my textbooks.
2)What clubs and societies are you a member of and in what capacity?
I worked as a team player on the student team belonging to Market Research Section in Beijing New Oriental School last year (Jan. 2008-Sep. 2008). New Oriental Education & Technology Group focuses on foreign language education and training. The group was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on September 7, 2006, the first private education company to achieve this feat in China.
Main goal of our team: Collect and analyze useful data from activities of other education and training companies and then transfer the data into information, which will make considerable contribution to managers’ decisions.
My duties and responsibilities: Collect data from activities of our competitors (e.g. New Channel International Education Group Ltd.), including the number of students, the location of teaching building, the date of courses, new training projects, etc. Obtain the data and information by visiting their official website or consulting directly through phone call. Input and save the data in Excel in an organized way. Participate in lectures and campaigns held by our competitors and record information such as date, place, lecturer and content in Word. Analyze merits and defects of these activities. Take part in meetings every other week to discuss difficulties we met and bring up constructive measures to solve these problems.
Results and learning: Last summer holiday I received an individual prize for excellent performance of the last half year’s hard work. This experience cultivates my strong team spirits and the ability to work well under pressure.
3)What factors have influenced your career choice?
Subjective factors:
1) Personality: Cautious, patient, responsible; sensitive and accurate with numbers; look at challenges as opportunities; a quick learner;
2) Ability: Good interpersonal skills, leadership potentials, strong team spirits, ability to work well under pressure, ability to work efficiently and pay attention to detail;
3) Skills: Language Skill: Understand most articles in English, engage in an extended conversation with English-speaking foreigners, write a report or essay that communicates the desired messages;
Computer Skill: Collect and analyze data with Excel, confident with other Microsoft Office applications, email and the web;
Professional Skill: Attain the knowledge of accounting and financial management; analyze the financial reports basically;
Objective factors:
1) Family: My father is a computer teacher and my mother is an engineer. They are both intelligent. I am the only child so that I have to take the financial burden and take care of them when they are old;
2) Educational background: My major is financial management and I have learnt a combination of courses in financial accounting, management accounting, Financial Management and Financial Statement Analysis. Other relevant courses include Accounting Computerization, Assets Appraisal and Internal Control.
3) Social background and economic trends: In the recent twelve years, China actively participates in globalization, especially the economic globalization, which has obviously affected the career choices of Chinese young people.
4)Outline your career ambitions and objectives.
Short-term objective: Be involved in a dynamic and fast growing company, which provides me with great opportunities to improve my skills and accumulate experiences;
Mid-term objective: After the efforts and study for a couple of years, I could be a qualified professional such as an excellent accountant or auditor, who can be a considerable leader striving for the prosperity of the company;
Long-term objective: Set up a company of my own. To be the chairman as well as CFO;
Besides, I have to attain professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA during the pursuit of my career ambitions.
KPMG 2008 open questions解答示例
1、Please give a brief summary of your current recreational and leisure activities, including sports and hobbies.
My hobbies and interests are as follows:
1,Reading:I stay hunger for knowledge.I like reading BusinessWeek,The New York Times and so on;
2,Dancing:I am full of passion and really enjoy Lunba;
3:Writting: I built up my Blog and kept my daily writting;
4,Sport: I am good at basketball and I participate in School Team as a key player.
2、What clubs and societies are you a member of and in what capacity?
Microsoft Technology Club Founder and Vice President Mar 2006-Mar 2007
-The largest local student-run organization registered in Microsoft
-Operated as liaison between local chapter and national headquarters
-Maintained daily operations while organizing weekly chapter events
3、What factors have influenced your career choice?
On the one hand, all the qualifications I have cultivated on campus, such as outstanding English ability, demonstrated leadership and collaboration potential, excellent interpersonal skill are the essential points to meet the need of the job.
On the other hand, arising from my interests to choose the functional job I like, I am sure I would play my talents and capacity as much as possible. Meanwhile, KPMG definitely will offer me a good training class and career cultivation to transform my potential to be professional.
Though I am not professional, I have the enthusiasm and potentiality to be evolved in KPMG to cultivate myself to be a qualified staff.After the long-term efforts and study, I can be a considerable manager striving for the prosperity of the company.
4、Outline your career ambitions and objectives.
My short-term career objective is to be involved in a dynamic and fast growing company, which provides me with a great opportunity to permanently grow as much as possible through the challenging work.
Meanwhile, my long-term objective is continuously to be familiar with my job and grow with the development of the company. After the long-term efforts and study, I want to be a qualified professional, who can be a considerable manager striving for the prosperity of the company.
5、Describe your greatest success or a situation where you exceeded your own expectations.
PWC open questions 回答示例
1) Why are you applying for this position?
1点写 会计领域的忠诚度
2点写 PWC在会计领域里面哪方面最好,有突出贡献,
3点写 有个师姐在里面,听到很多奇闻异事,有兴趣
4点写 自己曾经过过一些会计数据方面知识,加深了对于PWC了解
例一
PwC is one of the leading global professional service firm with good reputation.
I wish I could implement my acquired knowledge to the firm and continue expansion and growth with PwC. The chances to access to different industies attracts me too,In my opinion,it could bring me a brand new sight and make me grow and succeed in the career path.
The audit and assurance services aims enhance the degree of confidence of the intended users,It not only beneficial to the shareholder,but also the whole organization and the society.The job fits my qualification,therefore, I apply the audit and assurance services in PwC and willing to be a valuable asset.
例二As it is universally accepted that accounting is the only language in commercial world, I suppose that it would be easier for me to grow to a professional manager from a fresh graduate and to be close to the core of the commercial world if I choose accountant as my first profession. After all, accounting is the common value of industries, government, and individuals in modern society.
Assurance is the longest established business in PwC and is also dynamic and fast growing, It will truly provide me with a great opportunity to work with a dynamic group of well-trained professionals and I am so eager to develop my talents and knowledge into this area.
2) Please explain how your personal qualities, skills, knowledge and working experience will help you to be successful in the position for which you are applying(这个是关键问题!!所以多给大家几个例子). ( via: )
例一
There’re 3 things in my life I excelled: English learning; badminton; painting.
So I think it’s fair to say I’ve got everything you can expect from a English learner (assiduity, brightness, communication skill, ability and eagerness to learn), from an athlete (tough, c
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