Devamsha’s Big 4 Competency Bible:

Final Interview
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Table of contents:
Competencies
Communication
Achievement of goals
Commercial awareness
Career motivation
Planning and organisational skills
Adaptability
Problem solving

Firm Values
Integrity
Outstanding value to markets & clients
Commitment to each other
Strength from cultural diversity

Questions to ask
One question about the service line
One question about the person who is interviewing you

Interview
Competencies
For any and all competency examples below, write down your example.

The competencies below should prompt you to think of as many varied as examples as possible
to help you cover all bases.

★ Tips:
● When answering competency questions you can give examples from work, study
or personal life, but make sure you give a wide variety of examples and a
different example to answer each question.
● Don't go into too much background detail when answering competency
questions. Your interviewer only wants to know about your past behaviours.
Further detail is redundant.
● Make sure your answers and examples you use are the most relevant to the
questions asked, rather than the most impressive or elaborate.
● Don't make your answers up! Your interviewer will find this very easy to spot.
● You can use one situation for two different competencies, but I would
recommend you use as many different situations as possible, as it shows you
have a greater variety of experiences.
● Examples from university course projects are fine - just vary them!

Outline of the competencies

➔ Communication (POD, PBD, TBOB, LGB)

◆ Persuade someone (POD)
◆ Presentation example (PBD)
◆ Team work, were you appreciated? (TBOB)
◆ Leadership example (LGB)
➔ Achievement of goals (BCS, CDU, IWS, GUM, FSR)
◆ Business minded decision (BCS)
◆ Recent crisis you handled (CDU)
◆ Initiative (IWS)
◆ Past goals (GUM)
◆ Failed a goal (FSR)
➔ Commercial Awareness
◆ Private Equity
◆ Private limited vs Public limited company
◆ Company you think is performing well and why
● Use any companies that have pivoted well during COVID - i.e. Skype vs
Zoom
◆ Company success qualities
 ◆Were you ever given the task of improving a service or product?
◆Provided excellent customer service
◆Responsible for a budget
◆Audit in layman's terms
● Independent review of the company’s business and documentation
◆ Simplified version of audit
● Scope | Research risks | Info and data | Analyse | Question | Document |
Compliance | Evaluate | Report
◆ Financial statements analysed
● Primary statements: Balance Sheet, Income statement, Cash flow
statement, Equity statement | Secondary: principal policies applied, and
assumptions
◆ Documents checked
◆ What does the ACA/CA involve
◆ Audit tests
● Control operates effectively over time, transactions are accurate,
indicators of fraud or error, refer to risk appetite and key risk indicators
◆ Recent news interests
◆ Recent news that affects professional service firms
◆ Issues are currently affecting the industry
◆ Issues currently affecting *company you’re applying to*
◆ How to miitigate these issues
◆ Role of *company you’re applying to* in the industry
◆ How would you run *company you’re applying to* for a day
➔ Career motivation
◆ Degree choice
◆ Why *company you’re applying to*
◆ Why Audit?
◆ What led to you applying to *company you’re applying to*
◆ What do *company you’re applying to* do in Audit
◆ Why *London / office you’re applying to*
◆ Why not other Big 4?
◆ ACA/CA prep
◆ Do you know what you’ll do in your 1st year?
◆ Other applications?
◆ Why *company you’re applying to* > Others?
➔ Planning and Organisation
◆ Plan/organise something (POT)
◆ Had to change plans
◆ Multi-task (MFS)
◆ Task prioritisation (PEC)
◆ Failed to complete on time (FRU)
➔ Adaptability (ABCA, CDM)
 ◆ Adapt to a situation (ABCA)
◆ Biggest challenge (CDM)
➔ Problem solving (DTF, POC, PSO, CS)
◆ Big decision (DTF)
◆ Work under pressure (POC)
◆ Overcome a problem at work (PSO)
◆ Conflict with co-workers (CS)
Communication
● Persuade someone
● Presentation example
● Team work, were you appreciated?
● Leadership example

Explanation:
● This is a basic requirement you should demonstrate very well.

Possible Questions + Answers

● Give me an example of when you have had to persuade someone.

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1. What you think you learnt from this experience?
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3. What would you do differently next time (if anything)?
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4. What was the timescale for this?
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5. What are some of the challenges you faced?
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5. What are some of the challenges you faced?
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● Time you had to work in a team? And, Have your teammates appreciated your
work, how would you measure their appreciation?
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● Tell me about a time when you had to lead?

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Achievement of goals
● Business minded decision
● Recent crisis you handled
● Initiative
● Past goals
● Failed a goal

Explanation:
● This competency aims to demonstrate drive and ambition which firms really value from
graduates. They look for enthusiastic and keen starters who are open to facing many
different situations (lots of different clients) and that you will be able to problem solve and
act level headed for during busy/stressful periods.

Possible Questions + Answers

● Give me an instance of the best business minded decision you have made?
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1. What you think you learnt from this experience?
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4. What was the timescale for this?
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5. What are some of the challenges you faced?

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● Tell me a recent crisis you handled?

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● Tell me a time when you used your initiative to improve a way of doing things?
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● Do you have any goals in the past and how did you achieve it?
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● Tell me of a time when you failed to achieve a goal?

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Commercial awareness
Explanation:
● You need to demonstrate that you have a refined business knowledge and acumen,
which is something that is practiced daily in many careers related to accounting and
finance. Sound business knowledge will allow you to make deeper analyses and apply it
well to the context you are in.

Possible Questions + Answers

c. Company you think is performing well and why
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d. Company success qualities
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e. Given the task of improving a service or product?
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f. Provided excellent customer service
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g. Responsible for a budget
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h. Audit in layman's terms
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i. Simplified version of audit
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j. Financial statements analysed
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k. Documents checked
l. What does the ACA involve
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m. Audit tests
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n. Mitigate these issues
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o. Role of *company you’re applying to* in the industry
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p. Ran *company you’re applying to* for a day
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q. What is private equity?
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r. What is the difference between a private limited company and public limited
company?
s. Describe a company you think is doing well/badly and explain why you
think this is so.
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t. What do you think are key qualities for a company to have to be
successful?
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u. What significant factors have affected this industry in recent years?
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v. Tell me of a time when you were given the task of improving a service or
product?
w. Tell me about a time you provided excellent customer service.
x. Tell me of a time when you have been responsible for a budget.
y. What is Audit in Layman’s terms?
■ It is effectively an independent review of how a company operates;
evaluates where money comes from, where it goes, and what it does
throughout the company. Thus the audit team tracks this money from
when it arrives in the company all the way to when it leaves, be it dividend
or expenditure, and was it legitimate, mismanaged, or illegal. Provides the
assurance that management has presented a fair view of the company.
z. What is the simplified version of Audit
■ Define the scope
1. Planning phase
■ Research identification of key risks
1. Market releases, industry reports, and client discussion
■ Gather relevant information and data
1. Client systems, staff and 3rd party (e.g bank statements)
■ Analyse and review client information and data
1. Challenge the information the client has given you and use your
understanding of business to evaluate the information and form
expectations
■ Prepare questions
1. Questions are used to fill in gaps that the expectations do not
cover
■ Document findings and conclusions
■ Identify and assess compliance with certain standards
1. Check all documents against their compliance standards
■ Identify opportunities for improvements
1. Use the audit to advise them on where and how to improve
■ Reporting
1. Provide the client’s board of directors with an independent audit
report, and a separate report with the key risks and conclusions
aa. What kind of financial statements would be analysed?
■ Depends on the country but usually the primary statements,
 1. Balance sheet
2. Income statement
3. Cash flow statement
4. Equity statement
■ Sometimes the disclosures:
1. Principal accounting policies applied / key assumptions relating to
accounting estimates including the legally required information
bb. What are the audit tests involved?
■ The tests in the process of Auditing
1. Test that the control operates effectively over time (eg. that
reconciliations are signed off monthly as having been completed
correctly) and that the underlying transactions are accurate (eg.
that an individual reconciliation was accurate when you
re-performed it). This describes undertaking compliance and
substantive testing
2. Testing can look for indicators of fraud or error, in other words,
analysing expenses paid on the same date to see if the claim has
been split due to authorisation levels
3. testing should refer to the organisation’s risk appetite/key risk
indicators where relevant
■ The tests to gain the qualification from the ICAEW/ICAS

cc. What dynamics were needed to work in audit?

■ Analytical
■ Team work
■ Leadership
■ Communication/networks
■ Business awareness
dd. If you were running *company you’re applying to* for a day, what would
you do?
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1. 60% of time internally
2. Build in Mentor programme
a. Internal networks
3. 80% of time should be future
4. 20% of time should be today
■ How to approach the question:
1. *company you’re applying to* is looking for someone who can
make and implement clear decisions, and has exceptional
planning and organisational skills. You will likely face follow-up
questions that challenge your opinions; your interviewer will play
Devil’s advocate to make sure you have considered things from
every angle.
 2. You could suggest, for example, that you would identify a number
of areas for the business in the technology sector. If you gave an
example like this, you would have to consider the potential impact
on *company you’re applying to*’s other geographical markets and
additional service lines, as well as the long term impact on
business development in these areas.
■ Don’t say:
1. You would make wholesale changes and focus only on one or two
markets alone. The example above highlights the technology
sector, but remember to think about how your actions here impact
on the rest of the business. You can easily fall into the trap of
focusing only on what you are interested in, rather than what’s in
the best interests of the international business as a whole.
Career motivation
● Degree choice
● Why *company you’re applying to*
● Why Audit?
● Led to applying to *company you’re applying to*
● What do *company you’re applying to* do in Audit
● London
● Why not other Big 4?
● ACA/CA prep
● 1st year
● Other applications
● Why *company you’re applying to* > Others?

Explanation
● you need to show that you have thought about how your potential role at *company
you’re applying to* will influence your career and your personal development. Your
ambition should be tangible but realistic.

Possible Questions + Answers

a. Why did you choose your degree?
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b. Why are you choosing *company you’re applying to*?
■ Challenged everyday, Career options/variety, Shared success as a team,
Learning (variety, paid to learn, learn everyday), Responsibility (23 yr old
and advising top execs), Travel, Experiencing roles, clubs and
volunteering, balanced life, focus on training and development (improves
confidence and helps you under pressure), community atmosphere
across the company (work socials etc)
■ Follow up questions:
a. What if you can’t work for that department?
i.

c. Why are you choosing Corporate Audit?

■ How to approach the question:
1. From studying accounting and audit,​ I have understood that
audit is the business of people. It’s a line of work that gives you
enough experience with really understanding clients and their
business, processes, weaknesses and strengths.
2. Particularly within the 3 business streams for corporate audit,
INTL portfolio of clients would provide an opportunity to be
intellectually challenged in order to understand how these
 large, complex and influential businesses work and operate,
you’d really get stuck in and learn so much
3. Additionally within private markets, being surrounded by
dynamic, entrepreneurial companies is another string of
motivation for me as working closely with business owners, and
developing a more commercial skill-set would be incredibly
exciting.
4. Corporate audit is also a service line where I can put into practice
my data analysis and problem solving skills, skills which I have
only recently, ​ADD EXPERIENCE HERE
■ Audit is not just the checking to make sure that accounts are legal,
correct, and fair; it also offers you the ability to apply your data analysis to
try and give a firm insights on its performance and growth. That is what
excites me about audit, understanding a firm so well, that from the
outside, you are able to say that the firm’s current work is not only ‘true’
but should also be expanded down ‘x’ line. This is where I want to
increase the quality of future audits, by adding insights to analytics.

d. What has led you to this point? (Applying for *company you’re applying to*)
■ A lot of cherry picking and learning about myself.

e. What do *company you’re applying to* do in Audit?

■ *company you’re applying to* has multiple lines of audit:
1. Core Audit
2. Public Sector Audit and Advisory
3. Financial Services Audit
4. Entrepreneurial Business
5. General Insurance Regulations
■ .*company you’re applying to* provides advice and assurance on the
controls and accounting systems of their clients within these categories.
They aim to consult, solve, and anticipate the client's risks and problems.
f. Why London?
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g. Why not any of the other Big 4?
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h. Tell me about the ACA?
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i. How prepared do you think you are for ACA?
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j. What are you expecting to do in your first year?
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k. How far are you with your other applications?
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l. If all other organizations you have applied give you an offer, why would you
choose *company you’re applying to*?
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Planning and organisational skills
● Plan/organise something
● Had to change plans
● Multi-task
● Task prioritisation
● Failed to complete on time

Explanation
● crucial for any role, these skills are essential for risk management, which is an
increasingly important necessity across the sector.

Possible Questions + Answers

a. Time when you had to plan/organise for something?

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5. Follow up questions:
a. What you think you learnt from this experience?
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b. Time when you had to change your plans?

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d. What was the timescale for this?
e. What are some of the challenges you faced?

c. Give me an example of when you were involved in a multi-task situation.

How did you manage it?
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d. Give me a time when you have had to prioritise tasks?

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e. Tell me about a time when you failed to complete a task or project on time,
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Adaptability
● Adapt to a situation
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● Biggest challenge
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Explanation
● remember that many graduate schemes at *company you’re applying to* will involve
working for and with a variety of clients on very different projects, so this requirement
should come as no surprise.

Possible Questions + Answers

● Give an example when you had to adapt to a situation?

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● What is the biggest challenge you have faced?

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Problem solving
● Big decision
● Work under pressure
● Overcome a problem at work
● Conflict with co-workers

Explanation
● this will be an important part of any role and you’ll need to show that you can deal with
the variety of issues that may arise in your graduate position, whether they be
technological or client-related.

Possible Questions + Answers

● When you had to make a big decision?

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● Give an example of when you've overcome a problem at work.

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● Give me an example when you have conflict with people.
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4. What was the timescale for this?
5. What are some of the challenges you faced?
Firm Values
Double check these against the firm you’re applying to and modify as you need. Provide
examples of how you have demonstrated certain values in different scenarios.

Integrity
We believe that nothing is more important than our reputation, and behaving with the highest
levels of integrity is fundamental to who we are. We demonstrate a strong commitment to
sustainable, responsible business practices.
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■ What you think you learnt from this experience?
■ How have you implemented this since?
■ What would you do differently next time (if anything)?
■ What was the timescale for this?
■ What are some of the challenges you faced?

Outstanding value to markets & clients

We play a critical role in helping both the capital markets and our member firm clients operate
more effectively. We consider this role a privilege, and we know it requires constant vigilance
and unrelenting commitment.
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■ What you think you learnt from this experience?
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■ What was the timescale for this?
■ What are some of the challenges you faced?
Commitment to each other
We believe that our culture of borderless collegiality is a competitive advantage for us, and we
go to great lengths to nurture it and preserve it. We go to extraordinary lengths to support our
people.
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■ What are some of the challenges you faced?

Strength from cultural diversity

● Our member firm clients’ business challenges are complex and benefit from
multidimensional thinking. We believe that working with people of different backgrounds,
cultures, and thinking styles helps our people grow into better professionals and leaders.
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Questions to ask
Always ask your interviewer a question! Ensure there’s some back and forth.

Example questions for the interviewer:

● What’s the most exciting thing about this role?
● What are the biggest challenges?
● Where do you see this opportunity leading?
● What are those who joined last year doing right now?
● Why did you choose to join *company you’re applying to*?
● What do you enjoy most about it now that you’re here?
● How did you balance work with studying for a professional qualification?
● What is a favourite memory of yours in your career?
● What is something you’ll really miss about this firm if you had to leave tomorrow?
● What do you think I’d enjoy the most about working here?

One question about the ​service line

● Any challenges in tax/audit that are expected to happen and are not currently in the
news?
● What sort of companies does Entrepreneurial Business Audit work with?
● Who is the audit mainly for, the entrepreneur, fundraising, or something else?

One question about the ​person who is interviewing you

● Why you personally decide to work for *company you’re applying to*?
● Why did you personally choose audit?
● What area of Audit do you work in?
Interview
What can you bring to *company you’re applying to* in terms of:
○ Core drivers:
■ E.g Demonstrate how you strive to be the best you can be
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○ What are some of the challenges you faced

○ Values:
■ E.g How you embrace working and collaborating with others
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○ What are some of the challenges you faced

● The interview shall focus on:

○ What’s Important to you:
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○ What are some of the challenges you faced
○ What your motivations are:
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○ What you value as an individual:

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Good luck and I really hope this document was able to guide you in
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