EY
Ernst & Young Global Limited, a multinational professional services partnership.
4 Rounds
~21 Days
Medium
The Interview Loop
Recruiter Screen (30 min)
Standard fit check, behavioral questions, and resume overview.
Technical Loop (3-4 Rounds)
Deep dive into domain knowledge, coding, and system design.
Interview Question Bank
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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Tell me about a time you had to align conflicting priorities between a tax Subject Matter Expert (SME) and a technical engineering lead.
#Conflict Resolution
#Cross-functional Collaboration
#Communication
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
How do you handle pushback from senior partners when proposing a new product feature that deviates from traditional consulting methods?
#Stakeholder Management
#Influence
#Change Management
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
How do you prioritize a product backlog when every feature is marked 'high priority' by different business units?
#Prioritization Frameworks
#Backlog Management
#Stakeholder Negotiation
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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hard
Describe a time you had to pivot a product roadmap due to sudden changes in financial regulatory requirements.
#Adaptability
#Regulatory Compliance
#Roadmap Management
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
How do you manage expectations with enterprise clients during a delayed product rollout?
#Client Communication
#Crisis Management
#Transparency
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
How do you ensure cross-functional collaboration across global teams, such as US business stakeholders and an offshore development team in India?
#Distributed Teams
#Communication
#Agile
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a time you used data to make a critical product decision that contradicted your initial intuition.
#Data-Driven Decisions
#Humility
#A/B Testing
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
How do you balance addressing technical debt with delivering new features requested by clients in a legacy enterprise system?
#Technical Debt
#Roadmap Planning
#Engineering Collaboration
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
What do you consider the biggest challenges in building software products for highly regulated industries like banking or auditing?
#RegTech
#Risk Management
#Industry Knowledge
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you had to influence a team to adopt a new process without having direct authority over them.
#Influence without Authority
#Change Management
#Leadership
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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easy
Why EY? What interests you about building tech products in the professional services and consulting sector?
#Company Knowledge
#Motivation
#Career Goals
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a situation where you had to quickly learn a complex new domain (e.g., international tax law) to build a product.
#Continuous Learning
#Domain Expertise
#Research
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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hard
How do you handle a situation where the engineering team estimates a feature will take 3 months, but the client contract mandates delivery in 1 month?
#Scope Management
#Client Negotiation
#Agile Delivery
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you identified a new market opportunity or use case for an existing product.
#Innovation
#Market Expansion
#Strategic Thinking
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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hard
How do you foster a culture of rapid innovation and experimentation within a traditionally risk-averse organization?
#Innovation
#Culture Change
#Risk Tolerance
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a time you had to sunset a product or feature. How did you handle the transition for your users?
#Sunsetting
#User Communication
#Product Lifecycle
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
How do you ensure your product team stays focused on driving user outcomes rather than just delivering a high volume of output?
#Outcomes vs Output
#OKRs
#Team Alignment
Product Manager
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you failed to deliver a product or feature on time. What was the root cause, and what did you learn?
#Failure
#Retrospectives
#Accountability
Product Manager
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System Design
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hard
Design a secure document-sharing portal for EY clients to upload sensitive financial data for M&A due diligence.
#Security
#B2B SaaS
#User Experience
Product Manager
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System Design
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medium
How would you design a dashboard for enterprise CFOs to track their company's global tax liabilities in real-time?
#Data Visualization
#Dashboard Design
#FinTech
Product Manager
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System Design
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hard
Design an automated expense auditing system for EY's internal use that flags fraudulent or non-compliant employee expenses.
#Automation
#Fraud Detection
#Internal Tools
Product Manager
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Technical
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hard
EY is looking to build an AI-driven anomaly detection tool for external audits. How would you define the MVP?
#MVP Definition
#AI/ML Products
#Audit Technology
Product Manager
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Technical
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easy
Explain how a REST API works to a non-technical audit partner.
#Technical Communication
#APIs
#Client Facing
Product Manager
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Technical
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medium
How would you measure the success of an internal knowledge management platform used by EY consultants globally?
#Product Metrics
#Internal Tools
#User Engagement
Product Manager
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Technical
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medium
Walk me through your framework for deciding whether EY should build a custom solution or integrate a third-party vendor tool for a client.
#Build vs Buy
#Strategic Planning
#Vendor Management
Product Manager
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Technical
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hard
Walk me through your process of taking a B2B SaaS product from 0 to 1 within a large enterprise like EY.
#0 to 1
#Product Lifecycle
#Enterprise Innovation
Product Manager
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Technical
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hard
What are the key considerations when migrating an on-premise financial reporting tool to the Microsoft Azure cloud?
#Cloud Migration
#Azure
#Enterprise Architecture
Product Manager
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Technical
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hard
How do you ensure data privacy and GDPR compliance are built into a new data analytics product from day one?
#GDPR
#Data Privacy
#Privacy by Design
Product Manager
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Technical
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hard
Pitch a new digital product that could help EY's tax practice automate manual data entry from unstructured client documents.
#Product Pitch
#Automation/RPA
#OCR/AI
Product Manager
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Technical
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medium
How do you write user stories for complex financial compliance requirements where the rules are highly technical?
#Requirements Gathering
#User Stories
#Compliance
Product Manager
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Technical
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medium
What metrics would you track to monitor the adoption rate of a newly deployed enterprise risk management tool?
#Adoption Metrics
#B2B SaaS
#KPIs
Product Manager
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Technical
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medium
How would you improve the user experience of a legacy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system integration?
#UX Design
#Enterprise Software
#System Integration
Product Manager
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Technical
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hard
Walk me through how you would price a new proprietary software tool EY plans to license to its audit clients.
#Pricing Strategy
#GTM
#B2B Licensing
Product Manager
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Technical
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easy
How do you incorporate accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) into enterprise B2B products?
#Accessibility
#Inclusive Design
#Compliance
Product Manager
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Technical
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medium
How do you conduct market research and competitive analysis for a highly specialized enterprise product, like ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting software?
#Competitive Analysis
#ESG
#Market Sizing
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