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
Backend Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a situation where you strongly disagreed with a senior engineer or architect on a technical approach. How did you resolve it?
#Conflict Resolution
#Teamwork
#Professionalism
Backend Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
EY places a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusiveness. Can you share an example of how you fostered an inclusive environment in your previous engineering team?
#Diversity
#Inclusion
#Team Culture
Cloud Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
Why do you want to work as a Cloud Engineer in a consulting firm like EY rather than a traditional tech product company?
#Motivation
#Consulting
Cloud Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
The cloud ecosystem changes rapidly. How do you stay updated with the latest Azure/AWS features and determine which ones are relevant for your clients?
#Continuous Learning
#Adaptability
Data Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you had to explain a complex data pipeline failure or technical issue to a non-technical client partner.
#Communication
#Client Management
#Consulting
Data Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a situation where a client changed the data requirements halfway through a sprint. How did you handle it?
#Agile
#Adaptability
#Stakeholder Management
Data Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
Why do you want to work at EY? How do your career goals align with our mission of 'Building a better working world'?
#Company Knowledge
#Motivation
Data Scientist
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Behavioral
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easy
Why do you want to work at EY, and how do you see the role of a Data Scientist differing in a Big 4 consulting firm compared to a traditional tech company?
#Company Knowledge
#Career Goals
#Consulting Mindset
DevOps Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you faced significant pushback from a client's development team regarding the adoption of strict CI/CD quality gates (like SonarQube coverage limits). How did you handle it?
#Client Management
#Communication
#DevSecOps
DevOps Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
Describe a situation where you had to quickly learn a new technology or tool because a client mandated it, despite having no prior experience with it.
#Adaptability
#Continuous Learning
#Consulting
DevOps Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a time when you made a critical mistake that caused an outage or broke a deployment pipeline. How did you handle it, and what did you learn?
#Accountability
#Incident Management
#Post-mortem
DevOps Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you had to balance a tight project deadline with the need to implement proper security and compliance controls.
#Time Management
#Security
#Prioritization
Frontend Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you had to deliver a project with a very tight deadline. How did you ensure quality wasn't compromised?
#Time Management
#Prioritization
#Agile
Frontend Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you had to push back on a client's unrealistic frontend feature request during a consulting engagement.
#Communication
#Stakeholder Management
#Consulting
Frontend Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Tell me about a time you found a significant bug in production. How did you handle it and what steps did you take to prevent it from happening again?
#Problem Solving
#Accountability
#Agile
Full Stack Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a time you disagreed with a team member or tech lead on a technical approach. How did you resolve it?
#Conflict Resolution
#Teamwork
Full Stack Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
Why do you want to work at EY? What interests you about building software in the technology consulting and financial services space?
#Motivation
#Company Knowledge
Machine Learning Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
Why EY? What interests you about working in technology consulting compared to working as an MLE at a traditional tech product company?
#Motivation
#Career Goals
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
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
Software Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a situation where you disagreed with a Senior Engineer or Architect on a technical approach. How did you communicate your perspective and what was the outcome?
#Conflict Resolution
#Teamwork
#Leadership
Software Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
How do you prioritize your tasks and manage your time when you are assigned to multiple client projects or facing competing priorities?
#Time Management
#Organization
#Consulting
Software Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a time you failed to meet a client's expectation or missed a project milestone. How did you handle the communication, and what did you learn?
#Accountability
#Failure
#Client Management
Software Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Describe a time you had to adapt to a sudden change in project requirements from a client midway through a sprint.
#Adaptability
#Agile
#Client Management
Software Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
Why EY? How does working in technology consulting differ from working at a traditional product company, and why does that appeal to you?
#Motivation
#Consulting
#Company Knowledge
Software Engineer
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Behavioral
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medium
Consulting often involves tight deadlines. Tell me about a time you had to work under a strict deadline to deliver a critical project phase.
#Time Management
#Stress Management
#Delivery
Software Engineer
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Behavioral
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easy
Tell me about a time you took the initiative to learn a new technology or framework to solve a specific business problem for a client.
#Continuous Learning
#Initiative
#Problem Solving
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