【正文】 ? What actions taken? ? What are the results? ? Identify an interesting or noteworthy case. Page 38 of 50 Example Guides on Ernst amp。 Young OpenEnded Questions Career Objective Please describe your career objective and what you have done to date to achieve it. ? Fundamental Career Aspiration ? To develop a successful and rewarding professional career in (audit / tax / business assurance) ? Aspiration derived from interest to meet and solve challenges posed by plex audit, tax, pliance, business operations issue ? Will find it very satisfying and rewarding to solve the crux, create winwin solutions for client?s business results Page 39 of 50 Example Guides on Ernst amp。 Young OpenEnded Questions … (Cont?d) ?Fundamental Career Aspiration . . . (Cont?d) ?Preparation ?Accounting studies / business studies / for professional build up ?Liberal arts, science studies to train up analytical mind and broad thinking ?Took part in business related activities and read regularly relevant professional journals – HKICPA, ACCA, CA, CPA . . . Page 40 of 50 Example Guides on Ernst amp。 Young OpenEnded Questions … (Cont?d) ?Fundamental Career Aspiration . . . (Cont?d) ?Preparation … (Cont?d) ? Read widely and regularly on business and finance media : HKICPA Journal, ACCA, CPA Journals, HK Economic Journal, ASWJ, WJ, Business Week, Economic, FT, Institutional Investors, Benchmarks, HSBC / HS Bank Quarterly Economic Report, Economic Reports of major central banks: Federal Reserve, Bank of England, European Central Bank, Central Bank of China, HKMA. ? Took part in business games and petitions ? Attended open seminars on investments to know the Macro economic trend. Be prepared to answer during interview: Which article interests you most? Page 41 of 50 Example Guides on KPMG OpenEnded Questions 1. What factors have influenced your career choice? ? Basic interest in business and merce ? Account / Audit the central core function of all business activities ? Personal quality and interest ? A long professional career with steady growth, challenges and changes with environment provide opportunities for continuous growth and learning ? Interest in team / large anization with ample diversity and opportunities. Page 42 of 50 Example Guides on KPMG OpenEnded Questions … (Cont?d) 2. Outline your career ambitions and objectives? ? Ultimately bee a member of senior management at partner, senior partner level ? Steady growth according to career progression ladder provided by the firm. ? State your learning and contribution at each stage. ? State how you make use of learning and self improvement / continuous education to prepare for advancement. ? At senior level (. Partner) – state your notformoney contribution to society to fulfil social responsibility mission. Page 43 of 50 Example Guides on KPMG OpenEnded Questions … (Cont?d) 3. Describe your greatest success or a situation where you exceeded your own expectations? ? Experience and achievement in fast adaptation to new foreign environment during overseas exchange. ? Organize and lead an exchange or study group to other countries encountering unexpected changes and crisis. ? Good result from a business plan, business game and other petitions (sports, cultural etc) with a not too optimistic start but being turned around with stunning success. Page 44 of 50 Example Guides on PWC OpenEnded Questions 1. Why are you applying for this position? ? This question is in fact asking for the same thing as the above question of Ernst and Young. ? It can be answered in a similar way. Page 45 of 50 Example Guides on PWC OpenEnded Questions … (Cont?d) 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? ? Personal Qualities : Perseverance, concentration, listening skill, questioning skill, extrovert / introvert, sense of essentials, tenacity, courage, likeable, agreeable, tact, integrity, observant, selfanization etc. . . ? Write your own statements. Make them relevant to a job requiring good stability, clear objective, and systematic ability to anize facts and stay calm under pressure Page 46 of 50 Example Guides on PWC OpenEnded Questions … (Cont?d) Skills and Knowledge ? IT Skills – including Chinese input X . ? Language Skill – good Putonghua. ? Knowledge – Accounting, China and international business trends, HK economic and political environment, Business plan preparation, investment simulation games. ? Working Experience – summer accounting and non accounting work, front end customer service with sales target (build up good munication skill). Page 47 of 50 Caution ?Do not follow this closely, or the recruitment manager can sense that. ?If you want individual advice, book onetoone consultation appointment at our 3/F enquiry counter. IV. Cover letter amp。 CV Reference Materials (Look for Workshops anised by CEDARS, , Sunlife) Page 49 of 50 Material available in CEDARS ? Jobs Choices (Magazine) : ? US style and samples (Business, Liberal Arts, Science, Engineering, others.) ? Available from Careers amp。 Placement enquiry counter: 3/F, Meng Wah Complex ? Books (Available in both CEDARS amp。 Main Library) : ? The New Perfect Resume (Tom Jackson) ? New York : Doubleday, c1996. ? Building a Great Resume (Kate Wendleton) ? New York, . : Five O39。Clock Books, 1997. ? Website : ? ( ? Wet Feet ( ? Vault (