Shoutout to KPMG for the worst recruitment process. I get referred in July and two weeks later I’m told I’d get an interview, I wait almost two months and then reach out to the partner because I was really interested in the role, and finally set up an interview. It takes a month to schedule the phone screen and then I have the final rounds. I follow up because I have an outside offer and I get no response. Recruiters repeatedly missed interviews, and then random team members joined the interview

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Ghosting- pretty common right now. You never stop searching for a job. Even if you get an offer and you join - you keep interviewing for the next best offer

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I agree and definitely just have to look out for yourself

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Oof I thought I had a bad experience with EY. They took 4 months to hire me

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Sorry you experienced that. For me I had to stay on top of the recruiters which was a less than pleasant experience. But I have to say after getting hired it’s been smooth sailing.

Don’t come, trust me and others.

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Yep sounds about right

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I understand I wasn’t the right fit, but please save my time and let me know instead of stringing me along

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It’s just a sign of how bad they are internally. For real, run for the hills.

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Yeah I think I dodged a bullet luckily

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KPMG did the same thing to me all the while telling me I was a great fit. Lol bye ghost 👻

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It's a numbers game unfortunately. Interested in EY? DM me and we can work something out :)

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KPMG did the same to me. 6 rounds of interviews including an on-site in NYC, after which they ghosted me for 2 weeks and then followed up with a generic rejection email

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Helpful—appreciate your sharing but sorry you had to endure that!

With a hiring process being this much of a clusterf*ck, you can tell how the rest of the company us run and draw your conclusions

I had the same experienve, by the time I had my first interview I had accepted an offer for a job I started the process two months later than KPMG.

Can anyone provide the teams you applied to? If it was DAS, that can be sorted pretty quickly I imagine since we can’t hire fast enough so no one should be left hanging, even if not being a fit

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Bruh KPMG is like that even when you get hired. Over 2 months here and I just got on a project with literal 0 training

Bruh, you’re a senior and have had two months to figure out what training you need. I think that’s at least a tie

They should have but I’ll take the fat paycheck and skate by for a year and then leave

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