Graduate Program (sharing BDO AC experience)

rosszhu

Is there anyone here who wants to share some experience on the process of the Application for Graduate Program offer?
Very upset about it as it is the best opportunity for fresh graduates like my self and I could not handle it very well.
I applied for Graduate Programs several weeks ago. One is with the Bendigo Bank. I passed the online test but was unsuccessful for the phone interview.

The other one is BDO. A couple weeks ago I got a phone call from their recruitment team and was asked several questions. Two days later I was invited to attend an online test through an email. Having passed it, I was invited to the Assessment Center of the company. I went there last Thursday and took the written assessment. There were totally 20ish candidates there on that day and only 2 of them inculding myself were Chinese. The otheres were either local Australians or ABCs. The information session lasted for about an hour. The staffs introduced the process of the Graudate Program and the interesting life in BDO. After that, we were given a senario and asked to present the approach that we would take. I thought it was more like a test examing our written communication skills, and therefore, I don't think I could make a further setp into the next stage of the recruitment process. It is extremly hard for Chinese to compete English skills agianst native speakers. I did not get any notice on Friday so I dont anticipate I could pass this round. Anyway, it was a great experience for me, which help me figure out that my Englishi is still my weakness although I achieved four 7s and overal 8 in IELTS test. Hopefully, I could get another chance and do it a lot better.

Can anyone else share some experience?
If the Chinese girl I met on Thurday in the BDO Assessment Center saw this post, please contact me via messege.
It would be great to have some one discuss on the way of getting our first offer in Austrlia.

Interestingly, no one wants to share something?

So, at the stage you get into the assessment center, you are a Australian PR already right?

pinkleopard 发表于 2012-10-13 14:31
So, at the stage you get into the assessment center, you are a Australian PR already right?

No. My application is still pending. This was asked when BDO HR did the phone screening. I told them when I lodged the application and when I expected that it would be granted. It seems that it is not a big issue for them. However, it is a big issue for Big 4. Actually, this is the only reason why I have not applied for any Graduate Program with Big 4.

BTW, comparing to the information I acquired one year before, all Big 4 have increased their IELTS requriement for international students. By that I mean four 7s or overall 8 is not the destination while it is the time to aiming four 8s if international students want to apply for the graduate positions at Big 4.

rosszhu 发表于 2012-10-13 15:01
No. My application is still pending. This was asked when BDO HR did the phone screening. I told th ...

I supposed, when you are getting to the next interview, your residency status must be ready for further stage. I believe that is the point.

Big 4 won't pick anyone without PR visa. I'm not sure about the IELTS newest requirement. IELTS is changing syllabus soon, and I think it is no longer an issue in the future.

pinkleopard 发表于 2012-10-13 16:36
I supposed, when you are getting to the next interview, your residency status must be ready for fu ...

What do you mean by 'IELTS is changing syllabus soon'?

I'm not pretty sure of that, but IELTS will not be a case of consider in the future.

pinkleopard 发表于 2012-10-13 16:51
I'm not pretty sure of that, but IELTS will not be a case of consider in the future.

How do you know that? Are you working for Big 4?

My seniors are working with them and said it is not a consideration in the future when the new migration system changes. I am not too sure yet, but will get more faq.

Your score of Ielts is so high, could you pls show some skills of passing that? Tks.....