I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at RSM (New York, NY) in Oct 2012
Interview
There was a pre-interview mixer where a partner and some managers, seniors and new hires/staff accountants mingled with the interviewees. That was pleasant good to talk with the people you are interviewing with before the interview itself, in some ways it was an interview with no pressure.
Interview happened the next day, I had met my interviewer beforehand at the mixer.
Questions were behavioral in nature - 'have you worked with a difficult person?'
How do you work with teams? etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing specific - I have a varied background and some international work experience that has been difficult to explain to most interviewers because it falls well outside the normal work experience. So any questions relating to past work experience specific to that work were tough - I just closely linked bits of what I did to what staff accountants are expected to do or linked it to the behavioral questions 'what was a difficult work situation & how did you overcome it?' and keep it relevant to audit/accounting job requirements
It was a lengthy interview process with various meetings. I’m glad they took the time to learn so much about me in depth to confirm we were the right fit for each other.
short phone call, took 2 months to for them to get back to me which was rather lack-luster considering they told me they would get back in another month or so. If you have the time go for it, but if not, keep searching.
After I applied, within a week a hiring manager reached out to me. We set up a time for a phone interview. I had 2 phone calls. I didn't get any further than the second phone interview.
Staff Accountant applicants have rated the interview process at RSM with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 78.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Staff Accountant roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at RSM overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at RSM as a Staff Accountant according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 56%
Phone interview: 22%
Personality test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
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