So far I've only had KPMG and the group thing for Deloitte. I've got EY on Thursday though. 9am-3:30pm seems slightly excessive.
How did they structure the day & what's the assessment like?
ey's ac is the longest of all the big4 i think. this is how it was structured for me:
1. half hr presentation
2. morning tea where you mingle and suck up to partners and managers, etc
3. one hr verbal/numerical test, half hr each, standard shl stuff
4. 45 mins interview with manager/senior manager
5. lunch
6. 45 min group assessment. for me it was group of 5 where you had to decide which 3 project to choose from a list of 9. half way through the thing, you get interupted and told you can now only choose 1. you have 10 mins at the end for a written component to summarise and explain your group's decision.
7. 45 mins interview with partner
8. 45 mins office tour with last yr's grads where they try to wow you with their "cool" office.