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Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 00:15 | IP Logged  

I've had CPA firm employers ask me this question. I have told the truth, but I am not sure as to whether I should have disclosed this information. Is it their business to know who else I interviewed with?

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Yeah, I got that question too and it made me really uncomfortable.  I also answered honestly. 

All I can speak from is my experience last year.  The firm I ended up accepting an offer from seemed to just use it for practical purposes.  After my first interview, they called me to tell me I would be getting an invitation for an office visit.  It was going to be 3-4 weeks before they started the second round because my school was one of the first they came too.  So, they called a couple times to reassure me that they were interested and asked me to call them and let them know if I received an offer from anyone else so that they could get me in for my second round earlier....

I don't know.  I had two firms ask me that question, and I ended up getting offers from both both of them.  I had told them honestly that I was interviewing with everyone because I wanted to find a firm that I would "fit in" best.  Basically gave them the same line they always say about finding people that fit with their culture. 

So no, I don't think its their business and I'm not sure why they do it. 

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Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 01:02 | IP Logged  

The follow-up is, "Have you had an office interview with those firms that you have interviewed with?"

Another question was, "Who did you apply to but not get an interview?" This question is more difficult to answer because I don't like admitting the names of the firms that don't give me interviews after I applied.


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