endless! Like I said before, interview is something that she for the second largest accounting
regardless of the perception of lives by everyday, and it’s clear fi rm in the world has told you
the role, if you can actively show to see why she has reached the what they want, and whilst many
how those skills you picked up in lofty position she has. can talk the talk, or even walk
that environment will benefi t you the walk, but you really only take
in the work place, then you’ve got After all, the person in charge of notice of those who have walked
a real good chance of impressing hiring the next crop of graduates the talk. .
the interviewer.”
Essential Advice
As our interview begins to come
to its conclusion, we ask her for
Multimedia Wall:
the one piece of advice that she
would give to graduates and those
in their fi nal year at university.
Deloitte
And with a dry sense of humour
that has been underlying the
entire interview, she smiles
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and says: “well, if a third year
about Deloitte...
asked me, then I would fi rstly
say it’s a bit late to be having
this conversation!” Everyone in
the room laughs, but we knew
exactly what she meant. “You
need to have an idea of where
you want to be in your fi rst year,
at the latest, preferably being
clear in your head by the time
you fi nish college. That way you
can begin to develop all the right
attributes for your career well in
advance. Your CV is something
that you build over time, and that
It’s your future. What do you want from it?
probably starts when you’re still
in secondary school. You need to
add to it as you go along, not rush
it and think the interviewer won’t
know. Remember, most of these
guys have been doing it for years
and years, and they know how to
spot the cons!”, she concludes.
After the interview ended, we
spoke with her privately about
what the aim of HPD is, and
what we do as a whole. Sarah is
keen and attentive, and makes
us feel comfortable in speaking
Ellie Patsalos is a partner in the Tax practice.
about our goals. It’s clear that
Hear her thoughts on graduate recruitment.
everything she mentions in her
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