I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Grant Thornton (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2016
Interview
I was interested in working for GT and a friend who previously worked there introduced me to a partner. We had a very quick phone "interview" (more like a conversation), and then he arranged for a more formal interview about a week and a half afterwards. The "formal" interview started with meeting a recent experienced hire (closer to my level) for breakfast, which I really appreciated. Then we went up to the new offices and the partner gave me a tour and we chatted. Afterwards, we found a little conference room and I had 4 30-minute interviews with other partners and directors. It was pretty casual and conversational - we talked about our personal lives as well as past jobs and why GT is such an attractive company. I'm an experienced hire, so I also talked a lot about the transition from industry into audit, and about how my experience in industry would make me valuable to the audit team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for GT as opposed to big four?
Equally focused on experience and technical knowledge. Asked about prior experience, roles and responsibilities and what was learned from it. Asked many questions on complex recent regulations and updates to the field. Also asked about skills and software skills.
Multiple rounds.
Got a chance in grant Thornton by reference and receive call from HR for interview and then Got mail from company for video call interview and get Video call and interviewer took my interview
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Grant Thornton (Iselin, NJ) in Nov 2019
Interview
Mostly spoke about the culture of Grant Thornton and why I wanted to work there. No gotcha questions. Seemed like the main point was to make sure that the interviewee is a good fit into the GT culture.