I have worked with the big 4 as a contractor and the answer to your question is due to the certifications they require most of the people are better at taking tests than doing the job and are more skilled at rote memorization than problem solving.
That is one of the biggest reason I look at experience and ask situational questions as opposed to looking at their certs. The number of people with an impressive amount of certs but nothing more than rote memorization is insane. The moment you ask them how to apply it, they fall apart.
Experience has one of the lowest predictive validity out of all job selection criteria. Situational judgement is fine but I’d suggest pairing it with structural behavioral interview and job knowledge as a replacement for experience
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-17327-001
I have worked with the big 4 as a contractor and the answer to your question is due to the certifications they require most of the people are better at taking tests than doing the job and are more skilled at rote memorization than problem solving.
That is one of the biggest reason I look at experience and ask situational questions as opposed to looking at their certs. The number of people with an impressive amount of certs but nothing more than rote memorization is insane. The moment you ask them how to apply it, they fall apart.
Experience has one of the lowest predictive validity out of all job selection criteria. Situational judgement is fine but I’d suggest pairing it with structural behavioral interview and job knowledge as a replacement for experience https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-17327-001
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(not bein a duck)
*dick
(not bein a deck)
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A college friend interned with delloite years ago, but the company he was auditing hired him.