Project Types
BD project
Who manages EY and PWC in EMEA? (Hint- it might not be the same person!)
Elysia Ndubuisi- PWC
Alan Lamont- EY
What do the acronyms AIA and CCC stand for?
Artificial intelligence Assistant
Conversational control center
An EY client asks for additional research for an expert that has already completed a call, but the compliance questionnaire has expired. What needs to happen from a compliance standpoint before the AR is facilitated?
Internal compliance approval for the AR question/answer, override compliance status ONLY if the client confirmed there won't be a follow up call to bill AR. TLs handle AR billing
What percentage of AI detection in a vetting Q&A warrants compliance team review?
75%
Strategy
Please name 4 countries where we are permitted to work with EY under the COLEMAN contract?
What features within the AIA interface are known as parameters
Companies, titles, keywords
What compliance steps are needed if an EY client requests a follow up call with an expert that passed their compliance questionnaire 3 days ago?
Any expert must go through EY compliance AGAIN for any follow up calls regardless of when the original questionnaire was taken
Name 4 clients that Justin Mingle manages
stax, Altman, OW, IGS
What is INSPIRE?
Pro bono partnership
What is the name of the vendor contact/relationship manager for EY?
Christine Murphy
What is the most recent feature that was introduced by the development team that analyzes the project description and finds relevant experts based on the information from their VQAs?
Topics
An EY client said they forgot to record their call and asked you to pass along a copy of the recording. How would you respond?
NO
For which client are you not allowed to link the Coleman portal?
Mckinsey
For Inspire projects, how many calls (and at what length) do we offer on a pro-bono basis?
Three 30-minute calls
What is the grace period for 30 and 60 minute EY calls that run a bit over on time?
33 min, 66 min
In October, who from the pod had the highest % of AIA attached experts?
Riley- 99%!
A client mentions they are running a strategy project about pest control. Their client isn't in the market yet, but they plan to enter soon. They ask for currents- how would you respond?
Currents are not allowed if a client is hoping to enter the market.
Name one other practice at PWC that uses expert networks outside of Deals Strategy
Health industry advisory
Private equity value creation
The difference between a sell-side and buy-side due diligence
Sell-side: seller (corporation) preps the company for sale.
Buy-side: buyer investigates the company.
How many major EY Parthenon offices exist in the US? Name the cities we work with
NYC, BOS, CHI, LA, SF
At first, it was 400, then it was 800, and now it is … - what is the 3rd number, and what does it refer to?
2000, it refers to the limit of experts that AIA can show from all of the searches it runs at once
Are ALL formers from a target company allowed to speak on a project?
Finance titles are subject to a 6 month cool off period
If you're searching for a Washington-state based expert, what keywords would you enter into an AIA or ERM search?
Washington WA