Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cowan and Partners as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for CA Trainee and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for CA Trainee and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Cowan and Partners takes an average of 30 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for CA Trainee had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas CA Trainee roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cowan and Partners (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Mar 2016
Interview
It was a lengthy application on the ICAS website. I then interviewed with one of the partners which was very much concerned with the contents of the application, your skills relating to accounting, why you want to do it etc.
I then went for a second interview with another partner which was very brief and informal, focused mainly on personality. Then it was a chat with a 3rd year trainee and another chat with an employee just qualified. That was mostly for me to ask my questions.