NG Kaptain,
I just love the justification posts....like I choose EY over EK. It's a big fat joke. Can't speak of lately, but EY was a flier 6 years ago and many took the job as a last resort. Also, many who failed to get through the EK interview went up to EY to find a job, like a couple on my interview. Let's not sugar coat the facts... EK has been funk only in the last year since the implosion of the markets and the speculative loses to Dubai. Abu Dhabi was viewed as the source of rescue funds for the UAE, hence the shift in confidence to EY. This is a recent development.