Associate applicants have rated the interview process at PwC with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 74 days to get hired, when considering 60 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PwC overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at PwC as a Associate according to 60 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 18%
One on one interview: 16%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 6%
Phone interview: 6%
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I applied online. I interviewed at PwC in May 2020
Interview
-Online application
-First online HR interview (45')
-Assessment centre 2.5 Hours in total :
A.Group exercise: Case study (usually about renewable energy and budgeting)
(5' break between)
B.Final interview with 1 HR & 1 Manager (45')
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the auditor's role and what do you know about it?
What makes you the ideal candidate for the company?
What were your favourite subjects back in college?
Tell me an example where you were in a difficult situation in a working environment and how did you handle the situation?
Tell me an example where you had to lead a particular project.How did that go, how did you handle it, what was the outcome.
Online test and then in person interview. The online tests were faily standard. Interview process followed why pwc and why the role etc . They then asked if I wanted to ask them anything and I could tell that they were interested to see if I'd researched the role and company and had applicable questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why audit and why PwC?
How do you cope with trikcy situations? Clients aren't always easy
My interview process was a total of 3 rounds. The first and last round was mostly behavioral questions, and the 2nd round had some casing aspects / scenario based prompts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to speak towards my leadership initiative and also gave me a case question that had some targeted follow-up questions.
I applied through university. I interviewed at PwC
Interview
There were two rounds:
1. Manager round: He asked basic questions on past profile and checked my understanding
2. Director round: He checked basic concepts on the business understanding. There was a small case to be solved
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One thing you would take care of while designing systems