Associate applicants have rated the interview process at PwC with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 76.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 56 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PwC overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at PwC as a Associate according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Phone interview: 15%
Skills test: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Background check: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
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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.
Made it to a case round where they asked fairly basic questions about a business case and what I would do with new data. Pretty standard for consulting interviews, nothing unexpected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given this new data for the business case we gave you, how would you update your recommendations?
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.
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