I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PwC (Chennai) in Nov 2024
Interview
3 Rounds - First round was technology and HR round which lasted for 40-50 minutes .Second round was partner round which lasted for 20 minutes and third round was final HR Round which lasted for 10 minutes .
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at PwC (Bengaluru) in Nov 2024
Interview
It was an on-campus opportunity
Round 0: Resume Shortlist where the main criteria was CGPA and internships completed.
Round 1: Aptitude Test, 45 question in 60 minutes. 3 sections: logical reasoning, analytical reasoning and Verbal Ability.
Around 500 gave the test and 70 qualified to the next round, which happened 2 days after the online assessment
Round 2: Technical Interview covering your resume, projects as well as some core subjects. I was also asked a sql query and some concepts related to core java . Time: 40 minutes. The key to this round is to be confident and ask for feedback if you feel you are going wrong. I was faltering a lot in the sql question, but I constantly asked questions to clearly understand the problem and ultimately came up with a solution, which the interviewer was satisfied with.
Round 3: Partner Round. Here, I was asked what was favourite subject was and was grilled deep with respect to it. This round went really well and I got selected mainly due to my performance in this round as my first round did not go so well. The round was short, lasting only 15 minutes but the number of questions asked were a lot and it was essentially rapid fire at one point.
Round 4: HR Discussion. Basic stuff like why would you like to join PwC, What is PwC, Where do you see yourself in 5 years etc.
We did not know how many people progressed from round 2 to 3 or from 3 to final round as it all happened in one day and in superset platform. We were notified within 15 minutes of the completion of the previous round whether we would progress to the next one or not.
The interview round started with round 2 at 9 AM for me and concluded with the final round at 1:30 PM. Others had their rounds simultaneously till 6:00PM. Finally result was declared on the same day at 9:30PM.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
SQL query to find top 3 scorers from each department in a student table
What is virtualisation, paging, thrashing, segmentation, dining philosopher's problem (illustrate, explain and solve), race condition, banker's algorithm etc
It was a 4 part interview. First general knowledge test. Then a english interview with HR. Then a technical interview with manager. Then a fit check with a partner. It was mainly based on technology industry, where I can contribute and my technical skills.