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Senior Associate at KPMG
No Offer – Interviewed in Short Hills, NJ Feb 2013 – Reviewed Jun 17, 2013 New
Interview Details – Applied through a referral and got a call from an internal recruiter a month later for a phone interview that lasted 15 minutes. After that initial contact got an Interview date with a partner and a manager. Three months later got a second interview with a Senior Manager and a Director. During all this time never got contacted by a HR Recruiter. Even with Follow Ups and Thank you Emails, the recruiter that works for this office never replied to the emails.
Interview Question – What do you know about the proposed regulations? Answer Question
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Senior Advisory Associate at KPMG
No Offer – Interviewed in Chicago, IL – Reviewed Jun 10, 2013 New
Interview Details – First Recruiter screening followed with Sr. Manager Tech round of interview. Immediately after 3 days, got an invitation for F2F interview on site with two directors and the partner.
Interview Question – No difficult questions as such. Few Technical questions from one director. Few behavior questions and case study.. Just be confident. If you have a genuine experience in your area of expertise, you will make it. Be ready to grill out technically at point. View Answer
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Information Protection Experienced Associate at KPMG
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY – Reviewed Jun 10, 2013 New
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The interview process is very arduous and occurs throughout weeks (roughly two months for me). I had an interview scheduled every 1-2 weeks until the face to face. Recruiter was great in keeping in contact throughout the process.
1st rd - Recruiter initial screening
2nd rd - phone interview with Mgr where I talked about my experiences prior to KPMG. Lasted about 30 min.
3rd rd - phone interview with Mgr (very similar to the 2nd rd)
4th rd - phone interview with Sr Assoc. Very technical and competent interview. Went down to the wire about the implications of various threats (leaving a specific port open, what happens if Javascript was allowed on a page, buffer overflows, etc)
5th rd - face to face with Director. Asked about prior experience, what he expected of people at different levels and that he wanted the next hires to be well rounded in information security so they would be able to sell more KPMG services (we would not be able to specialize). Interesting.. I was then confused when he asked me to list my current certifications... which were on my resume. He wanted to see which engagements he could place me.
Interview Question – What could an implication be of leaving Javascript enabled on a web page? View Answer
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Intern at KPMG
No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Oct 2012 – Reviewed Jun 10, 2013 New
Interview Details – Some basic Behavior questions with a partner, like why audit, why kpmg, a redo thing if you have another chance in a team assignment.
Interview Question – At last, the partner ask me: if I did not pass you, what the reasons would you think I should tell others? Answer Question
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Internship at KPMG
No Offer – Reviewed Jun 2, 2013
Interview Details – Interview at Leadership Conference. Very informal. Questions very much directed towards getting to know me and why I am interested in interning with the firm. Asked about personal interests. Nothing behavioral, although I have been asked those in different settings.
Interview Question – I was asked what would be some deciding factors in the "hypothetical" situation that I received multiple offers. Answer Question
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Federal Tax Intern at KPMG
No Offer – Reviewed Jun 1, 2013
Interview Details – On campus interview with a manager
Interview Question – What is your biggest accomplishment to date? Answer Question
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Audit Associate at KPMG
No Offer – Reviewed May 30, 2013
Interview Details – It was the typical first round campus interview a person would expect. Dual interviewers welcomed me as I sat in a somewhat cramped room at my college's career center. They asked the normal questions like why I was interested in the position and the company. Went on to ask if I had any questions. Many open ended questions were asked by them as expected.
Interview Question – Name a time when you were forced to deliver bad news. Answer Question
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Implementation Associate at KPMG
No Offer – Interviewed in Dallas, TX – Reviewed May 29, 2013
Interview Details – only one interview set up with two managers on same day
Interview Question – assume we just met in the elevator, what would you tell me about yourself Answer Question
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Associate at KPMG
No Offer – Interviewed in Los Angeles, CA – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013
Interview Details – interviewed with 6 managers, not many technical questions. Had good time chatting with those managers, made me feel I will be selected at the end. Good I was not selected, bc I don't like the fake nice atmosphere. questions like tell me about yourself? why you want to work here? why we want to choose you ?
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Tax Processing Associate at KPMG
No Offer – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013
Interview Details – Meet three people in the morning, lunch with two people, meet two more people in the afternoon. questions are based on resume, none of them is too hard.
Interview Question – nothing difficult,pretty basic questions around my resume Answer Question
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