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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Nov 2012 – Reviewed Dec 16, 2012

Interview Details – I was contacted by PwC after I submitted my resume to them at a career fair. At the career fair, I was asked simple questions like "What office will you like to intern in? Will you be able to travel? What are some of your plans after you graduate?" They wrote my answers on the back of my resume, and seemed pleased with the answers as well. Two weeks passed and I was contacted via email for a pre night social dinner and a interview. I attended the social and conversed with interns who are from my school. I also got to see my interviewer. I would suggest connecting with the people at the social. No matter if they are fellow interviewees, past interns, associates, or interviewers. Even making eye contact and passing a smile can go a long way. Just be polite and aware of your manners. Also try to be enjoyable and relatable. No one wants to work with a crab. :) The interview was strictly behavioral and was 40-45 mins. The interviewer really worked with me, and was patient and kind. I asked a lot of questions and was intrigued by his answers and advice. I did not perform perfectly in the interview, but I think he sensed my genuine interest to learn and excel. I was honestly surprised to learn that he passed me on to the my office, which is the NY office! The initial contact after this for the final interview was about 3-4 weeks. They paid for all of the expenses including a really nice hotel, taxi fare, food etc. At the time of my final interview I had finals and projects due for school, so instead of studying and practicing for the interview I studied my school work. Even though I did not practice the typical "when have you ever done this? or what are your future goals?" questions I found that I did not need to. When you go in for your final interview you already meet all of the needed critieria. Now all they want to see if if your personality fits the office and its members. So relax and be your genuine true self. Anyone, especially the interviewers, will be able to see through a fake person. The final interview consisted of three interviews with a manager, director, and partner. All of the interviews was basically conversational and relaxed. No really hard questions. They just asked me about my experience and what was on my resume. So my advice is to know your resume and have stories and examples of the experience you have listed on your resume. Also if you have any other offers or interviews with other companies you can throw that in the interview too ;) this kind of makes you a hot commodity because PwC wants to out compete all other firms with the best of the best people working for them. I would also suggest practicing the basic interview questions and knowing what your future goals are and where you see yourself in the company in the future. But the most important thing is to be yourself and know yourself. If you do this you will ace the interview, and land the job or internship! Good Luck.

Interview Question – How are you improving your writing? (interviewer asked this question because he witnesses a lot of grammatical errors in emails and reports)   View Answer

Negotiation Details – No, this was for an internship so there was no offer extended.

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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Dec 2012 – Reviewed Dec 8, 2012

Interview Details – It was quite smooth. First round interview was harder than the second.

Interview Question – Tell me three things about yourself that you want me to take away from this interview.   Answer Question

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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Houston, TX Jun 2012 – Reviewed Nov 18, 2012

Interview Details – The interview process was very smooth had 2 face-to-face interviews that lasted 45 mins then a week later I was called for the office visit in Houston. I interviewed with a senior partner and a senior manager and then went for lunch with associates who explained their experience at the firm.The 1st round of interview was Behavioral questions in STAR format and the office visit was just getting to know me as a person and giving me the opportunity to ask questions about the firm

Interview Question – What about this firm don't you like?   Answer Question

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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Nov 2011 – Reviewed Oct 16, 2012

Interview Details – After the application progress, I receive a call from human resources who ask me to come for an interview at pwc. The interviewer was really nice and friendly. She asks me what do I know about pwc and the reason why I want to join them. It only took about 10 mins

Interview Question – Why do you want to become an auditor   Answer Question

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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Los Angeles, CA Mar 2008 – Reviewed Jun 23, 2012

Interview Details – I had a phone interview and was then brought into the office for 3 1:1 interviews. Recruiters and interviewers were friendly.

Interview Question – How did you prepare for this interview?   View Answer

Negotiation Details – I was given an offer and accepted. No negotiation was necessary.

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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Irvine, CA Oct 2011 – Reviewed Mar 12, 2012

Interview Details – Had a phone interview then 3 1 on1 interviews. Staff was pretty friendly and made you feel welcome. Do not get discouraged if you don't get it because internship is generally harder to obtain than a full time position.

Interview Question – What is biggest strength or weakness?   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – There was no negotiation

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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Peoria, IL Nov 2010 – Reviewed Nov 15, 2010

Interview Details – interviewed with 5 people, including 1 partner. Everyone was super nice and really helped me to calm down and feel comfortable. Even though I talked to 5 interviewers and it was pretty intense talking...it was a really casual setting and we had pleasant conversations. Overall a very positive experience.

Interview Question – why pwc   Answer Question

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Declined Offer – Interviewed in Chicago, IL Nov 2009 – Reviewed Oct 30, 2010

Interview Details – It was very unfriendly. They did not try to make me feel comfortable and just asked questions off a sheet. They were writing my answers down which made it very awkward and the interview did not flow.

Interview Question – Tell me something you saw on the news that affects you in your chosen field?   Answer Question

Reason for Declining – I wanted a summer internship, but they offered me a winter internship. I did not want to push my graduation date back so I declined.

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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Singapore (Singapore) Mar 2013 – Reviewed Apr 28, 2013

Interview Details – The interview was very casual, with the interviewer looking out mainly for things such as your character as well as your hobbies. The focus was more on getting to know you rather than on grilling you. There was no technical questions asked during my interview which lasted 30 minutes.

Interview Question – There was no difficult question as most of it was regarding myself. It would help if you are prepared to describe yourself and the information included in your resume   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – not much negotiation available since you are just interning and the pay is fixed

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Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 2, 2013

Interview Details – one skype interview, 45 minutes concerning motivation, 45 minutes concerning financial issues

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