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Updated Nov 15, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Nov 15, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Mountain View, CA (took a day)
It was a whole day event, from 8am to 5pm. It started with breakfast and time to spend with several staff and one partner. They prepared a presentation on KPMG. Later we had group activities where we played "audit procedure" and "inventory audit", interviewed with a manager and a partner. Tour of the office. Another presentation, then dinner.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Nov 11, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took a day)
Got an email for an interview invitation followed up by a phone call. First round interview was about 30 minutes and was mainly conversational. Had the general questions like "Why do you want to be a CA?" and "Why accounting?" Talked mainly about a couple interests that I had put down on my resume. Interviewer was easy going and interesting to talk to. Since we talked about my hobbies mainly, I did not convey transferable skills to the job very well. So if your interview is conversational make sure you do that.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
1st round interview was on campus with a partner.
2nd round was about 2 weeks later and consisted of a pre-interview reception the night before the interviews.On the day of interviews, we got a tour of offices and interviewed with a senior manager and a partner for 30 minutes each.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in McLean, VA (took 2 weeks)
KPMG is very nice, they have a get together for all those that are going to be interviewing and they let you ask questions and get familiar with the company. They look for many things, not just grades and the way they choose who to give offers to sometimes makes no sense. If you get along very well with your interviewer then you are most likely to get called back for a 2nd interview but if not do not hold your breath.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Oct 30, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 4 weeks)
I am not the typical applicant. Not from the most established school in the area, was not recruited or screened or interviewed at my school. Originally applied/sent Resume to company months prior to interviews. Got me on their email list for students. Was seeking internship in Fall for Spring semester. Called office for recruiters info/how to apply. Gave me email of recruiter at local office. Linked me to application. Applied originally for internship online. Did not receive call for interview until I followed up with Recruiter who linked me to application, about 3 weeks later. Interviewed Next day with Senior Manager. Overqualified for internship - Asked me to 2nd interview for Associate. Next week went in for event-type interview. Had introduction with myself and approx. 25 or so more applicants. Got small tour of local office. Then did 2 30-minute interviews - 1 with Senior Manager, 1 with manager. Then sat in on 45 to hour long PP presentation about company. Mostly, corporate stuff about benefits, opportunities, reach of company, etc. Then went to lunch with Manager and 2 other applicants. Closing was with Senior Manager describing the next steps: Thank you, hear from us no matter what within 2-3 weeks. Overall event was roughly 5 hours long. Rec'd call from Senior Manager that I would be getting sent an offer via UPS.
To prepare: Went online searching for event name for the Company, researched similar situations, but mostly in different markets than mine. Asking questions was main focus that managers had advised for us to do. Wrote up questions before hand to ask people in interviews or any other situation. Tried to think of some experiences I had in regards to working with others, dealing with others, hardships gone through, decision making experiences, etc. Best to try to come up with stories you have gone through that you had a problem and had to make a decision, and how you handled it. Be enthusiastic and ask questions. Having questions allows interviews and conversations to keep going and leads to maybe a more personal connection with interviewer. ALWAYS stay on point. During the entire event, no matter what the situation, remembering I was on an interview helped. Therefore, I asked questions or became outspoken at all opportunities and with all staff - even if I was just waiting for my interviewer to come grab me for interview. During lunch, remain focused on the interview, but a little more relaxed, personable. Do not swear, no matter how comfortable I felt. Try to keep yourself in conversation. Ask questions. I asked the same questions I think to at least 2 different managers.
Since office is not in major market, I felt it was very comfortable, not too pressing, although the office was very nice and sterile looking, so it could be intimidating. Interviewers were never pressing and nice. Did not grill me hard, at least the ones I spoke to. They pushed that work/life balance is becoming a priority to them but also at 1 point, an interviewer was drawing out that I would be working roughly an average of 50 hours a week.
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Negotiation Details
Have not rec'd my offerr yet, therefore have not negotiated anything. Will look to maybe see the reason for my offer and see how things go, since position does not start until year from now.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Oct 17, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 4 weeks)
I'm still going through it right now, but my first round interview on campus overall went well. I went to their office tour a month before, so I got to know more about the company and the people. Everyone was really friendly and helpful.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Oct 17, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 weeks)
People there are nice, and the office looks great. They held many activities for candidates to participate, which is a very good experience.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Oct 15, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 weeks)
It was a lot of "tell me about a time when you..." questions. It was fairly easy to have some great answers ready for the enterviewer, but I am afraid I didn't start the recruiting process soon enough. I met the person that I interview with the day before the interview, and it seemed like he already had the people he wanted to take back to 2nd rounds already picked out from the summer leadership programs which i didn't participate in.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Oct 12, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
I had a great interview and a nice pre-interview dinner. It was a relaxed environment and the questions being asked were not too hard. Everything was behavioral and they went through my resume. Overall I would say that it was a good experience. The company seems awesome and there is a good culture.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at KPMG
Posted Oct 12, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Salt Lake City, UT (took 2+ weeks)
First had to be selected from other students to take part in the on campus interviews. The the On Campus interview was one 30 min interview with a manager or partner. That was followed up by being invited to a inside look program where we spent all day as a group. During the day we had two 20 min. 1-1 interviews with managers. We had a dinner where we could have a plus 1.
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Negotiation Details
There was no negotiation!
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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