I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at KPMG (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2011
Interview
The first interview was at my university with a campus recruiter. It was a 30min conversation. Behavioral type of questions: Tell me about the situation when you did more than your team expected from you; tell me about how you had to say something unpleasant to your coworker or criticize him/her; how do you stay organized; Why did you decide on accounting program in this University; in a team do you prefer to be a leader or not; would you prefer to be a member of a winning team or a leader of losing team….
Then there was an office visit/interview with a couple of presentations. The office visit included two 45min. interviews. Both interviews, with a partner and a manager, test your professional interest in accounting industry. interviewers asked about the previous internship experience, about my duties/responsibilities, how I helped to improve something, what I've learned, what kind of software I used.... It really helps to have some good questions to ask your interviewrs. I asked about some of the current industry trends and new developments ( I read about them beforehand)
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What did you learn during your previous internship that could help you succeed in the future?
Normal apt test before this interview, then hr will send email to confirm the face to face interview. It is an 1 hour group discussion on a case, then present to interviewer for 10 minutes. After that, an one on one interview with manager will be conducted.
Pretty easy. Standard competency questions like tell me about a time ypu showed leadership. Got it through university placement program. Lady was really nice was more like a conversation which made everything very comfortable.
It tests your patience mainly, in addition to the accounting and finance knowledge. Best to get prepared by reading some F3 and F7 papers. Wear professional, be there at least 10 minutes early. Talk smoothly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to know if management valued inventory correctly