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Updated May 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Inside Services at KPMG
Posted May 16, 2012
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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 May 2012 in Los Angeles, CA (took 6+ weeks)
Getting to a human being with the HR interview process wasn't easy. Notwithstanding an employee referral the whole process was automated. I finally had a brief call with an HR rep; but the job didn't pan out. Might have been my res or it might have been the process.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Audit Intern at KPMG
Posted Feb 26, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took a day)
The interview was behavioral. Because all the questions that they ask are posted online already, therefore it is difficult to make an impression (everybody has similar leadership experiences and group working experience). What is important is to build a connection with a senior manager/someone from the upper management in the company, and to let the hiring managers know you personally.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Forensic Associate at KPMG
Posted Nov 6, 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 Oct 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took 1 week)
I had the interview with an senior Forensic consultant on campus. She was very nice throughout the interview. We introduced ourselves in the beginning, and she asked some behavior questions. They were quite easy, but also be careful about some off guard questions, such as"Describe a mistake you made". One piece of advice I would give is to be genuine and show interest in their questions. They can really tell! Prepare some good questions for the interviewer in the end.
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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 Sep 22, 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 Aug 2011 in Irvine, CA (took 2 weeks)
I was referred to KPMG by a director at the Irvine, CA location. I was interviewing for an Audit Associate position, level 1 - very entry level. I already have 3 years work experience so I was not sure if I was the right candidate for the position but I wanted to get my foot in the door at a big public accounting firm. I was first reached out to by a recruiting agency that KPMG utilizes, standard pre-screening process to review information on my resume to make sure I fit the candidate profile. I was told I would be contacted by an in house recruiter and I was in just two days. Set up my in-house interview with one partner and one audit manager. The interview went really well! I got a long with the partner and we had a nice flowing conversation - mainly went over my resume, my college experience and then it turned into light, fun conversation. The manager was a bit more dry - he didn't really give me a chance to sell myself as he was too busy talking about how demanding the job was and if I could handle it. He did mention that I had a competitive edge over other people being considered for the position as most of them were college graduates with no work experience. I felt very confident after my interview. One week passed and I did not hear anything back. I wrote to the recruiter who set up my interview to see what the average turnaround time was. He did not respond. I called him the next day. He did not respond. Two weeks passed and I emailed both the partner and the manager I interviewed with to ask them the same questions...average turnaround time and that I hadn't heard any feedback? No response. So I called the inhouse recruiter again. He finally responded and said he would have another recruiter call me asap, as his position was only to set up the interview. A day later, a recruiter from Seattle called me to tell me that the HR/recruiting dept in So Cal has been swamped and that's why they haven't been able to get back to me. So Cal team had to call recruiters from Seattle to come down to help them...anyway, with that said, he mentioned that they actually closed hiring for the position as they were only focusing on hiring senior audit associates at this point. He said to check the website as there are two audit associate positions open - one entry level and one senior - and they were only interested in senior now. Thanks....why didn't you tell me this when you guys figured that out?! I waited 2 weeks to hear this...
All-in-all, initial set up of interview was very professional and everyone was more than helpful and friendly. Post interview - very unprofessional in following up. My advice to anyway who wants to get into Big 4 - do it right out of college when they come to your campus to recruit!!! That's the easiest way in!!
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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SAP Advisory Associate at KPMG
Posted Aug 2, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took 3 weeks)
I got an e-mail from Kpmg that someone was going to call me. A gentleman called and introduced himself to me as a senior ERP manager. He asked me a few technical questions. Took 20 minutes, and he promised someone from Kpmg was going to let me know about the outcome of the interview. Never heard from them ever again. Tried to call and inquire about the status of my application, No reply to my e-mails, No answer to my calls.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Tax Intern at KPMG
Posted Jun 9, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took 2 months)
You should do some researches before the interview for sure, and try to prepare some answers for those most common questions. Most importantly, you should be yourself. You will be nervous for sure, but if you can show the right personality in front of the interviewers, then you have no problem to worry about.
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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 Intern at KPMG
Posted Apr 25, 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 Feb 2009 in Los Angeles, CA (took 2 days)
For the summer internship for college students, there was first a 1:1 interview on your college campus, most likely through the Career and Job Center. This was with a manager, senior manager, or more rarely, a partner.
If you made it past the 1st round, then you were invited to do in-house interviews, which consisted of 3 1:1 interviews, with managers, senior managers, directors, and/or partners. You were also taken out to lunch or dinner (depending on the time of your visit) with fellow interviewees and senior associates or 2nd/3rd year associates.
Generally, there are no technical questions. Just behavioral. Though maybe you will get an oddball interviewer and get asked how to account for revenue recognition or something basic like that.
Around the 2 interview days there would also be 1-3 firm social/networking events that you should try to attend to meet other employees and get a sense for the people at the company, what they like about the company, and what they don't like (though they are more hesitant to reveal the latter). Throughout all of the interaction processes, make sure you are consciously presenting yourself in a way that would want the company to hire you... friendly, smart, diligent worker.
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I did not attempt to negotiate, though I'm sure it's possible for full time hires. (not sure about internship negotiations)
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The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at KPMG
Posted Mar 15, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took a day)
I had a phone interview with a Senior Manager. About a month later, I received a call for second rounds, which consisted of three back-to-back interviews and lunch. The people at KPMG were very friendly, down-to-earth, and intelligent. I greatly enjoyed the interview process.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Administrative Assistant at KPMG
Posted Mar 10, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Mar 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took 2 days)
I was initially contacted by a recruiter via phone where I was given a (brief) on the spot phone screen interview. I was invited several days later to interview in the KPMG office with a panel of associates. 90% of the questions were behavioral and not very difficult if prepared. The questions are fairly generic and read from a pre-printed list, it is on the candidate to spin the questions into a point of conversation and generate questions of his/her own.
I was invited back to the office to meet with several managers/executives in a series of 1:1 interviews, a process that lasted a little over 2 hours. The second round of interviews included more technical questions but still a good deal of behavior questions. It seems as if KPMG is more concerned with the fit of a candidate, just something to keep in mind.
Both first and second round interviews were very conversational, not at all as stressful and conservative as I was expecting. The associates do their best to make you feel at ease.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Associate at KPMG
Posted Jan 30, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took 2 days)
Initially contacted by a recruiter after a friend submitted my resume to HR. Had an hour long interview. Contacted the next day to set up an onsite interview. The onsite consisted of two 1:1's both behavioral in nature (Describe a time when...). One was with a partner, which was slightly stressful. Definitely more difficult than the phone interview but not the worst thing I have ever been through. Was contacted about a week later with an offer.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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