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Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Nov 9, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Singapore (Singapore) (took a day)
Applied through NTU's Big Four recruitment website. Have to filled in application form on PwC's website. Was shortlisted and went for interview with a partner. Interacted with the seniors there while waiting and they are generally nice. The interviewer also made me comfortable talking to him. He called me the next day to make the offer. Advice would be to stay positive during the interview and try to link your competencies back to PwC.
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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 PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Nov 8, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 2 days)
Cocktail hour and dinner the night before the interview with several staff of all levels. Easy conversation, no intimidating questions. Next day there was a welcome and panel discussion, followed by a series of easy conversational interviews, finally a fun lunch with future peers.
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Negotiation Details
No, I did not negotiate
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Nov 4, 2010 — 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 Nov 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 2 days)
It is now standard practice that the Big 4 firms will invite you to a dinner the night before the interviews. Don't be fooled- dinner is an interview. A lot of your time as an associate will include luncheons with clients and they want to make sure you can be comfortable, relaxed, intelligent, and most importantly neat.
My dinner was done as a group of 6 people (3 candidates, 2 associates, 1 partner) at a local restaurant. It was a very nice dinner. Making conversation is important, but it's equally important not to be a conversation bully. Be active but not overbearing.
The next morning started with presentations by several employees of varying levels in audit. PwC did a great job of selling themselves. After the presentations, each candidate was matched up with a "buddy" associate to take us to our interviews. I met with a Sr. Manager and a Partner- some people met with two partners. All interviews are conversational. They hardly ask anything that could be considered behavioral, it was all about having a smooth dialog with someone you just met. My experience was that you should still have several good questions to ask before you get there, but that you may not need them if you can listen to what they tell you about themselves and ask questions based on that.
After the interviews, they took all the candidates to a room to have another meeting on benefits at PwC and then out to lunch. Lunch was also done in groups of 6 (3 candidate- 3 buddys) and it's really casual. Just keep in mind that if you say something especially stupid, they WILL tell the partners and managers, so use your brain.
I got a call from the partner I interviewed with about 3 hours after lunch. I accepted my offer.
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Negotiation Details
No. Offers are standard
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Nov 1, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Los Angeles, CA (took 2+ weeks)
The interview started with an email notification and then two phone interviews with HR. 2 weeks after phone interview I went in for a office interview and met 2 managers, 1 hr and 1 partner each had 30 min interview with me. The whole process went very smoothly and barely had any difficult questions if you know exactly what you are doing and experienced in audit. Everyone I had to deal with from HR to managers or even partners were all very firendly and easy to talk to.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Oct 22, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took a day)
It's more like how long you are able to continue the conversation with the interviewer, rather than how good you are at answering the questions posted by the party.
my experience did not turn out to be as good as anticipated because firstly, the interviewer had no ideal where my degree was from. (I did not grad from a local university) Later, the interviewer asked me if anyone from my batch inspired to join the Big 4, as "it is quite unique that she see these universities applications".
Other than that, there were the usual interview questions like "tell me about yourself" and "what do you think are your strengths".
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Oct 20, 2010
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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 Sep 2010 (took 4 weeks)
1st round interview was in-office. The interview was 30 minutes one-on-one. My interviewer was a partner. Second round interview was an all day event also in office where you meet the staff, office tour, go to lunch, etc. The whole time is a casual type of interview. The 2nd interview is with a few people.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Oct 6, 2010 — 0 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 Sep 2008 in Ottawa, ON (Canada) (took 2 days)
You are interviewed by multiple people to test for work environment "fit". Questions are mostly behavioral and are designed to let the interviewers learn more about you and asses if they think you will "fit in" with the culture at PwC. Interview process was facilitated by an individual who takes you from interview to interview and informs you about PwC's culture and is available to answer any questions you might have about the process. The interview process was very well designed.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
No negotiation available. You come right out of school into a set package offering.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Personality Test.
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Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Sep 12, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2008 in Berlin, Berlin (Germany) (took a day)
1:1 typical interview with partner and HR. Topics about 2 hours:
personality, audit questions concerning the process, legal questions why a firm is obligded to be audited, acounting questions: provisions, differences between IFRS and HGB, valuation of inventory, questions about career plans and time table to pass the Wirtschaftsprüfer exam
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Sep 8, 2010
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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 Sep 2010 in Klang (Malaysia) (took 3 days)
Applied as part of campus recruitment. Was scheduled an interview slot and attended an interview with a senior manager. Interview was mostly about getting to know the candidate as a person to identify a fit with the pwc culture and the team. Interview process took about half an hour followed by an office tour. Subsequently, the successful candidates will be informed.
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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 PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Aug 20, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took 2 weeks)
Overall I had a very pleasant experience with the interview process (surprisingly). The interviews mainly consisted of the typical personality / situational / give me an example of time you demonstrated _____ skill. The interviewers were friendly and gave prompt responses as to whether they wanted you for the next round. I found the quick response time very nice as some of the other big 4 firms took months to get back to me.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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