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Updated Apr 29, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Interview Experience [?] Based on 44 ratings

Positive	66%
Neutral	27%
Negative	7%

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2012 (took 2 days)

Communication was excellent. Staff was encouraging and inviting. The interviewers were friendly and made me feel included.

Interview Questions

Tell me about yourself

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 3 weeks)

Completed on-site campus interview and advanced to office visit stage which consisted of 4 interviews back to back with managers and a partner. Ended with a lunch with host who is an associate. Overall and great atmosphere with conversational interviews that consisted of behavioral questions. Not offered position assuming that I'm not an Accounting major.

Interview Questions

Explain a time where a person on your team didn't do their share of the work and how did you handle it.

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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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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 in Ankara (Turkey) (took 1 week)

At the PwC internship interview, department manager asked several questions about the department and its services, recent developments about the sector. Then we discuss about my part-time work schedule and work packages. The atmosphere was really good, also professionals of PwC were willing to help.

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What do you know about the PwC and the department?

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Are you familiar with our professional services?

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2012 in Los Angeles, CA (took a day)

Asked behavioral interview questions. Went quite well. Not sure why offer not extended...

Interview Questions

How you handled challenges in any of your projects ?

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2011 (took 2 weeks)

It was a friendly interview.
1. Walk through the resume.
2. talk about the experiences before at work.
3. Asked me about my expectation from the internship position

Interview Questions

Have you been de-motivated at work? and how did you deal with it

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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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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)

I applied the internship through school career service website. Then I got noticed only by three hours ahead the same day that I was going to have an interview. I didn't dress formally and didn't get prepared. At the time I arrived, there were only two people left and they just asked me three questions quickly.

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Tell me about Excel

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)

A basic behavioral interview. The person interviewing was cordial and positive.
Questions they asked: When did you fail at something? Describe to me a time when you had to change. Tell me about yourself. Why Consulting? (it was an advisory interview) Why Pricewaterhouse Coopers? What are your interests?

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Describe to me a time when you received negative feedback. How did you deal with it?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 1 week)

Had a pre-interview night where we met with current PwC partners; it was very informal and a good way to meet your interviewer before the actual interview. The interview itself was very generic. They do their best to make it feel like a conversation. I walked the interviewer through my resume and she asked me specific questions about certain aspects. She invited me to a second round interview during my first interview.

Second round interview is an office visit where you're given a "buddy" to walk you to your interviews with three different people. Also very generic interviews and very conversational.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a time where you had to lead a group and put the group before yourself.

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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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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 3 weeks)

The first stage included 4 tests (Verbal, Numerical, English, Accounting). Then I had an interview with a hiring manager, she asked some general questions: about my education, about my teamwork experience, why I decided to be an auditor, why I decided to apply for PwC etc. The third stage consisted of 2 interviews: one with a recruitment manager, one with a director. The questions were similar to the second stage, there was only one or two technical questions.

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What do you expect to do in 10 years?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 3 weeks)

Campus Interview with a manager / partner
Super day - 2 Interviews: 1 with a manager and 1 with a partner

Overall Experience: The people at PwC are very nice and the whole recruiting process was not bad at all. All the interviews were strictly behavioral.