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Updated Feb 15, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Feb 15, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
First informal interview in a cafe with a Director in the group I had approached speculatively via email. Officially this should have been followed by two further formal interviews, but based on the fact I was a senior experienced hire with 18 years experience they decided to do this in one session. It was quite straightforward with another Director from the same group, who had a specialist background similar to mine. The offer arrived by phone call the day after the interview.
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The initial offer was well below my current salary but as I was somewhat changing career and retraining I was expecting this. However I was able to negotiate the basic upwards a little, about 5%.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Audit at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Oct 30, 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 Oct 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 4+ weeks)
had my PwC interview for audit for 2012 graduate scheme.
it started off with talking about the the current financial conditions and the interviewer asked me to talk about a recent euro crisis. then she asked me a number of competency questions including why pwc, why audit, what would I be doing in my first year, what do i know about the ACA?
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Sep 13, 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 Aug 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 months)
Round 1 was a phone interview which was pretty straightforward - HR type - to gauge behavioural aspects of the candidate. It is conducted by an outsourced agency and lasts about an hour.
Round 2 was a numerical reasoning and English comprehension test administered online - takes about an hour and results are conveyed to the candidate within a day or two. if you've done GMATs etc, you would be familiar with this type of test. The results are shown where you rank for your profile compared to an average range.
Round 3 was a 1 on 1 interview - "technical" interview which is based around your work experience and CV and whether you have the skills / experience necessary to do the job.
Round 4 was a group and written interview - the written exercise takes about an hour, you're given a set of circumstances / case which you have to analyse and present your findings on 1 page - designed to gauge your ability to analyse information and present it in a coherent, structured manner.
the next part of this round was a group exercise, where you are placed in a room with other candidates and all given the same case with different roles to play within that case. The group has to reach a conclusion within an hour and judged by a panel of Directors. You will be fed additional information in the middle of the case study and they see whether or not you share that information with the rest of the group. It's like sitting in a cage / lab and being watched by scientists on your behaviour - very disconcerting and odd and you can never guess how you did!
normally there is one additional round which is an interview with a Partner.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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TS Business Modeling at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Aug 4, 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 Jul 2011 in City of London, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 months)
First spoke with Partner the Director. Took only a week to get that sorted out. Then it took a month for the recruiters to get in touch with me.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Jun 27, 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 Dec 2009 in City of London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
asking some basic questions based on my resume, and one question about the current news.
Make sure no mistake in your comment of the news, try to study hard on the details of the news.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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TS Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted May 23, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in City of London, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 weeks)
I had a phone interview with a London Director (as I was in Australia). The first interview was a discussion on my education background, my current role, clients I worked on and why I wanted to move to London and TS. A few days later, I received a call from the London office and a partner from the London office will be in sydney and could meet me. The interview was with the Partner and a director. Before this interview, I had to do a case study which consist of 45 mins. The case study was to test your technical skill. I had to present my findings to the P and D before the interview. The interview questions were focusing on behaviour and competency questions. 2 days later I got an offer.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Summer Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Apr 26, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 weeks)
Interview process for Management Consulting internship
1st Apply online and answer a written question 250 word limit. Make sure to write something good because selection starts here and many people fail the question
2) Phone interview with HR only experienced based.
3) Assessment center in HQ.
- Group exercise
- 1:1 experience based interview 1hour
- Numerical and Logic test 20 questions 20 minutes
4) get HR phone call with feedback and offer within a week
Overall feeling: Efficient and well designed process, if not a bit informal.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Mar 24, 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 Mar 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 days)
Interview process was long but not too strenuous. Had a telephone interview then invited to an assessment centre. The assessment centre involved a two tests, a 1:1 interview and a group exercise. The interview did not involve any technical questions, it primarily competency based questions. The tests did not provide sufficient time to complete them however you are not expected to. Received offer the same day.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Graduate 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 Jul 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 months)
I applied on-line then received a call from the Recruitment eam for a general talk through, then got invited in for my first one to one with a Resourer, then again for psychometrics testing which takes a day and includes numerical reasoning, diagrammtic and a group exercise followed by a 1:1 with a Partner (this cna also be a Director).
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Negotiation Details
For a graduate role there was/is no negotiation, you know from the start what they are offering and due to the high number of applicants they will not negotiate.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Post Deal Banking Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Posted Sep 22, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
I applied on-line and got a telephone interview for about 30 min checking my background and interest in the position. The I was invited to a case study who last 2 hours, no more presentation but discussion after the case study.
Case study very specific about a due-diligence in a financial services company and what would be your recommendation for the buyer.
I've got a call 2 weeks after saying that I missed some crucial insights in the case study therefore I didn't have enough experience for the position
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