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Updated Feb 15, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Very Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

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.

Interview Questions

Why do your repeat business clients come back to you?

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Will you be comfortable working in a role at a level more junior than your current position?

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Negotiation Details

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%.

Other Details

I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 in Nottingham, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)

Applied online, and was allowed to book the specific date and time of my interview. Was rang at the time I chose by a recruiter, and the interview process was explained to me. I was asked a series of competency based questions, and then about the company, my knowledge of it, the programme I was applying for, and what I hoped to gain. Total duration was around 45 minutes, and at the end I was informed I would be rang within 5 days with the outcome.

Interview Questions

How do you keep up to date with current business news?

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Explain to me a recent business issue that you have read about.

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2011 in Bristol, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)

After applying online through the careers website, I was invited to complete the online assessment consisting of numerical and reasoning test. After a week later, I was proceeded to first interview stage and got the phone interview.

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Describe a time when you were asked to do something that was against your belief or character.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

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?

Interview Questions

tell me about a recent financial news?

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why Pwc

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

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.

Interview Questions

NO unexpected questions - usual - the Group session posed no questions, just laminated case material and you were watched on your reaction and discussion.

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Other Details

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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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

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.

Interview Questions

If you were to write an autobiography what would the name of the book be?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

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.

Interview Questions

tell me your team work experience

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Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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5.0

Very Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 in Reading, England (United Kingdom) (took 5 weeks)

The hiring process starts with an online application form that is shorter and easier to fill in than most competitors. The amount of guidance was superb. Next was an essay on how the company could offer help to another large company, in the form of services. Then a telephone interview which was competency based, with questions such as "Tell me about an area of finance in the news that interests you?". Once accepted, the last stage is an assessment day, with a group task, another essay, numerical and logic tests and finally a 1 V 1 interview with a manager. Overall the process is very quick, and PwC don't keep you in the dark for very long. I personally had an offer after only 24 hours after the assessment day, so the process is very swift.

Interview Questions

Tell me about the corporation tax decreases and why George Osbourne decided to do this?

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

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.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a difficult client and how you handle obtaining the necessary information from this client.

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Negotiation Details

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Other Details

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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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

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.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a time you had to overcome a weakness of yours

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Describe a time you had to lead a group and convince people of doing something they were against.

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Other Details

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.