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Updated Jun 18, 2013
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Corporate Tax at PwC

No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Apr 2013 – Reviewed Jun 18, 2013 New

Interview Details – it seemed easy enough... they do go through all the competency questions on their website. also it pays to know a lot about the required qualification (ACA)

Interview Question – At the assessment centre, I found the writing bit difficult although I was later told that I did well in it. The key is to go straight to the point and understand that it is only a summary of KEY points. Also STRUCTURE is important   Answer Question

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Graduate at PwC

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Jun 2012 – Reviewed Jun 7, 2013 New

Interview Details – 3 rounds of interview - telephone interveiw, assessment centre and partener interview.
First round is compentancy based, lots of examples;
second round is consist of: report writing, numerical and digramatic tests and a group excercise.
Final round is partener - mine was very structured, similar to first round.

Of course, when submitting online, you need to do online tests.

Interview Question – A time show integrity   Answer Question

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Graduate Intake at PwC

Declined Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) – Reviewed Jun 5, 2013

Interview Details – Applied online. Gone through the online test which were standard. A telephone interview which was as usual. An assessment day with 1 group exercise, 2 tests and 1 report writing exercise. An partner interview is going to take place soon.

Interview Question – During the group exercise, there was new information announced suddenly which tested candidates repossession.   Answer Question

Reason for Declining – because i have an offer somewhere.

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Talent Academy 2013 (UK) at PwC

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Feb 2013 – Reviewed Jun 3, 2013

Interview Details – I submitted an online application through their website, and I was invited to do a numerical test , a logical reasoning test and a personality test. After which I was invited to the telephone interview. The telephone interview was approximately 40 minutes long and was mainly competency based. After I passed the telephone interview, I was invited to their Talent Academy which was sort of like an Assessment centre which the usual group activities, written report and a repeat of the psychometric tests.

Interview Question – Can you tell us about a company you are interested in and what you think is their future strategies.   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – No negotiation

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Director at PwC

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Jan 2009 – Reviewed May 26, 2013

Interview Details – Started with an informal interview and then a series of 6 interviews including a panel interview with a board member.

Also required that I prepare a 1 page business plan indicating services that I would develop.

Interview Question – It was regarding culture and what I would do to adapt.   Answer Question

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Resourcing Officer at PwC

No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Feb 2013 – Reviewed May 6, 2013

Interview Details – I applied online for the job and was contacted by PwC a few days later. They had a chat with me by phone to discuss my salary expectations, interest in the role, etc. They explained my CV would be passed to the hiring manager for review and a couple of days after that I received a call to invite me to interview! We agreed a date and time, and I got confirmation of the details by email. I was encouraged to look at the 'global core competencies' on their website as the interview would be based around these (the website was really helpful actually as it had some sample questions on there). I went for my interview, which was with 2 people from the Resourcing team. They were both really friendly and gave a good overview of the team and the specific job I was interviewing for. They really delved into some of my answers but I'd prepared for that. A couple of days following the interview, I had a call to say unfortunately I hadn't been successful but I was given some detailed feedback so I could understand why. In my experience, not a lot of other companies offer feedback like this so I was pleased to have the chance to receive it and to talk about what I could do better next time.

Interview Question – Something they really wanted to make sure of was that I understood the difference between 'recruitment' and 'resourcing' - the 2 terms are often used interchangeably but they're totally different things at PwC (Recruitment is about attracting and selecting people to work for PwC, whereas Resourcing is all about workforce planning/workforce management, talent management and demand planning for current staff).   Answer Question

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Legal Secretary at PwC

No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) – Reviewed Apr 21, 2013

Interview Details – After an initial application I was invited to undertake online tests such as a numerical and verbal reasoning one. I was then sent some questions to answer. After this I had a face to face interview which lasted for 40 minutes.

Interview Question – Competency based questions   Answer Question

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Forensic Technology Graduate Programmer at PwC

No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Nov 2012 – Reviewed Apr 18, 2013

Interview Details – Online tests - numerical test, then followed by a 45 minute interview down in London by the Head of this sector of the company. Was a very hard and necessary grilling based on technical and competency based questions. The technical questions were based on the mathematics I might have completed in the past.

Interview Question – Could you please describe the standard deviation and mean of the Normal distribution?   Answer Question

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HR-Placement at PwC

No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) – Reviewed Apr 17, 2013

Interview Details – It was done by an external company which is very strange and although it was meant to last 20 minutes, only lasted about 10 minutes. The interviewer called five minutes late. Asked 2 behavioral questions and asked a lot about their client and the goals they have.

Interview Question – What is a problem a chosen client is facing and how would you solve it. What new services would you offer them.   Answer Question

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Forensics/Assurance at PwC

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) – Reviewed Apr 8, 2013

Interview Details – Application form, Telephone Interview, Assessment Centre, Final Interview

Interview Question – A time when you've done something outside of your comfort zone?   Answer Question

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