I applied online. I interviewed at PwC (London, England) in Nov 2021
Interview
Online tests; included gamified elements as well as a working memory test (a variant of the Chimp Test). There was also a numerical test and an inductive reasoning test, both of which were relatively doable.
The interview day requires you to do the same 2-part exercise twice with different interviewers. If you succeed with the first round, you are progressed, partake in a networking lunch and repeat the process with more senior employees. An offer is given on the day if applicable.
The exercises are broken into two parts, both timed. I believe it is variable which part comes first. For me, first, there was an 'unstructured' market sizing case study, in which no context was given and your aim is to walk the interviewer through your thought process in answering the question. After the time elapsed, I was asked some conventional interview questions.
The second part was a 'structured' case study with a different interviewer, in which I was given a pamphlet filled with statistical and written data and 15 minutes to annotate as I saw fit. After this, the interviewer returned and asked general questions about the situation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The 'unstructured' case study required me to estimate the total market size of eyeglasses.
The 'structured' case study pertained to the selling of surveillance equipment to governments worldwide.
5 rounds of interview with always 2 different people. The first is more informal, the second is more behavioural, the third is a case study after which you are interviewed by with seniors managers, then you have a 60 min test and finally an interview with partners.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were many questions that I have been asked, difficult to state the most important. Probably the case study and the interview after was very important.
Pretty straightfoward. Lots of case studies and some were harder than others. Some of the partner interviews they seemed uninterested so the vibe was off a bit. Also over zoom.
Standard case interview - 3 rounds: one behavioral, one case, one with partner. The case is s standard consulting case. The behavioral and partner interviews are standard as well. The case interview can prepped for with standard management consulting case reviews.