I applied through other source. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (Columbus, OH) in Nov 2011
Interview
Being from a small school where Big 4 accounting firms do not actively recruit at, I had to be proactive and contact KPMG through my own channels of emailing the HR director and sending my resume to the MOP. Once I was accepted for an interview, KPMG paid for my milage to come and interview in the office. I met one on one with 3 Managers, spending about 30 minutes with each one. Once that round of interviewing was over, I got another call about 2 weeks later to come in and interview again. This interview was very similiar to the last round, except this time I met with Senior Managers. After the interview I recieved a call about a week later stating they were offering me a job. They gave me one week to accept or decline.
Three interview rounds: a recruiter screening, a manager interview, and a Managing Director/Partner interview. Each round combines questions designed to understand who you are, how you lead, and why you’re choosing KPMG.
Two rounds of technical interview and then HR communication
Audit base question
Previous experience
Basic Audit related scenario questions
The process took 5 days. Selected communication in 30 days
Result selectef
With one manager and one director, both behavioural and technical questions were asked, still manageable I think, and can prepare beforehand on resume base on the experiences, need to be familiar enough
Associate applicants have rated the interview process at KPMG with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 342 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at KPMG overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at KPMG as a Associate according to 342 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 19%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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