Summer Internship 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 94% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Internship roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 17 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 Summer Internship according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
Background check: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Presentation: 7%
Other: 4%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (Orange, CA)
Interview
Behavioral questions:
Describe a time that a team member wasn't pulling their own weight and how you dealt with it.
Describe a time that you took initiative.
Describe a time where something didn't go according to plan and how you resolved it.
Why do you want to work for KPMG/ this practice?
I applied online. I interviewed at KPMG (Hong Kong) in Mar 2026
Interview
Online assessment included cognitive testing and english testing. Needed to answer basic math problems like looking at statistics and graphs and interpreting them. Open-ended questions were straight-forward and simple, face cam required.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you like to achieve in the next five and ten years?
Didn't take a huge amount of preparation. Just basic stuff like why KPMG, what can you bring to the firm, and talking about new development in tech. It wasn't too difficile.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time where you used a new technology in an innovative way.
I applied online. I interviewed at KPMG (New York, NY) in Nov 2025
Interview
Just did the behavioral and it was okay. Didn't get any offer or second interview. It was similar to every other first round interview, and it was great experience for future interviews.