Tax 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 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Tax Associate roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 232 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 Tax Associate according to 232 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 41%
Phone interview: 13%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Skills test: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (Short Hills, NJ) in Oct 2013
Interview
I got contacted by the Recruiter Director over the phone to check in my availability to be considered for an Associate Expatriate position (even though I applied online for that position!). She then sent me details for an office interview with the team members of the International Tax Group. The interview lasted 2 and a half hours and was with 5 people of the team. All of them very nice and they explained all the details about the Groups, what I would be doing if hired and the interview was more conversational rather than asking me specific questions. I got a good vibe after leaving the office. However after 4 weeks of follow ups and getting no answer the HR person finally informed me that they were not going to pursue any more conversations at that time. One day after the job was reposted on kpmg careers website. Short Hills office is not the office you want to apply to. Very unprofessional and lack of feedback and courtesy to candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No difficult questions at all. All the interview was friendly and conversational.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (Milan) in Mar 2026
Interview
Due colloqui con Hr e people manager 1 tecnico più verifica del l’inglese tramite test online gestito con Ai,il test di inglese è molto semplice più o meno livello B1
Asked a ton of questions about tax classes and why the interest for choosing this profession. Not too much about prior internships or past jobs. Also, a few questions such as why KPMG.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the most interesting tax code you learned in one of your classes
Very smooth, not may questions of knowledge. Mostly questions about myself and my motivation and future and why i want to join them. Overall a good experince from the interview