Tax Associate applicants have rated the interview process at KPMG with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 75.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Tax Associate roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at KPMG overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at KPMG as a Tax Associate according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
One on one interview: 9%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at KPMG in Sep 2025
Interview
First round with the recruiter talk about the graduation date, the preference of the lines, and the interest in KPMG.
Scheduled a back-to-back total 1-hour interview with 2 interviewers, each one 30 minutes. One is the manager and the one is the managing director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions:
What's the biggest challenge in your school or prior experience?
What's your goal?
Why tax, why KPMG, questions about teamwork.
They are just looking to see if you would be a good cultural fit. Not too technical at all. Just be yourself and be curious about the role and act excited.
It Was very straight forward. They asked a few questions about my past experience and pretty much told me what the job entails and what we would doing. I was interviewed by two managers who have been there for a while so it was good to know that they were also hired as temps but became permanent after some time