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.
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.
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
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:
Group panel interview: 18%
Background check: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 9%
One on one interview: 9%
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