Graduate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at PwC with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 42% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Consultant roles take an average of 76 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PwC overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at PwC as a Graduate Consultant according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
One on one interview: 6%
Other: 6%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Interview was very informal. Interviewer had a set of questions which they had to ask and they made notes during the interview. After I was asked the set questions, I was asked a question to test my analytical ability and to understand my thought process. Finally, we had a 10 minute(ish) conversation answering any questions I had.
I felt like the main point of the interview was to ascertain my suitability for the PwC culture and to check that I would be able to cope in the company.
When have you instigated change? How did you do this? Why did you do this? What was the long term impact? (How did you measure that this was successful?)
application - online testing, same as the KPMG one - online interview (2 one-way video questions + form for preferred team) - assessment centre in early august - offer stage
A few scenario based questions and basic questions.
They only gave me an expected date to move to the next step, but I haven't heard anything back even until the day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You know a different approach using one of the new technologies that has invested in. What would you do in this situation?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PwC (London, England) in Sep 2025
Interview
First online application, then DHL test which was fairly easy.Hirevue around 5 questions. One on why PwC the rest behavioural scenarios. No technical questions/ case studies at all. Each question has a load of bullet points of what had to be covered in an answer. Prepare some scenarios ahead of time