Manager applicants have rated the interview process at PwC with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 66% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Manager roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 172 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 Manager according to 172 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 9%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 1%
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I applied through other source. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at PwC in Jan 2008
Interview
Informal interview, followed by a formal interview with the hiring manager.
Big 4 firms also make you fill out a 4-page form where you indicate you academic performance and work history, along with a field mentioning the "reason for leaving" each of your previous employers.
This is followed by a question e.g. "What makes Singapore an attractive investment location" - I doubt if anyone actually takes a critical look at the answer though.
Interviews are benign - Big 4 staff are not aggressive in their interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you go about preparing an account plan for a large client?
All individual.
First to receive a HR call, which is the basic question and strength and weakness.
Then to interview with Senior manager
Finally interview with Partner
The questions are mainly on work experience and a few technical questions.
I interviewed for a position that's slightly out of my expertise. They took the time to understand why and was engaging to explain what the role requires. There were 3 of them.
Softball questions. Technical questions were nothing difficult and so weren't memorable. Interviews were more of a soft skills check than anything else. The decision was already made once my resume was seen.