Director applicants have rated the interview process at PwC with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director roles take an average of 56 days to get hired, when considering 54 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 Director according to 54 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 22%
Background check: 14%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at PwC (London, England) in Jun 2021
Interview
I was represented by a recruitment company. Once my CV was shortlisted, I had first round with a Senior Manager. He liked my experience and recommended me to next round. I had another round with Director and he liked my experience as well and I was moved to Partner panel round.
Strangely, before partner panel, I had got a meeting request from a partner of PwC to give me a brief on partner panel. I questioned my recruitment agent that why a Partner is coming forward to de-brief me but I did not get any answer.
Any how I went ahead to attend the pre-panel information session from Partner. To my surprise the Partner, from Indian origin, started interviewing me without giving any heed to why I was there for the session.
Through out the interview I felt he was suspicious and trying to find faults and his body language was un-necessary snobbish. Really did not feel like a place I should get into.
I was not offered in the end and the reason I got was that I do not have sales experience however I was never asked a BD question in the interview - hurray!. What a poor experience to get from such an esteemed organisation!
Applied online, 2 days later recruiter reached out to schedule interview. Interviewed with 7 people - Partner, Alliance Lead, MD. HR, ACRE. Interview was not difficult. The Partner had no interviewing skills. No emotional intelligence. He spent most of the time talking about himself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for PwC? Ridiculous question.
As expected for this type of employer and this role level. It was fair but firm. There were three people on the panel and it lasted forty-five minutes. It was in-person.
First round interview with the MD
- Overview of the job / interviewer
- Technical questions
- Why PwC
- Q&A
Second round will follow with another MD / Partner, and a case