I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at PwC (Bengaluru) in Aug 2021
Interview
The first round was an online test which consisted of questions on analytical reasoning, Java and SQL. The questions on Java and SQL were intensive and required a thorough knowledge of the subject. However, there was no coding round. The next round was a technical interview which covered some basic Computer Science questions, 2 very basic questions to code live, mostly the questions were from projects and/or internship done. I was being interviewed for Data and Analytics Technologies team, so most of the questions were inclined towards data technologies. Finally, there was a 15 minutes HR round, which is just basically a "talk round". If you've come so far, you probably have made it!
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Optimized code for checking a string palindrome (any language)
Applied online for the Real Estate Advisory Associate role in Toronto. Heard back within a couple of weeks with an invitation for an initial recruiter screen. The call was short — about five minutes — mostly confirming my background, interest in real estate advisory, and availability. The recruiter outlined the rest of the process: a round with the hiring manager, then an in-person case study (about an hour), and a final more informal conversation with leadership. Straightforward and well-communicated throughout.
Made it to a case round where they asked fairly basic questions about a business case and what I would do with new data. Pretty standard for consulting interviews, nothing unexpected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given this new data for the business case we gave you, how would you update your recommendations?
My interview process was a total of 3 rounds. The first and last round was mostly behavioral questions, and the 2nd round had some casing aspects / scenario based prompts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to speak towards my leadership initiative and also gave me a case question that had some targeted follow-up questions.
Associate 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 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 776 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 Associate according to 776 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 13%
Background check: 12%
Personality test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Group panel interview: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 2%
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