Audit 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 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Audit Associate roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 770 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 Audit Associate according to 770 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Phone interview: 12%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PwC (Houston, TX) in Nov 2010
Interview
First received a call from HR who did an interview for 30 minutes- mainly behavioral type- so get all the types of leadership and team setting questions off the internet and practice practice practice and come up with great stories for every single bad situation out there and how positively you handled them (and how you learned and matured from those situations). They try to look for well rounded people- so try to remember times you volunteered or were a leader somehow! Grades aren't everything to them at this point! They want to see if you're personable and trainable and whether you can work with people or would rather be left alone in the corner.
After the phone interview, I was invited for an office visit. The visit consisted of a dinner the night before the and then the office visit the following day. It's important to be at the dinner as you will meet other candidates (like around 50) and associates (around 20) from PwC-which will make you ALOT more comfortable! I'm guessing if you're at the office visit, you'll get hired unless you really screw it up. The interviews next day will consist of a manager and a partner or 2 partners for some people. They will be casual conversations. The partner one is more intense as he goes through your resume- so make sure you know EVERYTHING on your resume and have 1 or 2 sentences prepared for every description you have written for every job! You also need to go in with some good questions prepared and ask the interviewer questions about their backgrounds and how they got to where they are at- they absolutely LOVE talking about their achievements! Make sure to take their business cards and leave them a nice, short, personalized thank you note in their email inbox and make sure to write one thing you remembered that they said in the interview and thank them for their time! Do not mention your qualifications or write more than 5 sentences- you'll seem desperate! Then, as for the offer, you should hear the same day or the following day!
I applied online. I interviewed at PwC (London, England)
Interview
Immediately after submitting your application you will be invited to the first stage, an online assessment involving maths and logic problems, similar to other companies.
About a month later I was notified of the second stage, an online virtual assessment centre. The VAC lasted about 4 hrs and has three parts: a group interview where we discuss a fictional consulting problem, an individual task writing a report based on given information, and a one-to-one interview that mainly focuses on your experience in the group session, along with some motivational/behavioural questions.
The third stage is a one-to-one in-person partner interview. Before your interview they’ll invite you to a coaching call where they tell you some things that may come up and how to prepare. They’ll also give you some idea about how you did in the VAC and what you can improve. At the actual interview, the style really depends on your interviewer and it felt more like a coffee chat. Although my advice is to study some PwC values and your own motivation beforehand. The interview was nice and I was notified about my result in only about 3 weeks.
lot of stages of interview. i need to take a test. then go through the first stage of interview. then 2nd interview is quite tough as they the questions are more very high thinking level which i am underprepared. but it was a great experience.
The process was well-structured and professional overall. It included behavioral questions, discussions about audit/accounting concepts, and questions focused on teamwork and problem-solving. Interviewers were friendly and made the conversation comfortable. The process was moderately challenging but fair, with clear communication throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach identifying risks or material misstatements during an audit engagement?