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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The process took 2 months. I interviewed at PwC (Reading, England) in Feb 2022
Interview
Tests, video interview and face to face interview about an hour long, one final 15 mins coffee chat with partner. The final interview is just a formality I believe you have already been selected for the role if you make it to this stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us a bit about yourself?
Why this role?
Key strength?
One Weakness?
A time where you had to think outside the box?
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?
Online test and then in person interview. The online tests were faily standard. Interview process followed why pwc and why the role etc . They then asked if I wanted to ask them anything and I could tell that they were interested to see if I'd researched the role and company and had applicable questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why audit and why PwC?
How do you cope with trikcy situations? Clients aren't always easy
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.