Intern 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 76.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PwC (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2011
Interview
Interview consisted of the typical behavior questions, but in a conversational form. Asked about GPA and Major GPA.
Questions:
Why should we hire you over the other interns?
What makes you unique?
Tell me a time where you had to manage your time wisely.
So you know Cantonese and Mandarin? Tell me about that.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at PwC in Oct 2011
Interview
Talk to campus recruiter and submitted the resume at Career Fair in September;
Apply on-line via campus career center;
Invited to first-round interview;
You could talk to a greeter while waiting; Wish I knew earlier that their opinions about you count!
Then invited into a room for interview: they are basically CV questions and some behavioral questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me one example in which you actually failed to do something.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PwC in Feb 2011
Interview
Online assessment (Maths and English tests) followed by phone interview which asked questions such as "describe a time when you have had to work as a team to achieve a task", After this comes the assessment centre where you are asked to do one solo activity, one group activity and some more tests.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a story in the news recently that has caught your interest and why?