So. Your application is progressing at pace and next-up is the PwC Interview. To help you on your way we've pulled together a list of potential PwC Interview Questions. As the saying goes...prior preperation prevents piss poor performance!
PWC INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
PwC First Round Graduate Interview
The First round PwC Interview is about 30-40 minutes long and will mostly relate to your application form and experiences to date. Like many established graduate employers, PwC Interviews at this stage will be competency based and will most likely probe for their competencies. The PwC core competencies change from time to time so it's worth checking their site for the latest list. They are very likely to include the following:
> Develop Self and Others through Coaching
> Passionate about client service
> Communicate with Impact
> Be Curious: Learn, Share and Innovate
> Learn and contribute to team success
> Manage projects and economics
Below is a list of popular PwC Interview Questions. Always keep in mind the above competencies when ansering these questions as they will not only be judging your answers but also your fit with their competencies.
PwC Interview Questions:
> Why do you want to work in the Professional Services?
> At University how do you structure your time so there is a balance between your work and personal life?
> Tell me what you know about our business?
> Describe what you see as the role of a graduate at PwC?
> Give me an example of when you've worked in a team? What did you do?
> How do you think PwC adds value to its clients?
> What have been your biggest achievements to date?
> What are your strengths?
> What do you do in your spare time?
> Have you made any other graduate job applications?
> Tell me about a difficult experience and how you dealt with it?
> Tell me what you know about the qualification you'll be studying for at PwC?
> What is the biggest mistake you've made? Tell me what you learnt from the experience?
> What are the different business areas within PwC? Which one would you like to work in?
> Tell me about a situation where you were working towards a tight deadline and something happened to change what you needed to deliver? How did you deal with this?
> What are your weaknesses?
Specific PwC Interview competency questions will also be asked. It is very important you prepare several examples for these as often they will ask for several examples to be given in your ansers.
Common PwC Competency Interview Questions include:
> Please provide some examples of recent events that have had a serious impact on our industry and PwC?
> Please can you tell me about a situation in which you have face a conflict and explain how you went about resoving it?
> Please can you explain a recent piece of finicial news that has caught your eye?
> Can you descibe a situation in which you have had to work as part of a team to achieve a specific goal?
> Have you ever had to lead a team and if so how did you go about it?
When answering PwC Interview questions, particularly competency interview questions, consider using the STAR technique. This will help you sturcture your response. You should consider the Situation you were in, the Task at hand, What Action you you took and what the overall Response was.
For an in-depth understanding of careers in professional services. Watch our video section Graduate jobs in Accounting and Financial Services
For more application advice watch our video on Graduate Interviews
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