I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at PwC
Interview
I started my application online by completing a standard application form with all my education and work experience details. This was followed by a long personality questionnaire, I think there were over 100 options to go through and chose which option sounded most like you or least like you. At this stage I was also asked to complete a numerical test and logical reasoning test. Having done A-Level Maths I found the numerical test fine, and the logical reasoning was mainly sequences of patterns. I received immediate feedback on my performance which was really useful.
The next stage was a phone interview which lasted about 40 mins and covered general HR questions, nothing surprised me or tricked me but you do need to be up to scratch with your business and UK news.
I really enjoyed the half day assessment centre which repeated the logical and numerical tests, included a group discussion exercise involving a little bit of maths, good time keeping and general communication. The final part was a written exercise which involved reading quite a large pack, and then summarising the content and giving recommendations to a client on their potential choices.
Finally my face to face interview was about 45 minutes and was quite relaxed and informal. Generally I think it was just to test out that if they put me in front of a client I would give out the right impression.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I have to say the question I found most difficult to answer was "how would you describe consulting?" It's really difficult to put into a succinct sentence as it involves so much!
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at PwC (Hong Kong) in Nov 2012
Interview
Assessment centre where we have group activity to see if we are a good team player. Then there are 2 more rounds of interviews to meet the manager and ultimately the partner.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No technical questions. More questions were really straight forward and nothing unexpected. (questions about your strength and weaknesses, and causal chat to see your personality, i.e. what will you do after the school final exam, any travelling plan?) The key is to entertain your manager or partner, they get bored and tired after a long day of work and they want to hear something more fun.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PwC in Oct 2013
Interview
Process was very straightforward. Most of the recruiters are a combination of very sociable and kind people who really enjoy working with the company. Most interviews up till the final round are mostly behavioral with a little technology question and problem solving scenarios thrown in the mix.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most difficult question was the case study given to me, since my major is not in buisness.