I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PwC (Varsovie, Mazovie) in Dec 2013
Interview
First I passed the tests, then was ivited to do the english test and after that I was informed (via e-mail) that I successfully passed two initial stages and now am invited for the AC which will last approx. 3,5 hours. The AC has 3 main parts :
1) The group exercises (where it is best to just be confident, cheerful and focused on what the GROUP, not YOU has to acheieve in the end of the conversation)
2) The interview with the manager...(funny part was that after 2 month of working in the company I met the manager who was interviewing me and she didn't recognise/remember me at all ))
3) The presentation (you've got approx. 20 minutes for preparation. During that time you'll have to skim more than 10 pages of the texts from diff. sources, make notes and draw some charts if you wish to , as these can be later used during the presentation. The presentation is 1:1 with the partner, whom I also met after 2 month of working for the PwC, and who, just like the manager, didn't remember me at all :) but the presentation was easy , my topic was to describe main trends in pharmaceutical industry during the last 3-5 years , based on the texts I was given. After that the partner asks you some questions regarding the presentation, or regarding you & background)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are specific areas of consulting you'd like to work in and why ?
Assessment Centre- was given a case study to complete in a group of six people about a online tutoring company. We were then split into time slots for our individual interviews.
First was a HR phone call. Mainly behavioural followed by a case study which was sent 24 hours prior to the presentation day where we had to present our findings to a panel
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case study question which revolves around business and optimization question
Everyone was very welcoming and the process was quite straightforward. I could even choose my location at the end. The interviews happened online and were conducted in German. I appreciate the quick feedback.