Assurance Associate 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 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Assurance Associate roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 19 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PwC overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at PwC as a Assurance Associate according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 13%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Phone interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Other: 7%
Group panel interview: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PwC
Interview
1) Campus interview - interview on campus with dinner the night before. At the dinner, I was able to speak with my interviewer casually for about an hour and a half. The recruiter and the partner were very flexible and easy to talk to. The interview itself was very conversational - talking about our backgrounds. Be prepared with a lot of GOOD questions. They should focus on points about the job and company - what you can expect day-to-day, growth opportunities, etc.
2) Office Interview - The partner I interviewed with called me from his car on the way home and invited me to an office visit about 3 weeks later. Very quick feedback was appreciated. The office visit also had a social mixer/dinner the night before. Awesome time to meet a lot of people and speak to the people who would interview you the next day. The actual visit included breakfast, a welcome from partners, 4 30 minute interviews with different levels of employees, and a concluding small group lunch. A few of the interviews had actual interview questions but a few were conversational - It probably depends on who is interviewing you. Again, about half of each interview should consist of Q&A from you.
Everyone was very friendly and helpful throughout the day and I was able to get a great feel for the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle working with people from different perspectives? How would you go through a lot of data efficiently? What are you looking for in a position?
It was a good interview process where they test your accounting knowledge and ability to work in a team. They also ask you behavioural questions as well. Best to prepare as much as possible beforehand
Very straightforward, partners & senior managers were friendly and asked expected technical questions. Key thing to stand out is to really research the company and how the grad programme works - focus on exactly what you will do in assurance, what the role would look like and also some basic accounting understanding.
online application for graduate role had initial aptitude test. I passed and did the one way digital interview which was just answering 2 questions where you record your self. Passed and went to assessment center which was a group case study and interview.