I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at KPMG (Santa Clara, CA) in Sep 2011
Interview
This interview was an on-campus interview. You get a one on one interview with a senior manager of the specific service. They basically want to get to know you and see if you would fit in their company, of course.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at KPMG in Apr 2009
Interview
There are 3 rounds of interview. 1st is the HR round where the basic questions about your CV are asked. The 2nd round is the technical round which consists of detailed technical questions about your field. Finally, its the partner round which can be unpredictable. You can be asked a few more technical questions or it maybe a personality test.
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG in May 2012
Interview
Phone Interview: Consisted of basic competency questions based on the key behaviors mentioned on the KPMG website. There were also a couple of questions about companies that were doing well/badly.
Assessment Center: A cut-down version of the full graduate assessment center. It contained a written exercise based on a fictional company and a e-tray exercise. The written exercise lasted an hour during which time you had to read a large booklet of information on a company then summarize the main points and add recommendations about what the company should do. The e-tray exercise lasted an hour in which time you had to reply to emails and voicemails. Some required full written responses and others required selecting a course of action from a list. Overall this was not to difficult as you were given suggested timings of how long each activity should last (I managed to keep to these timings ok).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a UK company which has expanded into a foreign market recently. Outline whether or not the company handled this expansion well or poorly.