I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
The interview was not enjoyable as it did not feel like a conversation. Throughout the interview, the interviewer tried so hard not to fall asleep as she kept drinking her coffee and tried not to have her eyes closed. I felt like the interviewer did not even pay attention to what I'm talking about.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you face an ethical dilemma and how you overcome it
I applied online. I interviewed at KPMG in Nov 2015
Interview
Telephone interview, lasted for about 45 minutes. Competency based quesions, and career motivation questions, and also situational judgement questions. Questions focus on five areas: delivers quality, resilience, awareness of seizes business opportunities, makes an impact, career motivations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Delivers Quality
Can you describe a piece of work that you are proud of? What difficulties did you overcome in this experience? What did you learn from that?
Resilience
A time when you work under pressure/or to a tight deadline. How do you feel about these kind of pressure? What would you have done differently if you were to do it again?
Awareness of and seizes business opportunities:
A company is doing badly recently. What is the four main challenges they are facing with? What are their opportunities in the future?
Makes an impact
Can you describe a time when you delivered excellent client services? Why do you think excellent client services is very important?
Career Motivation
What is the difference of KPMG from other big 4 companies?
Which part do you hate the most about the job?
Why audit interests you?
What will you do in the first 12-18 months?
Most challenging work for audit?
What commitments would you have to make to KPMG if you were on the audit programme?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (Auckland, ) in Apr 2011
Interview
Interview was very relaxed - was more of a casual chat rather than a "formal" interview. Met with a Partner and a senior manager who asked mostly general questions about what I had done at university and any extra-curricular activities. The Partner also asked a question regarding a recent current event and asked for my opinion on the topic.