I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at KPMG in Oct 2008
Interview
I first communicated with KPMG during recruitment activities they hosted at our school. At a career fair and on the school's recruiting website, I submitted my resume and applied for an interview. I was part of a group selected for the first round of interviews on campus. For the first interview we met one on one with a partner from the office we were applying for. The questions asked were based on experience and certain situations we had been in.
I was asked back for the second round of interviews, which were on location. The evening before the interview there was a dinner for the second round of interviewers and employees from our respected school. If we were coming from out of town, we had the option to stay at a hotel. The interview process the next day included information sessions about the company and different areas, a Q&A session with partners then recent interns, we went to lunch with the new hires and recent interns to further question them and get to know them, and we finally had 2 separate interviews with different partners than we had met with before. There we were asked more experience questions and why we wanted to work for the company, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time that you were in a difficult group situation? What did you do? How did you handle it? What was the outcome?
Normal apt test before this interview, then hr will send email to confirm the face to face interview. It is an 1 hour group discussion on a case, then present to interviewer for 10 minutes. After that, an one on one interview with manager will be conducted.
Pretty easy. Standard competency questions like tell me about a time ypu showed leadership. Got it through university placement program. Lady was really nice was more like a conversation which made everything very comfortable.
It tests your patience mainly, in addition to the accounting and finance knowledge. Best to get prepared by reading some F3 and F7 papers. Wear professional, be there at least 10 minutes early. Talk smoothly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to know if management valued inventory correctly