The process took 2 days. I interviewed at KPMG (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2009
Interview
KPMG first came on-campus and held first round interviews on campus. It was a 30 minute interview with a KPMG audit partner. It was more of a conversation than an interview, I think they just want to see if they like you. After my interview my interviewer said I would probably make it to 2nd rounds and to call him if I changed my mind about audit. I thought that was kind of weird but I was happy to hear that he thought I would make it!
During 2nd rounds, KPMG put us up in a hotel. We had intro and dinner the first afternoon and the following morning we had to do some group teambuilding exercises and then we had 2 30-minute interviews with a partner and a senior manager. Both were extremely nice and easy to talk to. It was really more about talking about my resume and also a conversation. After the interviews, they took us out for lunch!
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Question 1
What's a difficult situation and how did you handle it?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2008
Interview
First I had a phone interview, then I had a first round group interview with a bunch of other recruits - behavioral style interview. Then lastly I had an interview with a couple managers, a partner and a senior manager - the basic questions were asked. In all honestly, I wish I had never gotten the job.
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG in Oct 2009
Interview
Had a campus inerview with a Manager for KPMG. He was so laid back it was unbeleivable. I left the interview feeling pretty good about it (I'm from a top school and he seemed to acknowledge that). A couple weeks later, I received an email for a group office visit interview. This was basicallly lunch, an interview, an office tour, and two more interviews, one with a partner and one with a manager. They just asked typical behavioral questions and ran down your resume. I think that my positive attitude, confidence, and enthusiasm helped put me ahead of some of the other students. Also I had a list of prepared questions that I brought (ie IFRS or GAAP?). They seemed impressed by that.