I applied through college or university. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at PwC (Waterloo, ON) in Oct 2016
Interview
The interview process was pretty long. There were two rounds, a partner interview and a manager interview, both around 50 minutes long. The partner interview was heavily focused on behavioural questions with very specific scenarios. The manager interview was easier in my opinion, more open-ended and there were more questions relating to knowledge about the company, the services they provide and CPA-related questions. I interviewed for this as a second year student looking for a co-op.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about a current news and how does it affect PwC?
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.
There will be 2 parts in the interview process. First is case study and second is user interview. Case study is about if you become an auditor, how will you audit the client. The user interview is basic questions like experience, where will you be in 5 years, etc.