I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at PwC in May 2022
Interview
First Round
- HR person took first round
- Asked about my previous role & responsibilities
- Asked the name of recruitment agency through which my profile was shared with them
- Asked if I am holding any offers- Answered yes, clearly said we will not be able to give counter offer then why have you appeared for the interview
- Asked and drilled down why I left the last organisation
- Asked and tried to understand the reason why I took a break and left the las organisation without an offer in hand
- Told clearly that PwC has policies which does not entertain employees with a break without any reason. The reasons have to be reasonable like maternity leave or sabbatical only.
Suggestion:
Being the Big 4, you are expected to be arrogant, paying less, least bothered about employees.
But you should start understanding and taking care of mental health of your employees too.
Employees are human beings and not machinery that would work without a break.
Not every break would justify to be on paper and formalised. To your surprise, employees have started taking a break before their machinery break downs while continuously working for employers like you.
I had taken an informed decision and a well planned break and future of people like me definitely is beyond understanding of types like PwC.
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Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Previous projects delivered
Roles & responsibilities as a PM
All possible questions directed at rejecting the candidate and sound like candidate is a fool and how did he even think of appearing for PwC when he has committed a crime of taking a break just for leisure.
Muito acessíveis. Bem estruturada com perguntas técnicas e de enquadramento profissional adequadas para a função
Casos práticos, perguntas teóricas especificas para a função para a qual concorri: project manager. Explicação das funções a exercer
3 entretiens : RH, Manager, Membre du pôle. Des échanges à chaque fois, pas d'étude de cas. Il y a un test d'anglais a effectuer en plus en parallèle. Le processus peut être un peu long.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Comment réagissez-vous lorsqu'un client souhaite changer le brief en cours de route ?
Processo lungo. Colloquio iniziale tranquillo. Colloquio tecnico anche abbastanza specifico. Non è niente di impossibile ma bisogna essere preparati sia in excel sia in concetti di base che riguardano ciò per cui ti stai applicando.