PWC Interview Questions

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Excerpts from interview #1:

(A student with a profile of CGPA 8.7 in graduation, 76.32% in 12th and 78.77% in 10th)

Technical interview:

What do you mean by assessment year?
What is statutory audit?
How many heads are there under total income?
How will you decide the residential status of an individual?
What do you mean by vouching?

HR interview:

Introduce yourself.
What is the difference between smart work and hard work?
List some of you achievements?
What according to you was your greatest failure in life?
Where do you see yourself after 2 years?
Explain your personality in one word.

Excerpts from interview #2:

(A student with a profile of CGPA 7.9 in graduation, 75.11% in 12th and 76.17% in 10th)

Technical and HR interview:

What is tax refund?
What is capital gain? Explain long term capital gains and how is it different from short term capital gains?
Tell me the name of big four auditors.
What is alternative minimum tax (AMT)?
Tell me something about your family?
Why should we hire you?
Why PwC?
Tell me about a time when you worked effectively under pressure.
If you could be any animal, what would it be?

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Excerpts from interview #3:

(A student with a profile of CGPA 7.6 in graduation, 75.41% in 12th and 72.33% in 10th)

Technical and HR interview:

What do you mean by amortization and impairment?
What is intercompany reconciliation?
What are the two most basics financial statements prepared by the companies?
What is the securities transaction tax?
What are the various systems of Accounting? Explain them.
Why do you know about PwC?
Do you enjoy doing independent research?
Why do you want to join this company?

Excerpts from interview #4:

(A student with a profile of CGPA 7.21 in graduation, 72.41% in 12th and 68.23% in 10th)

Technical interview:

Suggest a method of joining two tables.
What do you know about big data?
What do you mean by “normalization”?
What is object oriented model?
Define RDBMS.
Why is DML provided?
Where do we generally create INDEX?

HR interview:

What opinion do your friends have about you?
When do you think you will complete and be able to join?(contextual question)
Do you have any questions for us?
What changes would you make at your college?
If you were to ask one of your professors to describe you, what would he or she say?
What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses?

Excerpts from interview #5:

(A student with a profile of CGPA 7.8 in graduation, 69.31% in 12th and 69.63% in 10th)

Technical interview:

What are the advantages to use stored procedures?
Do you think BCNF is better than 2NF & 3NF? Why?
Give me a SQL Query to find out the second largest company?
Discuss transparent DBMS?
Tell me about cloud computing and its applications?
What is the difference between exclusive lock and shared lock?

HR interview:

What interests you most about this position?
What is the difference between primary key, foreign key and candidate key?
How has your education prepared you for your career?
Describe your Final Year Project. What innovations did you bring into this project?
Who is the CEO of the company?

Excerpts from interview #6:

(A student with a profile of CGPA 7.5 in graduation, 68.21% in 12th and 72.63% in 10th)

Technical interview:

Why do you want to work in audit?
What are the objectives of internal audit?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of proprietary firms?
Explain about cross functional audits?
What are the main duties and responsibilities of a finance executive?
What are audit control procedures?
What is CARO 2003? What do you mean by management audit?

HR interview:

Do you prefer working in a team?
How would a lecturer describe you?
Do you keep your promises?
What motivates you?
Are you a good listener?
Have you ever wanted to quit something?
Tell me about your groups of friends?
Do you believe in talent or hard work?

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