Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at KPMG overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at KPMG as a Associate according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
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Drug test: 50%
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I applied online. I interviewed at KPMG (Chicago, IL) in May 2017
Interview
1. screener with hr team member from South Africa 2. hiring manager phone call 3. phone call with director of department. No opportunity to interview in person.
Everyone I spoke to was fairly unfriendly and not conversational by any means. It was a bit uncomfortable at times as the interviewers seemed unprepared and not interested in learning anything about me outside of what was already on my resume. One hiring manager was yawning quite continuously, another did not have questions ready nor responded to anything I said so there were long pauses. I spent a lot of time preparing for the interview, felt I was on my game and very qualified for the role so it was a disappointing process. Waited about a month to hear back and was only given feedback that they were not continuing with me once I had reached out.
I applied online. I interviewed at KPMG (New York, NY) in Jan 2016
Interview
Very streamlined with feedback at every step of the way. My recruiter was, by far, one of the best of those I've worked with (and this is considering I didn't get the job).
On the day of the in person interview I definitely felt impressed by the people I spoke with at KPMG; That said, I was incredibly intimated which might have hurt me. I was able to speak with most people one on one, at least briefly, which gave me a feel of the lab (nice ambience).
Surprisingly, in regards to other KPMG reviews I've read as well as what my friends at KPMG, the whole process was super quick. This might have been because I interviewed at their Innovation center rather than a more corporate role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why KPMG's Innovation Lab?
Why the associate position (or something to that effect)?
What do you think is important about innovation?
Why your previous position? How will your skills transfer over to a lab environment?
There was also a test/game using sticky notes and the topic of "holidays" to assess how strong the candidate would be at interacting with clients and pushing along business processes during lab sessions.
Only 1 round of interview. It was mainly behaviorial questions. I was quite surprised that they didnt ask me about the technical knowledge, maybe because im not from an accounting background