I applied in-person. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at KPMG (Sydney) in Jun 2010
Interview
Had 5 or 6 interviews with 3 different partners who clearly hadn't aligned their thoughts with eachother. Hence conflicting stories of the firms strategy and where I would contribute. Subsequent process of getting contract agreed was similarly chaotic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Grilled by one of the partners as to where my value add to the firm would be, clearly unaware that they approached me in the first place
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at KPMG (Leeds, England) in Oct 2024
Interview
First stage two-on-one followed by a presentation to a partner and director. Both a very open and constructive conversation. Presentation was scenario-based with a good grilling afterwards. Every interviewer was encouraging though pressed on details.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you see as the differences working for a big 4 firm?
Recruiter screening
Online interview with Director
Online interview with Partner
Some people have a case study but I did not.
The process can be very slow.
Helpful to have a contact to keep pressure on the recruiting / admin team.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at KPMG (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2024
Interview
The recruiting process is painfully slow and keeps on dragging. Main reason being - as told by one of their directors - they are inexperienced with SAP consulting recruitment and are a bit lost with levels and remuneration etc. The talent recruiter is not bothered at all about candidate experience. Worst of all, I get a voicemail after 4 weeks after I emailed a few times asking for clarification of my candidature saying that “they aren’t moving ahead with me” and that too with no particular reason specified. After a follow up email asking for feedback, I am hit by silence all over again. No response, it has been more than a week now. I would not consider KPMGIreland as a prospective employer. They don’t get it that they are dealing with a Consultant with 25 years of expertise!
KPMG interviews FAQs
Associate Director applicants have rated the interview process at KPMG with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 47% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Director roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 16 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at KPMG overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at KPMG as a Associate Director according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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