500+ PwC Associate Interview Questions & Answers | Complete Prep Guide 2025

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 12 Mar 2023

Interview experience

Excellent

Difficulty level

Easy

Process Duration

Less than 2 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.

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Round 2 - Case Study

Basic auditing and accounting knowledge is what they check for.

Round 3 - One-on-one

(3 Questions)

Q1. If your concepts are clear you will have no problem with the interview

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Q2. What is adverse opinio and qualified opinion? How to check payables and receivables?

Ans.

Adverse and qualified opinions in auditing and how to check payables and receivables.

Adverse opinion is given when the financial statements are materially misstated and the auditor is unable to obtain sufficient evidence to support the amounts and disclosures in the statements.
Qualified opinion is given when the financial statements are fairly presented except for a specific matter that is disclosed in the opinion.
To c...

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Q3. Questions about calculating dta and dtl.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for PwC Associate interview:

Auditing
Taxation
Accounting

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident, don't loose your cool. Even if you are unable to answer any 1 question don't panic.

Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Krati Agarwal

posted on 17 Oct 2023

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

2-4 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.

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Round 2 - HR

(2 Questions)

Q1. Screening Round

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Q2. Current Compensation, Current Role

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Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. All past projects

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 19 Aug 2023

Interview experience

Average

Difficulty level

Hard

Process Duration

2-4 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.

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Round 2 - Case Study

A large cap company is into large loan disbursements and now wants to get into MSME loans category. Give matket penetration and customer acquisition strategy along with feasibility study.

Round 3 - Technical

(2 Questions)

Q1. Questions on banking ratios, payment rails, backend structure of UPI, CBDC etc.

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Q2. International payments, swift transactions, fintechs etc.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Everything you write in your resume is screened several times by different people. Ensure that you're having in depth knowledge of whatever you write in your resume.
There will definitely be case study involved so be prepared.
People interviewing you would ideally be associate director and above level. They'll be able to gauge you within 5 mins. So be totally concentrated towards what you've done, what is it that you wanna do and whats your target.

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 2 Apr 2023

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Process Duration

Result

Selected

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.

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Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Spark related questions

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Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. AWS related questions

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Round 4 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Hadoop related questions

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Round 5 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. AWS related questions

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Round 6 - Communication

(1 Question)

Q1. English Communication Test

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Round 7 - HR

(1 Question)

Q1. Salary discussion and hopes and expectations

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Give your best. Be real and speak the truth. Be well prepared

Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 15 May 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

2-4 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before May 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical

(2 Questions)

Q1. Just stick to your resume

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Q2. SQL should be prepared well

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 6 Jun 2023

Interview experience

Bad

Difficulty level

Process Duration

Result

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.

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Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Differs on who takes interview

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Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Differs on who takes the interview

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Kumar Ayush

posted on 6 Dec 2024

Interview experience

Excellent

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

Less than 2 weeks

Result

Selected

I was interviewed before Dec 2023.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test

It consists of 40 questions - 20 quant, 20 verbal

Round 2 - Technical

(2 Questions)

Q1. What are joins in sql? Define each join join briefly.

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Q2. How do you handle null values

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Round 3 - One-on-one

(2 Questions)

Q1. Puzzle round : basically questions from geeks for geeks

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Q2. There is one round cake . How do you get 8 pieces in 3 cuts?

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Round 4 - HR

(2 Questions)

Q1. Tell me about yourself.

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Q2. Why do you want to join PwC?

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Whatever you write in resume , you must have clear idea of it.

Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 22 Jan 2024

Interview experience

Excellent

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

2-4 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. What was your Articleship experience ?

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They don't provide base location as Mumbai, Gurgaon nor Pune, even though they have offices over still. They just tell you to shift to Kolkata Hyderabad or Bengaluru base location.

Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 26 Feb 2023

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

Less than 2 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jan 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.

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Round 2 - Technical

(3 Questions)

Q1. What is the kind of work that you are doing in ur current company

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Q2. Basics of OOPS, Polymorphism(Static and Dynamic)

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Q3. Asynchronous Programming - use of async and await

Ans.

Async/await is a way to write asynchronous code in a synchronous style.

Async/await is used in C# and other programming languages to simplify asynchronous programming.
It allows developers to write asynchronous code that looks like synchronous code.
Async/await is used to avoid blocking the main thread and improve application performance.
It is commonly used in web applications to handle long-running tasks like database qu...

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You should know your tech stack and the work u are doing in ur current company thoroughly.

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

Rounak Roy Chowdhury

posted on 3 Dec 2023

Interview experience

Excellent

Difficulty level

Hard

Process Duration

More than 8 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Dec 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.

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Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. All questions related to cybersecurity.

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Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. All questions related to cybersecurity.

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Round 4 - Aptitude Test

There were around 40 questions in total.

Round 5 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Questions related to previous work experience and cybersecurity questions.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for PwC Associate interview:

Cybersecurity

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Revise all the topics related to the work you did. Don't fake your experience unless you can handle it properly. It's okay if you cannot answer all questions correctly. But make sure you explained all the things you know correctly.

PwC Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in PwC Associate interview?

PwC interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the PwC interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and One-on-one Round.

How to prepare for PwC Associate interview?

Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at PwC. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at PwC expect are Risk Management, Leadership Development, Networking, Consulting and Advisory.

What are the top questions asked in PwC Associate interview?

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How long is the PwC Associate interview process?

The duration of PwC Associate interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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