PwC Associate Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Q1. What is the five-step model of Ind AS 115?
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The five-step model of Ind AS 115 is a framework for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers.
• Identify the contract with the customer

• Identify the performance obligations in the contract

• Determine the transaction price

• Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations

• Recognize revenue as the entity satisfies a performance obligation
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Q2. What is Ind AS 109?
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Ind AS 109 is a financial reporting standard that deals with the recognition and measurement of financial assets and liabilities.
• Ind AS 109 is based on the principles of recognizing financial assets and liabilities at fair value.

• It requires entities to classify financial assets based on their business model for managing the assets and their contractual cash flow characteristics.

• It also introduces the expected credit lo...read more
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Basic Aptitude test was taken. Topics were mainly Quants, Logical Reasoning and English. No coding questions was given.

Q1. Questions were purely asked from the CV and each and every projects were discussed. Also they focussed on why I have used a particular tech stack for a particular project and why not something else. No DSA...read more
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Q1. This was a partner round. The senior-most officials take your interview in this round. Its basically CV based. And behavioral questions were asked. Nothing too technical here.
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Q1. This was just a formality, whether i am willing to relocate etc. these kind of questions were asked.
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Some technical questions of operating system, sql and some math, and 1 simple coding question

Q1. Introduce yourself?!
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I am a dedicated and detail-oriented professional with a strong background in project management and team leadership.
• Experienced in project management and team leadership

• Detail-oriented and dedicated

• Strong communication skills

• Background in [specific industry or field, if applicable]
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Q2. What is your comfortable coding language.
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My comfortable coding language is Python.
• Python is versatile and easy to read

• I have experience with libraries like Pandas and NumPy

• I have used Python for web development projects
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Q3. Sort the give series of unsorted numbers using any comfortable sorting techniques.
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I would use the quicksort algorithm to efficiently sort the given series of unsorted numbers.
• Implement the quicksort algorithm by selecting a pivot element and partitioning the array into two sub-arrays based on the pivot.

• Recursively apply the quicksort algorithm to the sub-arrays until the entire array is sorted.

• Time complexity of quicksort is O(n log n) on average, making it a good choice for sorting large datasets.
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Q1. Introduce yourself
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I am a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual with a strong background in marketing and project management.
• Experienced in developing and implementing marketing strategies

• Skilled in project planning and execution

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
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Q2. Where are you from?
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I am from a small town in the Midwest known for its friendly community and beautiful natural surroundings.
• I grew up in a close-knit community where everyone knows each other.

• The town is surrounded by lush forests and scenic lakes, making it a great place for outdoor activities.

• Despite its small size, the town has a strong sense of community and pride in its local traditions.
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Q3. If you are selected by pwc, initially u might be asked to take up some paid courses and later you can get it reimbursed, are you okay with that?
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Q4. In future if there are any business requirements we might shift u to another location, would that be ok? Are you comfortable in relocating?
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Q1. What is oops concept
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Oops concept stands for Object-Oriented Programming concepts which include principles like inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism, and abstraction.
• Oops concept is a programming paradigm that focuses on objects and classes.

• It includes principles like inheritance, where a class can inherit properties and methods from another class.

• Encapsulation is another principle where data is kept private within a class and can only...read more
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Q2. What is oops concepts
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Oops concepts refer to Object-Oriented Programming concepts which include inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism, and abstraction.
• Inheritance: Allows a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class.

• Encapsulation: Bundling data and methods that operate on the data into a single unit.

• Polymorphism: Ability to present the same interface for different data types.

• Abstraction: Hiding the complex implementation...read more
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Q1. It was behavior round
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Q2. It was behaviour round
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