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PwC Senior Associate Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 3 Jan 2025

Top PwC Senior Associate Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. What is Materiality, How to decide Materiality , who decide what will be the level of Materiality ?
  • Q2. What is the team strength for the teams you facilitated Scrum?
  • Q3. What do you know about different process like P2P, O2C as the profile was for internal audit
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PwC Senior Associate Interview Experiences

166 interviews found

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Mar 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Question on understanding of business and sceanrio based question on GTM strategy and business future outlook
  • Q2. What will you do to built automation capability of an organization
  • Ans. 

    To build automation capability, I will focus on identifying areas for automation, selecting appropriate tools, and training the team.

    • Conduct a thorough analysis of the organization's processes to identify areas for automation

    • Select appropriate automation tools based on the identified areas

    • Train the team on the selected tools and provide ongoing support

    • Develop a roadmap for automation implementation and prioritize tasks...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Case Study 

Interview based on case study.
Ppt
Ppt walkthrough
Discussion on solutions suggested.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Question mostly based on profile and organization fit.
  • Q2. Strength and weakness
  • Q3. Why PwC hobbiea intrests

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared for all sort of questions. And the approach should be arrange your ideas and present them coherently. Your answers reasons and ideas whether they are simple or out of the world it needs to be presented in an organized way.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Aug 2022.

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 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Related to your Technical capabilities mentioned in your resume
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Partner round - they will ask about your challenging projects and how you overcome them
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduction about you
  • Q2. Technical questions- ESG, GHG, EMISSIONS etc.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Answer confidently

Senior Associate Interview Questions & Answers

user image Yash Panjwani

posted on 22 May 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Run me through your CV and experience
  • Q2. What will be your planning before starting work

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be honest and cool

PwC interview questions for designations

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 (21)

 Senior Associate 1

 (12)

 Senior Associate Consultant

 (4)

 Senior Audit Associate

 (2)

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why do you want to join pwc?
  • Q2. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident. Whatever question they ask answer confidently.

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(7 Questions)

  • Q1. Informatica performance tuning approaches
  • Q2. How many records do you get if no group by port is selected in aggregator
  • Ans. 

    The number of records returned by aggregator without group by port selected.

    • The number of records returned will be equal to the number of input records.

    • Aggregator will perform calculations on all input records without grouping them.

    • If there are 100 input records, aggregator will return 100 output records.

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  • Q3. Give example of any complex logic developed and questions around it
  • Q4. Scenario based question on sql
  • Q5. Questions on visualization
  • Q6. Describe a data analyticw project overview end to end
  • Ans. 

    A data analytics project involves collecting, processing, analyzing, and visualizing data to gain insights and make informed decisions.

    • Identify the problem or question to be answered

    • Collect relevant data from various sources

    • Clean and preprocess the data to ensure accuracy and consistency

    • Analyze the data using statistical and machine learning techniques

    • Visualize the results to communicate insights and findings

    • Iterate an...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Scenario based questions on informatica
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This is director round. get a overview of what kind of work has been done and salqry discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be honest about your answers. not necessarily you have to answer all questions. when you dont know tell ot straight forward.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Senior Associate Jobs at PwC

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 1Regarding grafana, Splunk Databases, Monitoring tools etc.
  • Q2. Regarding the environment.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared with the same whatever you have mentioned in the CV.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Different types of projects
  • Ans. 

    Different types of projects can include research projects, construction projects, software development projects, and marketing projects.

    • Research projects involve gathering data, analyzing information, and drawing conclusions.

    • Construction projects involve building structures such as buildings, bridges, or roads.

    • Software development projects involve creating computer programs or applications.

    • Marketing projects involve pr...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learning opportunities
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Show us a time when you worked under pressure
  • Q2. Show us a time when you had to resolve a conflict
Round 2 - Case Study 

Mock M&A case consisting of a Technology due diligence typical project.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Partner interview, cultural fit
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain how splitting happens in Decision tree
  • Ans. 

    Splitting in decision tree involves dividing the dataset into subsets based on a certain feature.

    • Splitting is done based on a feature that results in the best separation of classes or reduction in impurity.

    • The process continues recursively until a stopping criterion is met, such as reaching a maximum depth or minimum number of samples in a node.

    • Popular splitting criteria include Gini impurity, entropy, and information ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Group Discussion 

On projects we did on the overall experience

Skills evaluated in this interview

PwC Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in PwC Senior Associate interview?
PwC interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the PwC interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for PwC Senior 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 Leadership Development, Consulting, Management, Analytics and Operations.
What are the top questions asked in PwC Senior Associate interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the PwC Senior Associate interview -

  1. What is Materiality, How to decide Materiality , who decide what will be the l...read more
  2. What is the team strength for the teams you facilitated Scr...read more
  3. What do you know about different process like P2P, O2C as the profile was for i...read more
How long is the PwC Senior Associate interview process?

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

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PwC Senior Associate Interview Process

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