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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

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Apr 2022. 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 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Study Accounting standards, Indian Accounting standards and Auditing standards !
  • Q2. Ind as 115, Ind As 116

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Study well As,Ind as and auditing standards most of the questions will be from this

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Related to my project wrt capital markets domain for Business Analyst
  • Q2. Mutual Fund Trail Commission
  • Q3. BRD FRD Difference
  • Ans. 

    BRD and FRD are two types of documents used in software development to define project requirements.

    • BRD stands for Business Requirements Document and outlines the business objectives and goals of the project.

    • FRD stands for Functional Requirements Document and outlines the technical requirements and specifications of the project.

    • BRD is focused on the business perspective while FRD is focused on the technical perspective.

    • ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Futures and Option
  • Q5. Roles and Responsiblities as BA

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Two rounds of technical interview and then HR round was there.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
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:
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 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Domain related questions
  • Q2. Decision making question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The key to success is positivity and persistence. Keep an optimistic attitude throughout the process and keep going until you reach your goal.

Senior Associate Interview Questions & Answers

user image Sneha Manchanda

posted on 30 Nov 2022

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Nov 2021. 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. Quests related to IFRA and IND AS
  • Q2. Balance sheet presentation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Not much technical it is back end job so technical round won’t be that difficult

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 (1)

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 (3)

 Associate/Senior Associate -(Nontechnical)

 (1)

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 (214)

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 (21)

 Senior Associate 1

 (12)

 Senior Associate Consultant

 (4)

 Senior Audit Associate

 (2)

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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Round 2 - Case Study 

Be logical in your approach ! The result doesn’t matter but your approach does

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary negotiations question for the offer letter
  • Q2. Why do you want to join

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep upgrading your skills! And you’ll be there soon! All the best

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I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Need excel skills for mostly to crack interview

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You would need good communication and excel skills to crack interview

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Senior Associate Interview Questions & Answers

user image Sandip Akde

posted on 11 Oct 2022

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Do not use an unprofessional email address such as cool_boy@email.com. It shows a lack of professionalism by the candidate.
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Round 2 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduction of yourself
  • Q2. Why you want to change your current organization
  • Q3. Why you want to join our organization
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Tell me about experience you have
  • Q3. Next questions will be based on your answer on your experience
  • Q4. IND AS 115 and IND AS 116 questions will follow
  • Q5. Basic concepts like IFC, control Testing, Audit substantive testing will be asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You must know everything in detail which you have mentioned in your CV. Basic

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Interview was tough but it was throughout from my resume only.
  • Q2. So if you have good knowledge of your skills and what you have written in resume then you can clear interview with ease.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and mention the skills which you know in resume!

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jun 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Finance Functional related questions like P2P and O2C

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be Prepare on Accounting Entries and Functional flows.

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Fundamentals + case studies

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 2 technical + 1 director round .Overall expect interview to be moderate to tough

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

based on 79 interviews in last 1 year

3 Interview rounds

  • Technical Round 1
  • Technical Round 2
  • HR Round
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Referral
Company Website
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Recruitment Consultant
WalkIn
37%
12%
10%
10%
3%
2%
26% candidates got the interview through other sources.
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Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

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