I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at KPMG (Irvine, CA) in Oct 2010
Interview
I had two 1:1 interviews by a manager and a senior manager. Felt good about both interviews, no tough questions, conversations flowing well, and I did like both of the interviewers. They kept smiling to me, and so I assumed they liked me as well (You should never assume that).
However, when I almost felt 100% positive, I got a rejection letter. Other than feeling very disappointed, I was a bit pissed by getting the email said " we couldn't offer you the internship at this moment", "please consider to apply a full-time position". Dude, I was applying a full-time position?? Speechless...wondering how much do they care about people? Even to those who didn't win this time, we should always maintain a relationship. That's very important as being public accountants!
I did like a few people in the office and made a really good connection with them, but maybe sometimes a group of nice people doesn't represent the firm's culture. I don't believe I have seen the real face of everybody there.
My suggestion is to keep your options open. Always. And now I am extremely excited about going to the place where really belongs to me!
I applied online. I interviewed at KPMG (Bengaluru)
Interview
It was average. General accounting terms. Foundation level. Interviewer are supportive.
First was a online test then technical round, the HR round was Salary discussion. Delay inbetween rounds and HR will ignore calls.
it was okayish, interviewed one-to-one with the audit manager, she's friendly and approachable and she asked quite few questions on audit, it was okayish, interviewed one-to-one with the audit manager, she's friendly and approachable and she asked quite few questions on audit
Two back-to-back 30-minute interviews, the first one with a partner and the second one with a director and the overall interview process was smoother than I expected. Mostly I was asked behavioral questions as I heard.
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