Deal advisory KPMG people: i am interviewing as an experienced associate. What can I expect for the two interviews? Are they behavioral or technical? Any technical assessments?

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For aas, they just want to see if you’re a good personality fit. You can teach someone accounting, but you can’t teach someone to be a good team member. It’s cliche, but truly just enough yourself. Think about whether you’d want to ask the interviewer a basic accounting question and that’s a good gauge of whether you’ll like the group :) good luck! I’m a manager and still forget if revenue is a debit or credit haha

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Thank you!! Yes all set on the accounting - I have a cpa but tbh forget a lot of basic accounting since I don’t use it day to day. I have been focusing more on articulating industry knowledge and why I want to join the group/ basic behaviorals. Thanks for the help! :)

For FDD, you should be able to articulate what we do- it’s more to confirm that you know what you’re getting into and you are truly interested. Mostly personality, experience and skill focused behavioral questions.

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Wonderful. I was thinking it would be more behavioral. Thanks!

What group?

Also- what’s a decent second year associate salary in nyc for deal advisory-major projects? 80k?

Hey! How did your interviews go? How many rounds did you go through? Thanks!

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