First round of audit associate phone interviews coming up with KPMG & PwC. Any tips, things to be aware of or particular questions to ask going in? Any & all help much appreciated!!

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For KPMG, it was pretty easy for audit associate interview, just typical behavior questions and ask you about your resume/background.

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PwC has been diving more in technology and “tech-enabling” the audit. I would research more into that and probably ask about the direction of where audits are going.

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Don’t do them.

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I think the general trend of the big 4 audit is incorporating more offshore resources (service delivery centers in countries like India) to perform work. You can also pose a question as to how that will impact your role coming on as an audit professional as that’s was definitely a concern of PwC when I was there

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Thank you!

You want to emphasize your talent and skills and why you would be a valuable team member (especially during busy season) but also show your personality a little. I had managers tell me they don’t want to hire someone with no personality

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Hi Fishes,

I gave my
Salesforce interview on 20th aug. The technical round was cleared and after sometime the managerial round was done.
I haven’t heard back from the recruitment team yet.
I tried calling the recruiter and dropped her a text, but she didn’t responded.


Its difficult to keep patience. I am losing hope. What should be done. Please advise Salesforce

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