I got a final interview coming up for PWC FDD. It’s a behavioral one based on business acumen. Does anyone know what kind of questions I could expect?

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I studied up on recent M&A deals, read PwCs insights to m&a activity, and essentially studied a ton.

The partner asked me 1) tell me about yourself 2) why FDD 3) Why PwC 4) did I use alteryx or powerBI in audit. Those questions took 4 minutes and he proceeded to have me ask him questions for the remainder of the time lol. Definitely have questions ready!

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Wow did all that studying helped you a lot? I am preparing for it as well but don't have much time

It’s more like business acumen and technology. You’ll be asked very basic questions about you, why PwC, why Deals, why move now (prob talk about the ‘exciting’ market post COVID) … from technology perspective you might get asked how actively you digitally upskill yourself on new technology skills (alteryx, tableau, etc.), etc. (this is essential in your role as a senior in FDD). You will also want to have a nice list of questions - Partners like to talk a lot so let them…

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Hey I have my final round FDD interviews coming up. Do you mind PMing me so I can ask you a few questions? I would really appreciate it

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