What kind of questions does KPMG ask during interviews? What have you been asked?

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Hey Fish! I had three interviews in October for a senior in tax position. Here are ones that I remember:
1) How do you balance your time working on multiple projects?
2) When you come across a brand new topic, how do you go about researching and understanding it?
3) What are your passion projects outside of work?
4) Why KPMG and why the specific position/group?

You got this, OP! All the best!!!

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I usually mention the following:
- Ask team and coach for example clients that match the issue with the current client.
- Look through tax code and online research manuals.
- Look at prior year returns for trends.

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It has been a few years since I did an interview I'm such an introvert and nervous and get awkward. So I just wanted to prepare as much as I can. :(

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Why KPMG?

Ohh lmao.. I'm stupid. That makes more sense 🤦🏼‍♂️

Standard behavioral questions (hired on as a first year senior from audit)

Anything caught you off guard?

There was one that I didn't expect but was quite obvious to prep for: what are your long term career goals/where do you want to be in 5 years

Thank you all!!

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