Interview Questions (Technical + HR)

1. Tell me something about your family.

2. Can you explain your personality in one word?
3. Why PwC?
4. Do you know the difference between smart work and hard work?
5. Tell me about some of your achievements.
6. What according to you was your greatest failure in life?
7. Why should we hire you?
8. What interests you most about this position?
9. How many times a day does a clock’s hands overlap?
10. How would you test a calculator?
11. Describe the internet to someone who just woke up from a 30-year coma.
12. What is the difference between primary key, foreign key and candidate key?
13. How has your education prepared you for your career?
14. Describe your Final Year Project. What innovations did you bring into this project?
15. Who is the CEO of the company?
16. Where do you see yourself after 3 years?
17. Do you believe in talent or hard work?
18. What opinion do your friends have about you?
19. When do you think you will complete and be able to join?
20. What changes would you make at your college?
21. What is tax refund?
22. What do you mean by vouching?
23. What do you mean by assessment year?
24. What is statutory audit?
25. Why do you want to work in audit?
26. If you could be any animal, what would it be?
27. What is alternative minimum tax (AMT)?
28. How many heads are there under total income?
29. What is capital gain? Explain long term capital gains and how is it different from short
term capital gains?
30. Tell me the name of the big four auditors.
31. How will you decide the residential status of an individual?
32. What do you mean by amortisation and impairment?
33. What is the securities transaction tax?
34. Tell me about a time when you worked effectively under pressure.
35. What is intercompany reconciliation?
36. What are the various systems of accounting? Explain them.
37. What do you know about PwC?
38. Why do you want to join this company?
39. What are the two most basic financial statements prepared by the companies?
40. Do you enjoy doing independent research?
41. Suggest a method of joining two tables.
42. What do you mean by “normalisation”?
43. What is object-oriented model?
44. What do you know about big data?
45. Define RDBMS.
46. What are the advantages to use stored procedures?
47. Why is DML provided?
48. Where do we generally create INDEX?
49. Do you think BCNF is better than 2NF and 3NF? If yes, why?
50. Give me an SQL query to find out the second largest company.
51. Tell me about cloud computing and its applications.
52. Discuss transparent DBMS.
53. What is the difference between exclusive lock and shared lock?
54. What is CARO 2003? What do you mean by management audit?
55. What are the objectives of internal audit?
56. What are the advantages and disadvantages of proprietary firms?
57. Explain about cross-functional audits.
58. What are audit control procedures?
59. What are the main duties and responsibilities of a finance executive?
60. “Tell me about your internship, with reference to any highlights or achievements?”
61. “Why do you want to work for PWC above our competitors?”
62. “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
63. “What drove you to get into this sector of business?”
64. Tell me about a time you had to correct someone’s mistake
65. What do you think this role involves?
66. Describe a time when you had to improve a piece of work after criticism?
67. What have you read about PWC in the news?
68. Can you describe a time when you have worked in a team to deliver a piece of work? –
What was your role in the team? What did you do exactly?
69. Describe a time when you’ve successfully managed a project for example coursework
or organising an event. What challenges did you overcome? Who supported you? What
was the outcome?
70. Can you tell me about a piece of recent financial news you’ve read? Why did you find
it interesting?
71. Give an example of a time you failed to accomplish something.
72. Give an example of a time you built a relationship.
73. Why audit?
74. Give an example of a time you worked with someone with a different style. How did
this differ to your own?
75. Give an example of a time you said something unethical.
76. Give an example of a time when you weren’t given enough guidance.
77. Why PWC?
78. Give an example of a time you overcame conflict.
79. What do you know about the ACA exams?
80. Give an example of a time when you worked with people outside your usual network.
81. What’s the most difficult thing about working with you?
82. Give an example of a time you solved a complex problem.
83. Give an example of a time when you had to complete multiple different projects to a
short deadline.

84. What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses?

85. If you were to ask one of your professors to describe you, what would he or she say?
86. What interests you most about this position?
87. What is the difference between primary key, foreign key and candidate key?
88. Describe your final year project. What innovations did you bring into this project?
89. Who is the CEO of the company?
90. Are you a good listener?
91. How has your education prepared you for your career?
92. Have you ever wanted to quit something?
93. Do you prefer working in a team?
94. Do you keep your promises?
95. What motivates you?
96. Tell me about your groups of friends.
97. Do you have any questions for us?