Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at BDO as 55.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.78 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Projektmanager and Audit Associate rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Junior Associate Audit and IT-Berater roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at BDO takes an average of 14 days when considering 9 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for IT-Berater had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Praktikant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 21 days).
Prepare the common stuff. Why BDO and advisory? BDO Core values and what differentiates them to other advisory. Pretty standard hirevue format so few questions, reasonable prep time before qs etc
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BDO (London, England) in Nov 2025
Interview
Went through an initial application, assessment (arctic shore), video interview and then an assessment centre (included one interview, a group project and an individual presentation). Both the interview and presentation were with people from the stream you’re applying for
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at BDO (London, England) in Nov 2025
Interview
All stages were progressed very quickly compared to similar companies which was great and overall took 6 weeks. Final interview on site was nice as people were very friendly! Mostly was asked situational judgement style questions and a few motivational questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions, like how would you respond to some criticism