The overall atmosphere was very pleasant. I was interviewed by two Partners, first in German and then in English as they wanted to evaluate my language level. They asked me a few brain teaser questions and the usual ones: why this job, why this company and so on. I got the job offer 30 minutes after the interview was over.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the probability to find two pine trees with the same amount of needles?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (New York, NY) in Jan 2014
Interview
Had an initial confirmation phone call after they received my application, to confirm some details and set up a phone appointment. Phone interview with HR went fine, basically checking skills against basic role criteria. Then had a follow up phone call with a member of the team I was joining - again, went fine and once shortlisted I had another interview call with MD, followed by in-person meeting with same person. Overall, it went pretty smoothly but I did get passed around across a number of contacts and I wasn't sure how they fitted in.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at KPMG (Stuttgart) in Feb 2017
Interview
Sehr schnelle Rückmeldung auf Bewerbung und angenehmes Gespräch mit Fokus auf meinen Werdegang, Chancen und Möglichkeiten bei KPMG, fachliche Schwerpunkte und Zeit für eigene Fragen zur Stelle und dem Unternehmen. Der Gesamteindruck war positive. Es war ein anspruchsvolles aber faires Gespräch mit einem HR Manager und zwei Fach-experten. Die Dauer belief sich auf 60 - 90 Minuten.