I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PwC (Des Moines, IA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Applied through a another school's campus recruiting and the recruiter thought that was a plus, so reached our right after to ask for the link to apply, then after less than 2 weeks, i hear back for a phone interview. The phone interview was great and the person on the phone was friendly and a cool thing was that she explained what "PwC Professional" means. Look it up before any of their interviews, this is KEY! Then an office interview for 3 hrs to do 3 rounds of interview, manager, director, partner.
The office interview was cool and we mingled with office staff during that time to know more about the day to day. They do that to test soft skills. At the end of that day we played trivia which serves as a way to learn more about PwC in a fun way.
Then an offer after 14 calendar days :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Time when we had an assignment that you were not comfortable with? Biggest challenge? Be ready for some accounting questions too! Also KEY! How do you stay connected with what is going on? Why PwC? Why Assurance?
Very straightforward, partners & senior managers were friendly and asked expected technical questions. Key thing to stand out is to really research the company and how the grad programme works - focus on exactly what you will do in assurance, what the role would look like and also some basic accounting understanding.
online application for graduate role had initial aptitude test. I passed and did the one way digital interview which was just answering 2 questions where you record your self. Passed and went to assessment center which was a group case study and interview.
There will be 2 parts in the interview process. First is case study and second is user interview. Case study is about if you become an auditor, how will you audit the client. The user interview is basic questions like experience, where will you be in 5 years, etc.