How was the interview at KPMG?

Decent pay, learning opportunities, brand name, benefits.

Toxic positivity communicated by leadership, gaslighting, lack of transparency on methodology (if any) used for promotional purposes, misleading interview process as it relates to promotion expectations, unexpected layoffs that seem arbitrary, climbing the ladder based primarily on who you know not what you know; etc.

A lot of resources for learning Hybrid work schedule Interview process is super easy for entry level associates Posh offices Opportunities to travel Corporate expense and business cards Firm-wide shutdown (if not on call to do inventory counts) Flexibility to study for your CPA FREE CPA study materials Opportunities to meet new people

Toxic company culture Layoffs are eminent. Do not get too comfortable Your success depends on whether the team embraces you. If you do not look like or speak like them, you might feel isolated and excluded Team member can be rude Very little training once assigned to engagement and they can get frustrated when you don’t understand something Quarterly performance reviews, so your performance is tracked. Their expectations are unreasonably high given that you are fresh, coming in with virtually no experience in the audit profession.

Fast interview process and good pay (in theory, more below)

KPMG has deferred start dates for 2023 grads numerous times and provided 0 transparency throughout the process. I was offered and signed in Fall 2022 with a "Summer/Fall 2023" start date. After signing a lease and moving in to an apartment across the country I was informed in May 2023 that the date had been pushed back to 2024. I hung onto hope and got a new job to fill the gap and pay rent. It is now 2024 and the advisory hires that were supposed to start in January have now been pushed back once again to SEPTEMBER 2024, with less than three weeks' notice.

- Communicative - Friendly and accommodating - Not intimidating All in all the interview process and onboarding was expedited seamlessly with a lot of transparency. It was evident they valued peoples time and circumstances and were empathetic

None I can think of

Kpmg invests a lot into its interns. Even before your internship Kpmg will send you merchandise and invite you to come and tour the company.

The interview process is very competitive. You need to stand out in order to get the job.

good environment, great interview process

didnt offer full time after contract

Great benefits and smart people.

Definitely depends on which team you join. But I did not receive much guidance and support. I made a mistake and was immediately booted from the project. The project itself was poorly staffed as there were only a few consultants actually doing the technical work and one of them would work constant 10-12 hour days. I place a lot of the blame on myself for not asking more questions during the interview process and letting the quality of my work slip, but it doesn't change the fact that the project was not run with work life balance consideration of its consultants and only cared about bending to every whim of the client.

great interview process - very smooth very professional great environment and many social events

can be stressful when you are not on an engagement

Working culture Payscale Management Working hours

They have very long and overdue interview process

Smooth interview process Clean & Organized work environment

Training was a bit rushed Salary could be better