I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PwC (Calcutta) in Aug 2025
Interview
The most unethical company. Took 3 rounds of interview (knowing my CCTC). Was asked to attend Director round at office in-person. In HR round they are telling they can't offer the budget which they initially agreed upon while profile screening, Absolute low quality talents. The technical questions in the interview felt straight out of ChatGPT. I declined because GovTech sector in PWC is in miserable condition at least Kolkata location. There is absolutely no Agile frameworks in their condition, everyone is just working on their own sweet standards. HRs are absolutely worthless in negotiations, they offered 21 LPA to me when I hold 2 offers of 35 LPA. So you know what a pathetic company this would be. I heard from their employees, people generally join because of lack of option, no one's choice is PWC. candidates hired from Tier 1 & 2 colleges, are trusted more, and often dominate over other resources even though they're not nearly skilled/ talented. Stuck in your career path? can compromise on CTC? can over work with under-pay? welcome to PWC!
Trust me I have black-listed PwC for my life, I will avoid this unethical firm and its employees in every way possible for life. Not to forget the first IT scam in India (Satyam scam) -- was also orchestrated by this firm itself, Had they been a conscious ethical auditor, a lot of general people's money could have been saved.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Director round questions:
we will not give hike, will you still join?
we want you to overwork, will you manage?
we want techno functional manager with full stack capabilities to be an individual contributor and also contribute to business development.
The AD told he joined PWc with 10% hike, because of the brand.
I interviewed for a position that's slightly out of my expertise. They took the time to understand why and was engaging to explain what the role requires. There were 3 of them.
Softball questions. Technical questions were nothing difficult and so weren't memorable. Interviews were more of a soft skills check than anything else. The decision was already made once my resume was seen.
Well coordinated . Straight to the point. No time wasted. A positive experience overall. Interviewers were nice and respectful. A panel of 2 people who asked different questions. Was asked behavioural questions and some technical questions. Ensuring answers followed the STAR approach
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