Ultimately, PwC looks for talent capable of solving problems using critical thinking and analytical skills. If you demonstrate interest in your work by asking questions and asking for feedback, develop meaningful relationships with mentors and peers, then that will most definitely help your reput...
First, make sure that you can sell anything and everything on your resume really well. Your resume should ideally demonstrate and quantify your results in leadership, teamwork, and communicative activities that help portray why you would be a great asset to the firm. Second, do lots of research o...
Consulting
Interview
Auditing
PwC
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
100%. You are a small part of a very big, well-oiled machine, but your work either directly or indirectly affects the entire firm, your colleagues, and clients. It is crucial that you ask powerful questions to try and understand the ins and outs of your engagements. Stay motivated and enthusiasti...
Finance
PwC
Accounting
Work Ownership
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Yes! PwC has a great mentorship program starting right at the beginning of your internship. You are paired with a buddy and a partner/director mentor. My buddy was in her first year at the firm (post internship) and sat at the desk next to mine. She was a great go-to source for all of my questi...
PwC does a great job of upholding their values as a firm. Extremely professional, extremely savvy, and give the utmost to their clients. The network and the resources are virtually unbounded. There may not be a better place to learn how to be a professional.
Values
PwC
Accounting
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
You will be assigned several peer mentors who you will periodically meet with to discuss your personal and professional growth. While these relationships are important, you are certainly not limited to these mentors and are encouraged to reach out to experienced professionals. Professionals are u...
Finance
Relationship with Upper Management
Consulting
PwC
Accounting
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
I would say the PwC is a great place to get started in consulting. With that, the life is very taxing and the work is highly demanding. so your ability to work with that will be the biggest deciding factor into whether you have a great start in the field in my opinion. Their resources for educati...
Consulting
PwC
Career Progression
Accounting
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
I would say it would be really great, because ,as an auditor, you can learn a lot about how does a company operate and maintain from your client. This would be really helpful for your future career even if you change your career path. Also, companies prefer experienced person for audit firm when ...
Internship
Finance
Auditing
PwC
Career Motivation
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
I don't think interns need any particular technical skills, but rather a positive set of values and characteristics to apply in any given situation. It is imperative to have a positive and ambitious mindset to always grow and learn more about the firm, industry, colleagues, clients, and your prof...
Internship
PwC
Accounting
Skillset
Taxes
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
First of all, the Start Internship is geared towards those students who identify as a underrepresented group in accounting including African-American, Native American, Pacific Islander, and Latino. Start Interns main goal is to get enough exposure and build enough connections to be able to select...
Internship
PwC
Day in the Life
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
As an Assurance Associate at PwC you test financial statement accounts to ensure the proper recording of financial performance. As an associate you tend to work on accounts such as cash, accounts receivable, property plant & equipment and salaries. You work with your team and the client to collec...
Skills
PwC
Day in the Life
Assurance
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
The culture at PwC is very team oriented. I would say that everyone is eager to help you learn. Just ask. In addition to this, there are plenty of networking events for everybody, including interns! The average age was around 29, so the firm is fairly young.
Consulting
Auditing
PwC
Accounting
Company Culture
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
It depends on different country and different groups. From my experience, after the first year, there was a performace evaluation. If you perform outstanding, you might have chance to get into the "Talent Pool", which you can have more resources than other, i.g. you will be invited to join some t...
Consulting
Training
PwC
Accounting
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PwC's risk assurance team is actually split into a number of different branches, and each one does slightly different work that falls under the general 'audit' umbrella. The branches are Digital Trust Solutions (Cybersecurity), Governance Risk & Compliance, Internal Audit, and Trust & Transparenc...
Internship
Finance
PwC
Risk Management
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
The tasks of a Risk Assurance Practice, Financial Services Process Assurance Intern vary based on your team and industry. I personally worked with a financial institution where the team was in the beginning phases of the audit. Thus, we sat in on a lot of calls with the core audit team, reviewing...
Internship
Finance
PwC
Assurance
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
As an intern, you really are doing basically the same level of work as an associate. The work you do is incredibly crucial because it actually goes into the the audit process and the final financial statements as well. When you look up PwC's mission statement it states: "PwC's purpose is to build...
Internship
Finance
Auditing
PwC
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
I wanted to be an audit intern because I became very interested in accounting after taking my first intro course my freshman year. I knew that there were two pathways for accounting, either tax or audit, and I have a very outgoing personality and love talking with people so I chose audit. This al...
Internship
Auditing
PwC
Career Motivation
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
An intern begins the day at around 9 am, for the first week you will meet as a group with your fellow START interns in the office for training. As weeks programs you will start to shadow professionals around the office and off-site. When you are not shadowing you work with your IFS (Internal Firm...
Internship
PwC
Day in the Life
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tax processing is essentially filing and preparing tax documents. To prove that you have the skills to do this, I would highlight organizational skills, computer savviness and ability to follow specific instructions/memorize instructions. Each state as well as type of business has a specific way ...
Finance
PwC
Day in the Life
Accounting
Taxes
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers
I think the most important thing to realize is that your interview is simply a conversation in which the firm is trying to determine whether you would be a good fit in their company, while at the same time you are determining if the firm is the right fit for you. So relax, be yourself, and ask v...
Internship
Finance
PwC
Skillset
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers