PwC behavioral interview, and the two-part PwC Professional behind it.

The stages below are the shape PwC's own pages describe for the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, the Middle East and the Acceleration Centers. The order is close to the same everywhere. What each round contains depends on the country and the line of service, so the invite you receive is the final word. PwC US and the Acceleration Centers both say that using AI during the assessment and interviews is not permitted.

PwC US says all its people are recruited, developed and managed against the PwC Professional, which has two dimensions. Trusted Leadership is about how you get results: your impact on others, coaching, and growing. Distinctive Outcomes is about the results themselves: quality, integrity and inclusion, a business mindset, and collaboration for clients. PwC says it will look for examples of both from your work, studies, extracurricular or volunteer activities. It does not publish a question list, so the items below are how to prepare against the framework it does publish.

• Stories for Trusted Leadership: Prepare one story each for Inspire, Empower and Evolve: a time you changed how you worked because of its effect on others, a time you helped someone improve, and something you learned ahead of need. Spend most of each answer on what you did.
• Stories for Distinctive Outcomes: Prepare one story each for Champion, Build and Deliver: a time you held to quality or integrity under pressure, a time you thought about the business behind a task, and a time you worked across teams for a customer. End each with a result you can measure.
• If a question uses the old five attributes: Some interviewers and many prep sites still use the earlier model: whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Your six stories cover those too. Business acumen is your Build story, relationships is Empower or Deliver, and whole leadership is Inspire.
• Why PwC and why this line of service: Name one thing specific to Assurance, Tax or Advisory and one thing about you that fits it. PwC UK's final interview asks why you want to join, so keep a short version ready for every stage.
• The Innovation Scenario interview in the US: For Assurance and Tax this interview sits next to the behavioral one. Answer "Imagine you are" questions with a plan: the goal, how you would use the technology, what could go wrong and who checks the result.
• Recorded video rounds: The UK, Australia, Canada for experienced hires, and the Middle East use a recorded video before any live round. The same stories work there. Use the practice questions on the platform, which PwC Canada says are not seen by anyone, to learn the timing.

Calibrd's mock interview can rehearse the behavioral and recorded video interviews aloud, so you can practise your PwC Professional stories against a timer before the real thing.

PwC's global site lists five values: Act with integrity, Make a difference, Care, Work together and Reimagine the possible. The PwC Professional turns them into six behaviors under two dimensions, and these are what the behavioral interview asks you to show:

• Inspire (Trusted Leadership): you understand your impact on others, and people want to work with you
• Empower (Trusted Leadership): you coach and work side by side with others
• Evolve (Trusted Leadership): you keep growing and look ahead to what the work will need next
• Champion (Distinctive Outcomes): you commit to quality, integrity and inclusive behavior
• Build (Distinctive Outcomes): you bring a business mindset to your work and understand the market
• Deliver (Distinctive Outcomes): you collaborate across PwC to give clients a quality experience

These are the themes PwC's own pages say it explores, and the ones candidates on PwC's India page describe. The questions below are our own practice questions in that style, each mapped to a PwC Professional behavior and value.

Both ranges come from PwC US job ads read on 5 October 2026. PwC says pay within the range depends on skills, experience, qualifications and location, and that all hires are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The Experienced Associate ad asks for a bachelor's degree and at least one year of experience. Pay outside the US is not posted in the same way, so check the offer.

1. Read the current PwC Professional page before you prepare: two dimensions, Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes, and six behaviors under them.
2. Write six STAR stories, one for each behavior (Inspire, Empower, Evolve, Champion, Build, Deliver), and say each one aloud against a timer.
3. Draw the stories from anywhere: PwC says work, studies, extracurricular and volunteer activities all count.
4. Prepare a short answer to why PwC and why this line of service, with one detail specific to the team.
5. For US Assurance and Tax, practise "Imagine you are" questions about using AI or new technology on a client problem.
6. For Advisory, practise 30 to 45 minute cases out loud with PwC's two sample cases, and use simple numbers.
7. Do the online assessment soon after applying: in the US your application is not complete until you submit it.
8. Do not use AI tools during the assessment or interviews; PwC US and the Acceleration Centers both say it is not permitted.

This guide covers PwC's entry-level and early career hiring in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, the Middle East and the Acceleration Centers, with a focus on technology and advisory roles. Each member firm runs its own process, so your invite is the final word. For management and leadership roles the loop is similar but the bar shifts to people, delivery and strategy, so pair it with the leadership interview prep hub. The bar for your exact role comes from the role-by-role guides, and the prep that actually transfers is spoken, so run a mock interview before the real one.

Also interviewing at Goldman Sachs, Optiver or Stripe? Their guides follow the same format, from the first screen to the offer.

• 01PwC US, entry level recruiting process and FAQsthe two consecutive live virtual interviews for Assurance and Tax, the definition of Innovation Scenario-Based questions, the Advisory case, and the no-AI rule, read in a browser on 5 October 2026.
• 02PwC US, entry level assessment FAQsthe untimed work-style assessment of about 15 to 20 minutes and the roles exempt from it, read 5 October 2026.
• 03PwC US, get ready for your Advisory case interviewthe 30 to 45 minute virtual case, the five things interviewers listen for, and the two sample cases, read 5 October 2026.
• 04PwC US, the PwC Professionalthe two dimensions, Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes, the questions under each, and the advice to prepare examples of each, read 5 October 2026.
• 05PwC Global, purpose, values and behavioursthe purpose, the five values and the six behaviors Inspire, Empower, Evolve, Champion, Build and Deliver, read 5 October 2026.
• 06PwC Global Annual Review 2025revenue of US$56.9 billion, 364,000 people in 136 countries, and US$3.1 billion invested including 12 acquisitions, read 5 October 2026.
• 07PwC UK, early careers assessment and selection processSHL behavioral and cognitive tests, the on-demand video interview via SHL, the virtual immersive assessment centre and the final senior leader interview, read in a browser on 5 October 2026.
• 08PwC Australia, graduate programfour online assessments of about 50 minutes, the two-question digital interview, the group case study and individual interview, and assessment against the PwC Professional, read 5 October 2026.
• 09PwC Canada, applying to PwC, experienced professionalson-demand HireVue video interviews with behavioral, technical and situational questions and unseen practice questions, read 5 October 2026.
• 10PwC Canada, applying to PwC, campus careersthe student application, STAR behavioral questions and the advice to review the PwC Professional dimensions, read 5 October 2026.
• 11PwC Middle East, your recruitment journey (graduates)verbal, numerical and inductive reasoning, then a Digital Interview, an HR interview, a business interview and a Partner or Director interview, read 5 October 2026.
• 12PwC Acceleration Centers India, entry level campus recruitment processthe advice to review the PwC Professional framework, and testimonials describing technical rounds, an HR round, case studies and guesstimates, read 5 October 2026.
• 13PwC Acceleration Center Manila, careers FAQthe two dimensions of the PwC Professional, the screening, competency-based and technical interviews, and the GenAI ban, read 5 October 2026.
• 14PwC Namibia, skills we look foran older PwC page still describing the five-attribute PwC Professional: whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships, read 5 October 2026.
• 15PwC US job ad, AI Engineer / Data Scientist, AI Experienced Associate (754265WD)range of $63,000 to $141,500, a bachelor's degree and at least one year of experience, read 5 October 2026.
• 16PwC US job ad, Software Engineer, Senior Associate (763339WD)range of $77,000 to $202,000, the annual discretionary bonus, and Mendix and React Native work, read 5 October 2026.
• 17Hacking the Case Interview, PwC resume (July 2026)an example of a current prep page still listing the five older attributes; read from the Google result snippet only.

Interview processes change. This reflects widely-reported and sourced conditions as of 2026 — confirm specifics with your recruiter, and treat it as a map rather than a guarantee.