Chylo:

For me, i have a degree in economics. In my partner interview, he asked me questions like, what is inflation, how is it calculated. What is gdp, how is it calculated. What is the difference between gdp and gnp. If you were d president's economic adviser, how would u advise him to improve our economy, especially our balance of payments, trade deficit, foreign reserves and currency depreciation.
Note: i have an msc. So twas quite tasking for me, but glory be to God. Waitin for trainin school.

yetseyi:
nope 1st name is Yetunde. wats up
If u can send ur number as a PM I'll appreciate it so I can call u and ask d details tanks

Chylo:

For me, i have a degree in economics. In my partner interview, he asked me questions like, what is inflation, how is it calculated. What is gdp, how is it calculated. What is the difference between gdp and gnp. If you were d president's economic adviser, how would u advise him to improve our economy, especially our balance of payments, trade deficit, foreign reserves and currency depreciation.
Note: i have an msc. So twas quite tasking for me, but glory be to God. Waitin for trainin school.

Chylo: ^^^ I will be honest. These behavioural questions where only asked me in the first interview. D one wit the manager was quite routine. Just like a chat or a friendly discussion. He asked me about d essay i wrote during the test, which was on Mandela. Den we started discussing about leadership in nigeria and on how things could be better. Then, he asked about how kpmg fits into my future career. Why i chose audit and how economics relates with finance. Dat was basically it. Just be yourself and speak confidently and with passion. One more thing: please and please read about the current conversion going on now in the audit industry from nigerian sas format to the international ifrs, cos dat will be d major job for new guys. Cheers.

lobito 007: Furthermore, I learnt from a reliable source that the managers and partners try to test candidates for team work abilities or skills. U had any such experience?

Chylo:

Yeah bro, they're always looking out for that. Durin our leadership discussion, I was asked whether i had led a group b4, aw many ppl nd aw i handled dissenting voices. Also, he asked wat type of sport i played nd wen i said football nd chess, he took up football nd asked wat position, i said defence and added dat i will throw my body on d ball b4 i allowed a goal, lol, he smiled nd wrote smthn on his paper, dunno if dat meant anythn. Cheers.

lobito 007:
I av sent u a mail.

lobito 007:
Woah! Accounting and economics! Do u hav a social science or pure science background? Can u rmemba some of d questions or under wat topic they are? If yes, PLS write 'em out. Tanx!

Tingles:


I am sorry for my late response, I have been occupied lately and I am glad that Chylo has answered most of your questions.

The interviews don't really take a particular direction, the moment I mentioned "reading" as my hobby in one of the interviews, I was asked to mention the name of my favourite author, the last book I read, what makes a good book.e.t.c, I mentioned elasticity in one of my answers too and the conversation switched to economics, GNP,GDP, differences between the two, effect of savings on GDP and GNP, how it is measured...so, expect anything, and if you don't know the answers to all the questions, you should say something intelligent to distract the interviewer, it takes being really intelligent to pull that off though. You might wanna go through this thread from the beginning or search for similar threads, it helped me. Goodluck.

doofanc: What is d pay like?

Tingles: I had my partner interview last week and I got a success mail this afternoon, thanks phonon, mcstan and other people whose advise and hints helped through the interview stages. I'm looking forward to meeting you guys in person.

@Chylo: Don't be so sure, the fact that some of us didn't pass through the group stage doesn't mean that there is no group exercise.

mcstan_18:



Congrats Tingles. We look forward to meeting you in the big family. Which unit did you apply to by the way? I'm sorry I've been away for a while now to follow up on those who desired it.

If there are still any issues that require clarifications, you can beep my line on 08093137951

oxygen25: @fortissimo, I don catch u today, I knw you are in the Tax unit of KPMG, abeg, na tax me sef dey pursue o, pls the quest wey I get for you be say, 'what next after the manager interview and how many weeks does it take them to feed one back after the manager interview?' Thanks bro. You rock!

mcstan_18:



Congrats Tingles. We look forward to meeting you in the big family. Which unit did you apply to by the way? I'm sorry I've been away for a while now to follow up on those who desired it.

If there are still any issues that require clarifications, you can beep my line on 08093137951

Fortissimo:

Hahaha see this man oh!
Well, after the manager interview is the 1st partner interview. They should get back to you within a week if your interview was successful. However, your subsequent interview may be scheduled a while after that. This depends on how urgently they are recruiting.

All the best

Fortissimo:

Hahaha see this man oh!
Well, after the manager interview is the 1st partner interview. They should get back to you within a week if your interview was successful. However, your subsequent interview may be scheduled a while after that. This depends on how urgently they are recruiting.

All the best

lobito 007:
Gud 2 hav u bac macstan. Please what's your whatz app digits?

mcstan_18: It's exactly 1year since this thread was created by me and I thank God for helping through all stages and ultimately into KPMG. It's not been an easy one year but the Lord has been gracious towards us.

To all those seeking to join the firm, may your heart desires come true. Amen

Phonon: Celebrating with you bro.Do you know if there would still be any other stage after the Partner interview?

mcstan_18:

There's no other stage after that brother. You only need to await the success mail and then proceed to medicals. God's grace brother

Phonon:
I hope so brother.I only asked because HR had mentioned something about 'benchmarking' after the Partner interview.Waiting patiently.....

mcstan_18:

There's no other stage after the partner interview. Benchmarking is only a process whereby HR compares all successful candidates by juxtaposing your resumé, credentials, and performances at each of the stages of the recruitment process with that of your contemporaries.

This is usually done to ensure that the 'best' of all qualified candidates are selected from the pool of talents available for employment at each point in time (there isn't a foolproof assurance that this would be the case afterall, just a thing of professional judgment).

However, if the HR perceives that a person isn't good enough for his/her preferred unit due to better candidates vying for the same position, an offer to make an alternative switch to other units where there is/are available space(s) is usually made.

Don't fret too much over this brother. It shall come good. Bless you.

Chylo: This my official sign-off from this thread. Got an offer for a phd in economics in the uk. Will be going to do that in September instead. I rilly tried waiting for pwc or kpmg as long as I could, but it's prob for the best.

Thanks to evryone; phonon, mcstan etc who've been giving advice and hope. Wishing u all d veri best @ kpmg.