just received mine 22nd march 7.30am

success mail guys..... verification test on the 17th of march

I got a success mail and attached to it is one essay on how to make nigeria better.... please is it compulsory or part of the interview process... because these sahara people like to do extra invite, first na we invite you to follow on twitter now na essay on how to make nigeria better from the 17 sdgs.

Apologies then

Its online not on-line. N if pwc actually sent that last yr cos this yr's own has been online... then we need to review last yr's hr people very well

I wrote the finance part...... so easy studying acca.... although i missed the tax ànd vat part.... fingers crossed

When i saw the spelling of "on-line" i knew that could not be pwc email

i have changed mine online to ph also..... the address is the same km 17 expressway, which is best for me cos i am in aba atm.

Thavybe:
Please, how did you change your location to ph

i called their number attached to d email from dragnet, the lady said its possible to switch to ph but i shud call later in the day

Can someone pls send dragnet past questions to vincent.c.veronica@gmail.com, I am rescheduling the exam to ph

Can one reschedule from lagos to ph, from previous thread i heard of 3 centers lagos, abj, ph and we'd hv to call dragnet to reschedule.

mYphhiRes:


Please how does the 1.2 come about?

if you say eg $4 increased by 10% (which is 0.10 in decimal) in year one, calculating the long method you will have $4+ (4x0.1) =$4.4.
Imagine that the original $4 is 100%, it now increased by 10% which is now 110% or 1.1 (in decimal), so just have 4x1.1 =4.4. same applies for a 20% increase, the original 100% +20% increase = 120% or 1.2. if 100% decreases by 20%, its now 80% left, eg 4x0.8=3.2.

The verbal test is 30 questions in 19 mins, with 4-5 questions per passage. always the true, false or cannot say. the key to passing this is to base your answer not on the assumptions you know about the topic in real life but on only and only the words that are stated in the passage, watch out small conflicting words like when the passage says "the doctors sometimes suffer stress" and the question asked "the doctors always suffer stress ", then in this case, the answer is false. if the question asks about an assertion like "the planets all revolve around the sun" but the passage says a lot of things about planets but doesn't explicitly say anything about revolving around the sun even though you know this is true in real life, the answer is that you cannot say based on the passage. anything true will be the very same reasoning as the passage. since you have 19 mins to answer 30 questions that gives u 1.5 mins to answer one question so you have to be fast. the key is to take up 2 mins to read the passage thoroughly the first time it pops up, understand it, then you can use less than 1 min to answer the subsequent questions related to the passage. always read the question first before reading the passage so you know exactly what you are looking for in the passage, and even when you find it finish the entire passage, so you don't spend any more time reading the same passage for the subsequent related questions.

For the numerical test, you have 18 questions in 25 mins, 1.3 mins per question, this gives you ample time cos no long passage to read. You have to read the question first and look for the important variables required to solve the question. Its all about ratios, addition, percentages, no word problems forget the shl direct test, its all about interpreting tables.... tables..... tables and graphs as well.
the key is to know your short cut arithmetic; like if the sales for country A (currently $20m) increases 20% each year from year 1 what is the projected sales for year 4; instead of multiplying 20% x 20m then adding back to 20m for each of the next 3 years, simply have 20mx1.2x1.2x1.2= Ans. again if you are told that sales of January ($4m) decreased by 2% from December last year, find sales for December or as a ratio to sales from another month; think about it- January sales $4m decreased by 2% from December. lets say in percentage December sales is 100% decreased by 2% = January sales of $4m (98%), rewriting it in algebra; 0.98 of x (x is DEC sales)= $4m, x =4/0.98 to get back the 100% (x which is December sales), So practice practice practice, know how to convert your exchanges, know when to divide to get dollar or multiply to get a larger currency.

Practice, practice, practice!!!!!, hope this epps.
P.s. Agroronnie is a female not a bro.

Wunmi7:
Hello house..So I got the mail too then I went to open the shl direct website on Google and registered with another email and tried to take the practice test..My heart has been in my mouth since then as all wat I v been practicing for shl since yesterday morning was not dr at all...I have been using some SHL materials and didn't even see any question related..was seeing if James is able to see 15product of A etc qns like gmat..My fear now is since it's SHL talent measurement website I practiced on, hope dts not I will be seeing for the real test..V been having serz headache since then I don't know wat to study again...Please someone kill this fear by telln me something positive.

The general practice questions available on the shl site is generic, you'd rarely find graphs and all. but this company specific ones, they usually deal with tables, graph interpretation like find the ratio of or what percentage of growth in year 1 is total sales. the shl materials on here are quite similar, example that iko, xiang table of profit and turnover, just practice, practice, practice...... forget the generic maths question. the verbal is always true, false or cannot say

I just finished the test, it was very similar to the one i took before for pwc uk's recruitment and also hilton's shl test and its easy, know your ratios and percentages. Its odd that its just link for the verbal and numerical tests and no the questionnaire yet, am sure it will come cos there is no pwc without L.T.E. anyways the email says complete your test from now till 2 march 2017, thats the deadline and the link expires after that. so at least results would be out by 6th, 7th march. confidence is key, all the best guys

dont worry you will receive two emails, one stating that you have been shortlisted and another email for the link to both numerical and verbal reasoning test.
I have received the first.

hi guys i just received a text from pwc that i've been shortlisted.... and i should check my email... email still not here yet but they have started shortlisting

The criteria for nysc on pwc's application page asks have you obtained your nysc discharge letter of you will have it by 30th june, 2017.
I am finishing nysc 27th march, 2017, been waiting for pwc's gtp since march last year..... just applied... let the games begin! lol

Anthonymbagha:


Good morning, can you please tell me the phases of the recruitment process?

Application
Online test
Verification test
Assessment day (group discussion & interview )
Benchmarking i guess
Offer
Med tests

Just got a regret email.... better late than never.

You should look out for it from this october to January. And with pwc u can try more than once if u fail to get in.
I guess thats it once you fail kpmg.... well i guess there is no room for encouraging improvement in kpmg.....

adesola554801:
It was quite tasking. From 7:30 till 4pm. Presentation. Interview. Group discussion. Written exercise and numerical, career and verbal tests.
This was my first assessment centre so I'm by sure how well I did but good luck to the rest of us.

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I am sure you did great dear....... keep your finger crossed.
I do have a couple of questions, you mentioned written exercise numerical career and verbal test..... did you have to rewrite the cbt test like a second test, Where they similar? and what do you mean by a career test? I equally want to find out if you could throw some light how the presentation was like and some of the interview questions.
thanks

Hi guys so how was your assessment center experience. I am hoping there were group activities as well as presentations and interviews?

Am i the only one who finds it weird that some family member whom i do not know sent in my cv for CMB recruitment? Anyways, test went great. 60 questions in 5 areas, verbal, quant, logic, current affairs chief justice of nigeria, chairperson of A.U and business awareness like basic economics and accounting concepts and definitions, inflation, macroeconomics. Then 30 mins essay on how u can contribute to cmb vision, banks and peculiarities and how cmb can position itself for leadership in African financial market.
Went great though..... fingers crossed

Hmmmm...... seems everyone who has written the test signed a non disclosure form, not to discuss the test format outside the premises. Cos this is a first time massive recruitment for coronation bank and this set is the pilot set, with little or no info about what to expect like kpmg them.
Well, i'll just study my entire gmat numerical and verbal, logical and current affairs online.
And go n write it and share my own experience for future trainees so they wont have to fly blind like i did, so i'll see you all next week.
Life is a race, run individually, its ok. Run in a team, always better.
Peace

Human capital partners is kpmg's recruiting arm, has nothing to do with dragnet. I think jkk building can be rented out. Can anyone give insight into test structure

Am aware of the calculator, mine is next Thursday still seeking some insight into test structure

Hi, please can someone who already did the test provide some insight on test structure,
Numerical - with or without calculator, more of percentage and ratios and all
Verbal - essay writing, yes no or mayb, synonyms antonyms, sentence gap, comprehension.
Logical reasoning
Current affairs. Pls schedule for test soon. We have almost no information on what to expect

[quote author=muna9 post=48832918] I'd advice you go through the 2015 thread and read through it from page to page, I did so and it worked. This 2016 thread wasn't really useful to me as such.[/jquote]

I totally agree with you, i have gone through 2016 thread and i didnt hold much weight currently researching on the 2015 thread and i find it quite insightful

Already prepping myself for 2017 pwc GT program.
Hopefully the successful 2016 candidates could throw more light on their experiences through each stage of the recruitment. ..... correct me if am wrong but from what i gathered, there is the online application, shl online numerical test (18 questions in 25mins) and verbal test (30 questions in 19mins) comprising of a yes no or cannot say answer from the passages, then the verification tests same as above at the pwc hq lagos, then a personality test which has to be geared towards pwc's 3 simple yet unique values; leadership, teamwork and excellence. If successful, there will a group discussion and interview invite and all these may last a period of 7 months +.
Sounds fair, for an Accounting major like me who has been very keen to get into auditing, a Big 4/6 professional services firm is worth the wait.
Congrats to successful candidates.
See you soon

Cocoboms... sure...
On another note those whose wrote the test without the calculator, am very familiar with the data sufficiency, type gmat question from the gmat book, however how would you rate the level of arithmetic in deloitte test because with the gmat/gre test a calculator is allowed but you still need to be familiar with ur mental arithmetic to be my email... able to work faster...
So how would you rate the arithmetric difficulty in deloitte's test that doesnt require a calculator. Easy medium or hard in terms of percentages, ratios, geometry, algebra, data interpretation.