Prepare for your PwC consulting interview

Case interviews and behavioral rounds built for PwC’s trust-centered, multi-disciplinary advisory culture.

The Interview

What PwC is looking for

Case Interview

01Structured Problem Solving

02Financial Acumen

03Industry Knowledge Application

04Clear Communication

Behavioral Interview

01Building Trust

02Business Acumen

03Whole Leadership

04Technical & Digital Capabilities

Trust-centered advisory model//Multi-disciplinary integration//Industry specialization depth

Practice Library

PwC exercises

Ready to ace your PwC consulting interview?

Prepare for your PwC consulting interview

Case interviews and behavioral rounds built for PwC’s trust-centered, multi-disciplinary advisory culture.

The Interview

What PwC is looking for

Case Interview

01Structured Problem Solving

02Financial Acumen

03Industry Knowledge Application

04Clear Communication

Behavioral Interview

01Building Trust

02Business Acumen

03Whole Leadership

04Technical & Digital Capabilities

Trust-centered advisory model//Multi-disciplinary integration//Industry specialization depth

How It Works

Master PwC Consulting Interviews

Strategy, operations, and deals cases with behavioral rounds, scored on PwC’s evaluation dimensions. · Click to expand

1Your Big 4 Goals

Strategic Case Analysis

Practitioner

Business Quantification

Practitioner

2Big 4 Case Prep

A regional retailer is struggling with 15% annual churn in key customer segments....

CASE INTERVIEWMedium

PwC

3Frameworks

Framework

Is the client losing share to more competitive rivals?

Are competitors gaining through aggressive pricing?

Competitor avg price down 14% YoY vs client down 6%

Market share loss to 3 low-cost entrants: 5.2pp

Losing customers due to product quality/innovation?

Customer satisfaction score down 12 points (85→73)

R&D spend: 2.1% of revenue vs competitors 4.2%

Is the overall market declining or consolidating?

Is total addressable market shrinking?

Industry volume down 8% YoY (external headwind)

End-market demand: OEM manufacturing down 5%

Is customer mix shifting toward lower-margin segments?

Large OEM customer base: 40% of revenue, declining

Are internal cost structures limiting competitiveness?

Is COGS rising faster than pricing power allows?

COGS % of revenue: 68% (competitors ~60%)

Material costs up 16% vs pricing up 6%

Are manufacturing facilities underutilized?

Plant capacity utilization: 54% (optimal: 75%+)

Fixed cost overhead per unit up 22%

4Feedback

Problem Structuring

Distinctive

Hypothesis Development

Strong

Quantitative Analysis

Meeting Bar

Strategic Judgment

Strong

Repeat

Practice Library

PwC exercises

A mid-market retailer is considering digital transformation to compete with e-commerce...

CASE INTERVIEWMedium

Retail · Digital StrategyPwC

Your client, a healthcare payer, wants to reduce claims processing costs by 35% while...

LEARNMedium

Healthcare · Operations ImprovementPwC

A PE-backed portfolio company needs to prepare for an IPO within 18 months. What...

LEARNHard

Financial Services · Deals AdvisoryPwC

Tell me about a time you built trust with a skeptical stakeholder and turned the...

BEHAVIORALMedium

Behavioral · Building TrustPwC

Describe a situation where you had to integrate perspectives from multiple disciplines...

BEHAVIORALHard

Behavioral · Whole LeadershipPwC