This page helps candidates preparing for KPMG interviews in the UK and Australia, including assessment centres, partner interviews and video interviews. Read the question excerpts to see what each pack covers, then choose the pack that matches your role — audit or a wider graduate route — and your stage.
5 packs · 122 question entries · all with model answers in the With answers edition · United Kingdom, Australia. Question excerpts from every pack are free to read below. Full packs from £14 for the questions or £16 with model answers. 2 short samplers are free to read in full; their answer editions cost £6.
Sources: KPMG careers page 1 · KPMG careers page 2. Checked 24 October 2026. Formats change by programme, market and year, so your invitation is the final word.
1 pack · 8 question entries
For this stage the catalogue has a short free sampler only. The paid KPMG packs on this page cover the assessment centre stage.
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From Interview Questions – Feedback, Quality & Audit Trends · With answers edition £16. Each answered question in that edition has a model answer like this one.
My understanding is that this is a client-facing graduate role in a professional services firm, where I would sit within an engagement team rather than work alone. In practice that means being given defined sections of a piece of work — testing, analysis, documentation, drafting — completing them to the firm's methodology, evidencing my conclusions so a reviewer can follow them, and then responding to review points. Alongside the client work I would be studying for a professional qualification, so the role is genuinely two jobs held together by good time management. I also understand that the technical work is only half of it. A great deal of the value comes from dealing with client staff sensibly: asking for information clearly, chasing politely, explaining why we need something, and flagging early when something does not look right. Confidentiality, independence and professional scepticism are not optional extras in this environment; they are the conditions of doing the job at all. Finally, I expect the work to vary considerably by client and by season, so a large part of succeeding is being adaptable, asking questions early rather than guessing, and being straightforward about what I do and do not yet know.
Model answers are practice examples written for this catalogue, not the employer’s answers or scoring guidance. Compare the structure and level of detail, then answer with your own experience.
Our KPMG packs include questions such as 'Why this office?', 'How do you deal with negative feedback?', and 'What do you see as the biggest challenges facing the audit profession?'. Recurring themes are career motivation, feedback, quality of work, integrity, technology and audit trends.
Use situation, action, result for competency questions and keep answers to around two minutes. For motivation questions, connect your reasons directly to the role and office rather than to the firm in general. For technical questions, define the term before giving an example.
Match your stage and market. Start with 'Assessment Centre Interview – Motivation & Competency' for UK assessment centres, 'Partner Interview – Competency, Ethics & Technology' for partner interviews, or 'Audit Interview – Competency, Materiality & Questions to Ask' for Australia. Use 'Audit Video Interview – Motivation & Work Style' for the recorded stage.
Our question banks are compiled from questions reported by candidates who took the actual recruitment assessments and interviews.
Packs are preparation material, not a prediction of your assessment questions. Model answers are practice examples, not the employer’s answers or scoring guidance. Check the question excerpts, role, market and stage before choosing a pack.
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