Graduate Video Interview (Competency & Motivation)
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- Why are you passionate about joining this programme?
- How do you approach working with people who are different from you?
This page helps candidates preparing for PwC interviews in the UK, Australia and Hong Kong, from video interviews to assessment centres. Read the question excerpts to see what each pack covers, then choose the pack that matches your role and stage, whether accounting, consulting or strategy.
7 packs · 103 question entries · all with model answers in the With answers edition · United Kingdom, Global, Australia, Hong Kong, Australia · New Zealand. Question excerpts from every pack are free to read below. Full packs from £12 for the questions or £14 with model answers. 2 short samplers are free to read in full; their answer editions cost £6.
Sources: PwC careers page 1 · PwC careers page 2. Checked 24 October 2026. Formats change by programme, market and year, so your invitation is the final word.
3 packs · 37 question entries
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From ACA Graduate Assessment Centre Interview · With answers edition £25. Each answered question in that edition has a model answer like this one.
I chose Manchester for a combination of professional and practical reasons. Professionally, I want to build my career in a regional office rather than defaulting to the largest one, because regional offices often give earlier client contact and broader responsibility while still serving substantial clients across manufacturing, the public sector and financial services. Personally, the location is a long-term commitment rather than a stopgap: I studied in Manchester, my family is in the North West, and I want to settle in the region rather than treat the first job as a two-year stint in London. I also considered the economics honestly: the cost of living relative to London means the salary goes further there, which removes a distraction from doing good work. Before applying I checked the fit, and what I took from the office profile, a campus presentation and a conversation with a recent joiner was that the Manchester office has a mixed assurance and consulting book, plenty of mid-market and public-sector work, and that matches the breadth I want as a graduate. So the choice is deliberate on all three fronts: the work, the region and the commitment I am making to both.
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 PwC packs include questions such as 'Why are you passionate about joining this programme?', 'What current trends in professional services do you believe will have the most impact on PwC?', and 'Which industries are you most interested in working with?'. Recurring themes are motivation, commercial awareness, teamwork, integrity and client communication.
Use situation, action, result for competency questions and keep answers to about two minutes. For commercial-awareness questions, name the trend, explain why it matters and tie it back to PwC's clients. In assessment centres, refer to your own analysis in the discussion rather than repeating the brief.
Match your role and market. For the UK, start with 'ACA Graduate Assessment Centre Interview' or the 'Graduate Video Interview (Competency & Motivation)' pack; for Australia, use the strategy assessment-centre pack; for Hong Kong, use 'Strategy & Supply Chain Group Interview Questions'.
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.
Every pack opens in your browser after purchase. The Questions edition has every question in the pack; the With answers edition adds a model answer to each answered question. Prices are in GBP. The full list of PwC packs is in the catalogue.
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