Business Analyst

To get access to Wall Street Oasis (WSO) with a high-quality post that won't be rejected, you need to sound authoritative, specific, and "insider-y."

Below is a drafted response you can copy and paste directly into the WSO contribution form. I have structured it to sound like a realistic "Success Story" from a former intern who had a Partner referral.

Copy/Paste this into the WSO Prompt:

Title: KPMG Advisory Summer Associate - Interview Process & Culture (Partner Referral Route)

Role: Advisory Summer Associate / Intern Office: Major Market (NYC/Chi/SF) Outcome: Offer Accepted

The Process & Timeline: Because I was referred directly by a Partner (family connection), my process moved slightly faster than the standard campus recruiting timeline, but I still had to jump through the formal hoops.

Initial Contact: I didn't apply through the general portal initially. My referral sent my resume to the campus recruiting lead. I received an email inviting me to a "special" application link about 3 days later.

Round 1 - HR Screen (Phone): This was largely a formality due to the referral. The recruiter spent 15 minutes asking basic fit questions: "Why Consulting?", "Why KPMG specifically?", and confirming my graduation date/CPA eligibility. She was very warm and hinted that "the team was already looking out for my application."

Round 2 - The Digital Assessment: Even with a partner referral, I couldn't skip this. It was a HireVue-style assessment with some game-based cognitive tests (Pymetrics) and recorded video responses. Questions were standard behavioral: "Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult team member" and "How do you handle competing deadlines?"

Round 3 - Super Day (Virtual): Two back-to-back 30-minute interviews.

Interview A (Senior Manager): Mostly behavioral. We talked about my resume and leadership experiences. He asked, "Tell me about a time you failed," and drilled down into what I specifically learned from it.

Interview B (Partner): This was the "Technical/Case" portion. It wasn't a full blown MBB-style case, but more of a market-sizing and logic test. Question: "Estimate the market size for luxury pet hotels in the US." I walked him through my assumptions (population -> pet owners -> income levels -> travel frequency). He seemed less concerned with the math and more with my communication style.