I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PwC (Düsseldorf) in Jul 2026
Interview
The process was fairly quick, and the interviewers were incredibly friendly. I did not have an HR interview, likely because I was referred. I had two relatively easy technical interviews, both conducted online and in German. I received the acceptance notice 10 days after the final interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the first technical interview, I was asked some basic AI- and RAG-related questions. The main use case was to design the architecture of a RAG system on an online whiteboard, which I found straightforward. The follow-up questions were also relatively easy.
In the second technical interview, I was given a well-known SQL problem often referred to as the "highest salary per department" question. The task was to write an SQL query that returns the employee with the highest salary in each department. Solving it required using JOINs and nested queries.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at PwC
Interview
One HR intro interview, and two technical rounds. Mostly theoretical questions. Second technical round very wide regarding the tech stack. Taking too long in my opinion. They keep contacting past candidates after rejecting them.
Easy two rounds just describing my knowledge, no coding, then final interview with manager. Everything remote. The recruiter was very responsive. She contacted me on LinkedIn. Got an offer after 4 weeks