PwC FULL ONLINE TEST

Place: Christ University, Bengaluru
Date: April 7, 2025

Round 1: Online Test (115 Minutes)

Round 2: Technical Interview (40 Minutes)

Round 3: Managerial Case Round (25 Minutes)

Round 4: HR Interview (15 Minutes)

Part A: Aptitude & Logical Reasoning (32 Questions)

1. A boat moves upstream at 12 km/hr and downstream at 18 km/hr. Find the speed of the stream.
a) 2 km/hr
b) 3 km/hr ✅
c) 4 km/hr
d) 5 km/hr

2. Find the missing term: 5, 10, 20, 40, ?
a) 60
b) 70
c) 80 ✅
d) 90

Part B: Technical MCQs (24 Questions)

3. Which collection maintains insertion order?
a) HashSet
b) TreeSet
c) LinkedHashSet ✅
d) PriorityQueue

4. Which SQL command is used to remove duplicate rows?
a) UNIQUE
b) DISTINCT ✅
c) DELETE
d) GROUP

Part C: English & Communication (20 Questions)

5. Choose the correct sentence:
a) He didn’t completed the task
b) He didn’t complete the task ✅
c) He don’t complete the task
d) He not complete the task

Part D: Coding (2 Questions)

Question 1: Find the Maximum Element in an Array

public class MaxElement {

    public static int findMax(int[] arr) {
        int max = arr[0];

        for (int num : arr) {
            if (num > max) max = num;
        }

        return max;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] data = {12, 45, 67, 23, 9};
        System.out.println(findMax(data));
    }
}

Question 2: SQL – Count Employees Department Wise

SELECT department, COUNT(*) AS total_employees
FROM employees
GROUP BY department;

HR Interview Questions:

• Tell me about yourself.
• Why PwC and not other consulting firms?
• How do you handle pressure?
• What motivates you?

Technical Interview Questions:

• Difference between Stack and Queue.
• Explain normalization.
• Difference between HashMap and HashSet.
• What is multithreading?

Project Discussion Questions:

1. Explain your project workflow.
2. What was the core challenge?
3. How did you test your application?
4. How would you deploy your project?

PwC-Specific Preparation Tips:

1. Focus on business communication.
2. Strengthen SQL and Excel.
3. Practice case-based questions.
4. Prepare clean and documented code.

Note: This reflects PwC’s 2026 hiring trend for analytics and consulting roles.