Parents of Successful PWC Applicant 2024
Congratulations on reaching the KPMG Launch Pad Assessment stage! Approximately 85% of applicants won’t have made it this far, so you’re already doing very well indeed! It’s time to push ahead and take it to the next level.
Stage ten of the KPMG application process is the role play exercise, which is part of the Launch Pad Assessment Centre process. At the LaunchPad, you will be undertaking in-tray and presentation exercises too. You will also be re-taking the numerical reasoning test and one of the verbal or diagrammatic reasoning tests.
After you choose a convenient date from the options offered by KPMG, you will have roughly one to two weeks to prepare. As we all know, job tests can be daunting and how can you be fully confident of putting in a perfect performance if you lack Big Four experience? As long as you can show sufficient drive and enthusiasm, we will give you the support you need to land the job of your dreams.
KPMG has designed the role play exercise to assess you against their key Behavioural capabilities criteria. The test will be time-limited, so you must be able to withstand pressure. Our training will ensure that you are fully confident and prepared for any eventuality. Imagine the embarrassment and panic caused by ‘freezing up’ during the KPMG role-play exercise and you’ll realise just how important this is.
Although KPMG does list Behavioural capabilities criteria on their website, they don’t provide many details on the initial and follow-up questions you can expect to face. However, you can draw on the experience of our experts, who have previously worked for Big Four firms, to give you a major advantage in this area.
KPMG’s role play exercise hinges on your interpersonal as well as your professional skills and consists of three separate face-to-face meetings. All topics discussed during the role play exercise will be based on your responses to the etray exercise. No additional time is provided for preparation between these stages.
The KPMG role-play exercise comes in three parts:
A. After completing the etray exercise, you will be asked to attend a fictional 15-minute client meeting. This meeting will be held so that KPMG can gather some useful information before moving on. To jog your memory, you will be allowed to look at a KPMG instructional booklet so you can briefly prepare and remember your etray responses.
B. After attending the client meeting, you will be asked to attend a 15-minute meeting with a KPMG manager. This meeting builds on your responses in the second part of the etray test and uses them as the basis for a fictional scenario. The partner will initially ask you questions while posing as a fictional client’s director and will proceed to rigorously challenge and cross-question you.
C. In the third part of the role play exercise, you will meet KPMG trainees and seniors at lunch where you will discuss your questions and career aspirations and learn about their views on working for KPMG. However, this is not just a casual chat, it is in fact a 40-minute informal assessment during which you will be judged on your ethics and manners.
The period of time that KPMG allows you to look at the instructional booklet is insufficient in which to properly prepare. Thus, it is vital that you receive appropriate guidance at this stage because you do not want to be waiting for a meeting feeling nervous and unprepared. You need the relevant information and guidance well in advance to give yourself a realistic chance of success.
Your performance during the role play exercise will remain on record and is used in KPMG’s final deliberations to determine whether or not your application has been a success. It’s fully possible to successfully get through this stage by scoring a passing mark, yet fail to secure employment when KPMG recruiters take a look at your performances over the application process in its entirety.
KPMG grade your ability on each stage between 1 point and 5. It is assumed by KPMG that if an applicant can demonstrate ‘core capabilities’ and attain the full 5 marks during the assessment centre process then they automatically become a perfect match for the firm.
This means you need to score the maximum 5 points on every single stage to set yourself apart from rival jobseekers and cannot afford to take a job test without having been properly prepared by Green Turn.
Green Turn research results show that a massive 92% of applicants fail the KPMG Launch Pad Role Play exercise, which in practice means that they have basically ruined their chances of ever securing a job with the firm. You are in a race against time – vacancies are quickly filled due to the major salary and status benefits provided by Big Four companies. Give your chances a serious boost by purchasing our preparation pack, which includes:
Green Turn is the market leader and the only specialist company worldwide that offers specific training on how to secure a Big Four job delivered by former employees of the companies in question. We have fifteen years’ experience of successfully fast-tracking people like you into positions with the top companies and regularly receive positive feedback on our training methods. By purchasing our preparation packs, you are gaining access to an invaluable network of former Big Four employees who have the required knowledge and desire to advance you into a dream job. We pride ourselves on our clients’ 90-to-100% pass rates and it’s in our interests that you achieve employment so that the retention level stays high.
Everyone wants to assure themselves of a financially comfortable future, without the stress of worrying about how to make ends meet, and a job with KPMG is the perfect opportunity to do just that. Our experts look forward to engaging with you, so register with us now and let’s start work!
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"Other than Green Turn material there is no such material available on the internet to practice at intense difficulty level for KPMG role play exercises and pitfalls. " |
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Successful KPMG Audit Applicant |
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"Twp new role play meeting exercises are introduced by KPMG this year mainly to replace group exercise so be very careful on how you respond both verbally and non verbally. I discussed on approach with Green Turn it was very relevant." |
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Successful KPMG Advisory Applicant |
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"I found multicultural environment quite useful. I was allocated a polite teacher who could understand my views and put me in the right direction for my preparation." |
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Successful KPMG Tax Applicant |
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"Green Turn really helped me make a difference to my preparation." |
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Successful KPMG Consulting Applicant |
Step 3: Takes online KPMG Numerical and Verbal Reasoning Test, Strengths Assessment Test, Situational Judgement Test
Step 4: Submit online Critical Thinking Strengths Assessment Test and KPMG Digital Submission interview
Step 5: Attends KPMG Launch Pad Assessment Centre
Step 6: Attends KPMG Final Interview and Presentation with KPMG Partner
Step 7: Successful Applicant will receive a job offer