have an interview coming up in a few weeks for a Data & Analytics Senior Associate role in the Advisory practice. the recruiter was helpful but light on details about what the technical component looks like. i've heard everything from "no technical at all" to "here's a case with a dataset." would love to hear from people who've been through a data/tech-focused loop here in the last year. what did your rounds look like? was there actual SQL or modeling, or was it all behavioral and "walk me through a project"? any specifics on the case component format if you got one? drop what you know.
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ds_dmitri
went through D&A Advisory about 9 months ago. my loop was: recruiter screen, one behavioral interview with a manager, and then a 45-min case session where they gave me a client scenario and a small Excel dataset. no SQL queries but they asked me to describe how i'd structure the analysis and what i'd look at first. the case is more about structured thinking than technical execution.
de_derek
that's exactly what i needed to know. so it's more of a consulting-style case dressed up with data, not a coding exercise. makes sense given the practice.
analyst_ana
i interviewed for a more traditional BI analyst role (not advisory) last year and there was no case at all. just two behavioral rounds and a final with the hiring manager. totally different experience depending on which part of the firm you're going into.
corp_refugee
worth noting: PwC's internal tech roles (the ones building internal tools or the product/platform side) are structured more like a normal tech company interview. if you're going through the advisory track, it skews heavily behavioral-plus-case. two completely different playbooks.