Here are some of the questions we get asked most frequently
All routes offer you the same deal. The opportunity to grow as an individual, to meet new people, and build lasting relationships that will stay with you for life.
Initially yes you will earn a lower salary, however once you finish your apprenticeship programme you will be on a competitive salary for the market. If you're performing well you will reach senior positions quicker than graduates, without the university debt.
As an apprentice you won’t get stuck doing the photocopying and making the tea, you’re involved in projects straight away. Our apprentices are engaged in projects and hands-on in client-facing roles.
All new joiners at PwC are supported by many people, including a people manager, career coach and buddy. They will help you to get settled, make new friends, and get to grips with your new working environment. You will be able to join sports teams, diversity networks and other social interest groups, social drinks and parties, team away days, and 6 days of volunteering a year to name but a few.
The average age at PwC is 28!
PwC is a great place to start your career, and if after you complete your apprenticeship you decide it’s time to move on, having the number one professional firm on your CV will definitely get you noticed. Gaining additional qualifications such as the ACA through your training also give you more relevant experience and credibility to a career in accountancy than any degree.
Progression is based on merit throughout the firm, regardless of entry route.
A degree apprenticeship is a level 6 apprenticeship, which is a blend of study at university and work placements at PwC. PwC offer Technology and Data Science degree apprenticeship across a range of top universities across the UK. These degree apprenticeships are fully funded and students come out with a degree, an apprenticeship and normally a permanent job offer.
Our Flying Start degree programme, which we offer in accounting and business are similar to degree apprenticeships but do not follow the apprenticeship framework, however they do combine the study at university with paid placements at PwC. The Flying Start Degrees are non funded. Again these are offered at a range or top universities across the country.
An apprenticeship at PwC does not involve studying at university. This is a full time role which will involve you studying towards a professional qualification alongside your level 4 or level 7 apprenticeship. PwC fund all of your qualification and any resources you need to complete it, and you also receive a full time salary as an employee at PwC. We offer apprenticeships in a range of different departments across our UK offices.
No. Some of our roles have deadlines, but most are rolling recruitment which means they are filled on a first come first serve basis.
Deadlines do apply in some areas so check our business area pages and our application timetable carefully. We advise you aim to get your application in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. For our programmes that have a deadline associated with them, we review applications on an ongoing basis. However, you'll only find out if you have been successful after the deadline has passed, once all applications have been reviewed. We'd encourage you to manage your time, ensuring you complete the online tests assessments before their specific deadline as advertised on the job description.
Most of our graduate programmes require a 2.1 degree but for some roles we also require some UCAS points. Please check individual job postings for academic requirements.
We’ll need further information from you so we can consider the impact any extenuating circumstances may have had on your grades.
You’ll have to wait 6 months from the date you originally applied, before re-applying. If you try to apply again before this date you will receive an error message. We take any attempts to circumvent this policy very seriously.
Yes we do. We welcome applications from candidates who can switch from a Tier 4 (General) Student visa but there are restrictions to some of our business areas and office locations so please visit our work permits page for more information and to see where restrictions apply.
Not at all, we welcome students from all degree disciplines. It doesn’t matter what degree you’re studying for – in fact most of our business areas accept students from any discipline. But you must have a good academic record and be able to show how you’ve used your initiative and team-working skills before and at university.
Yes of course, we welcome all students from all backgrounds. What’s important to us is a good academic record and your ability to show us how you’ve used you initiative and team – working skills to align with the PwC Professional.
Please call the helpline on 0808 100 1500 or email PwCStudentRecruitment@hccs.pwc.co.uk if you’d like to request a transfer.
Please detail all of your circumstances on your application for our screening team to assess.
When completing your application form, please select the relevant exam type and grade that appear on your exam certificates. Please do not convert your grades to UK equivalents. If you're unable to find your exact exam type / grade combination in the academic achievements dropdown, please select "other" and free-type your exact results. All grades are verified as part of our pre-employment screening process and we take any discrepancies very seriously. If you're unsure how to complete your application form, please contact our student helpline on freephone 0808 100 1500, from outside the UK: +44 (0)1952 568470 or email PwCStudentRecruitment@hccs.pwc.co.uk.
Please apply for our School and College Leaver programmes online on this website. Applications for the Flying Start Degrees in Accounting, Technology and Business are via UCAS.
You can only submit one application at a time and commitment to your chosen business area is important. If you’re not successful then you can apply again after 6 months from your original application date.
You'll need to wait 6 months from your original application date before applying again. When you re-apply, your previous application is disregarded so you have a fresh start.
If you look on the UCAS Website, you can see the conversions for your qualification into UCAS points.
Unfortunately, you can’t count AS grades towards your UCAS Tariff. Your total points score is taken from up to 3 full A-levels, excluding resits, which are taken in the same sitting (excluding general studies). Where you’ve taken more than 3 full A-levels in a single sitting, we’ll use your highest grades. If you have any extenuating circumstances related to your exam marks, the qualifications you’ve taken or the sequencing of these, you should declare this on your application form and this will be considered as we review your application.
We'll accept applications where modules or papers have been retaken within the same academic year, however we're unable to accept a full subject retake. Your overall first A-Level grade attempt is what you'll need to apply with. If you have any extenuating circumstances related to your exam marks, you should declare this on your application form and this will be considered as we review your application.
We have been made aware of offers of roles at PwC UK being made directly to potential candidates via email.
All of our recruitment is managed through our website https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers.html. Any unsolicited offers of roles that do not originate from applications via this website will not have been sent by PwC and should be ignored.
Please click here to see our application process. After submitting your application we’ll aim to get back to you within five working days – timings vary between business areas though, so check our website for details.
Please call our student helpline on freephone 0808 100 1500 or email PwCStudentRecruitment@hccs.pwc.co.ukwith your candidate reference number explaining your situation and a member of our team will be in contact with you shortly.
The assessment tools give us extra information on particular areas like reasoning ability or the quality of your team working skills. It's difficult to assess these skills objectively from other parts of the selection procedure. Each assessment focuses on a specific, job-relevant skill. People who have little experience of a particular job may well be very capable of doing that job, and the test gives them the chance to prove it. All candidates for a role complete the same assessment exercises which means we can compare them fairly and objectively. You may also want to refer to our experienced hire careers if you have substantial work experience / qualifications.
It is possible to fail the tests. Before using any assessment tool, we work out what level of achievement indicates that a candidate has the potential to do a specific job successfully. As such, if you fail to meet any of the criteria, at any stage of the recruitment process, your application will not progress any further.
We're committed to the fair and ethical use of assessment tools and provide information to help you understand why and how we use them in our recruitment process. We've also prepared a detailed statement of our commitment to all candidates.
Please call our student helpline on freephone 0808 100 1500 or email PwCStudentRecruitment@hccs.pwc.co.uk
We aim to get back to you as soon as possible, for our deadline driven roles, the key dates are advertised on our website. For all other roles, you’ll be able to access feedback on your performance at the online stages.
Please call our student our helpline on freephone 0808 100 1500 or email PwCStudentRecruitment@hccs.pwc.co.uk. You’ll need to state your candidate ID and for any game based assessment issues, you’ll need your player key.
If you’re invited to sit our online tests then you’ll also be sent a link to a practice test to complete. You can read more about psychometric testing on our Recruitment at PwC page. You can also visit our Employability Hub to help you prepare.
Please click on the following to find out more:
Office open events - You'll spend a day in one of our offices across the UK, discovering what we do, how, why and where we do it, and who we do it for.
Women in business - During this three-day paid programme you’ll get an insight into what a career at PwC could look like. You’ll meet mentors and buddies who’ll represent the variety of opportunities available across PwC. You’ll meet some of our Female colleagues to hear about their own personal career journeys, as well as from some of our networks focussed on Diversity and Inclusion.
Black Talent in Business - During this three-day paid programme you’ll get an insight into what a career at PwC could look like, you’ll meet mentors and buddies who’ll represent the variety of opportunities available across PwC. You’ll meet some of our Black colleagues to hear about their own personal career journeys, as well as from some of our networks focussed on Diversity and Inclusion.
Please click on the following to find out more:
Office open events - You'll spend a day in one of our offices across the UK, discovering what we do, how, why and where we do it, and who we do it for.
Summer internships - Build your skills and confidence by working alongside specialists in your chosen business during the summer. You'll get a real taste of life at the heart of PwC, working alongside graduate trainees and experienced professionals on live and interesting client projects. You’ll be doing real work on real clients so be prepared to get stuck in.
Women in business - During this paid placement, you’ll shadow one of our female leaders as part of a one week experience and gain an insight into the opportunities available at PwC.
Black Talent in Business - During this three-day paid programme you’ll get an insight into what a career at PwC could look like, you’llmeet mentors and buddies who’ll represent the variety of opportunities available across PwC. You’ll meet some of our Black colleagues to hear about their own personal career journeys, as well as from some of our networks focussed on Diversity and Inclusion.
Please click on the following to find out more:
Office open events - You'll spend a day in one of our offices across the UK, discovering what we do, how, why and where we do it, and who we do it for.
Graduate jobs - Be part of the world’s leading professional services network and enjoy the benefits that come with that. We had a wide range of opportunities in Actuarial, Audit, Consulting, Deals, Risk, Tax and Technology.
You can apply to our first year Women in Business roles if you are in your second year of a four year course.
You can search for all open roles on our website. Each year some of our roles will open as early as July but the majority open in September. Please note that some do have deadlines, others will fill on a first come first serve basis.
Take a look at our Global careers site.
Please visit our programme pages to see all the opportunities we offer. It’s a great way to experience work and life at PwC and gain valuable insight into our business and culture.
Yes we do. Get first-hand experience of our business on one of our work placement programmes. You’ll soak up complex business information and you’ll boost your commercial awareness, interpersonal skills, and self-confidence. You'll also develop a genuine understanding of what we do and how we do it and you'll discover whether PwC and the type of work you could take on with us is right for you. Find out more.
We would reimburse up to £100 in reasonable travel expenses for our offer holder events
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Take a look at our opportunity challenge page.
We don’t offer work experience, however, we do run our Virtual Insight Week programme for Year 12 students (Year 13 in NI and S5 in Scotland). You can find out more on our Virtual Insight Week page. We do not offer any ad-hoc work experience.
You do need to be in Year 12 (Year 13 in NI and S5 in Scotland) for our Virtual Insight Week programme, but we’d welcome you to one of our upcoming events. These are a great opportunity to find out more about PwC.
We do visit school groups, but this is reviewed on a case by case basis. Please sign up for our Talent Network and email uk_schools_recruitment@pwc.com to share more details about your school, the year groups you’d like us to visit and we will then get back to you. Additionally we have lots of online resources and events available to students, such as our Virtual Classroom sessions, recorded Back to Schools content and our Employability Hub.
Please check our events page to see what events are near you. We also run a host of online events, which you can read more about and sign up to here.
We do have events for Parents and Teachers. You can find out more about these here. However if you have a specific question, please contact us on uk_schools_recruitment@pwc.com. We also have an Employability Skills Toolkit available with free lesson plans to support your students in developing key skills and you can keep up to date with everything we’re up to by signing up to our Talent Network. You might also be interested in our regional Teacher Insight Calls, which you can register for here.
The final stage of your recruitment journey will involve an in-person event held in one of our regional office hubs to celebrate your success and launch your career at PwC! You’ll be able to find out more about PwC as a firm and what we offer our employees whilst networking with people from the business and fellow offer holders. These events will be held on a regular basis and you will be invited to register for the next upcoming event for the region you are joining once you receive your offer.
Before your start date, we may also invite you to attend a pre-joining event where you can meet fellow new joiners and learn more information about your forthcoming induction. For some offer holders we also offer the opportunity to join our LinkedIn communities which will allow you to meet with other joiners.
There are opportunities for you to come and meet us before you join but this would be dependent on the office or business unit. Your local recruiter will be able to provide further details.
At PwC we do consider deferral requests. You will need to submit a strong business case, which will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. If you are considering a deferral, we would encourage you to apply at a later date that aligns with your intended start date.
For these purposes, the definition of an 'application' includes any roles that you have been made an offer for. Therefore if you have been offered / accepted a role, you cannot apply to another vacancy. Please do take the time to check that you're able to make a new application to us now. Our employees act with honesty and integrity so we expect the same from you. If you already work at PwC, please ensure that you have contacted the student recruitment team to discuss your application before you proceed. We take any attempts to circumvent this policy very seriously.