Strange PwC final partner interview

Has anyone else received this email sometime following their AC, but before booking the final interview:

Dear Candidate,

Thank you for your patience. We will be in contact with you very shortly to confirm how we will be proceeding with you application.

In the meantime if you have any urgent queries please do not hesitate to contact me further.

Kind regards,

This was sent from a specific person and not "recruitment@". Got this yesterday after waiting 4 weeks. Anyone else get the same thing?

This is a pretty standard holding pattern email. Odds are they can't find an available partner, or they are figuring out which locations still have space... no point reading into it really.

My final interview was a bit weird. My partner chatted at extreme length about himself and did more talking then I did, going into ridiculous detail about his job details that I couldn't even hope to respond to in an intelligent way. I ended up having to nod and look interested and make a small comment when he had finished a 5 minute rant. I was asked competencies but we talked at length about how the validity of information and how we can we make decisions when there is so many differing sources. I was extremely nervous, because I had almost been late and I'm not sure if I was smiling enough or came across like a piece of wood. The interview lasted about an hour and ten (mostly cause he talked for so long). There was also an awkward moment when he wanted to look at my thesis at the end and he took it with him after the interview had ended; it was my only hard copy so I had to ask if I could get it back at a later time, he said he'd lose it so I suggested sending to him via email.

All in all, my partner was a bit self-absorbed and talked a lot. I answered the question relatively well but am not confident at all I'm going to get an offer. Basically think I ****ed it on the last stretch. It's busy period for them so I'm expecting word back next week.

Hey how did this go? Did you get an offer??

Nope. Apparently I failed on a competency that I didn't even get asked about, so I was a bit confused.

My interviewer was terrible though, made no attempt to relax me into the interview and talked about himself for half of the hour we had (for example telling me his son couldn't have aspartme??). That being said, my nerves probably were the primary factor in my rejection, influenced the way I came across so I didn't have the Halo effect on my side.

Thats too bad. I hope you get an offer elsewhere.

Can I ask when you did your interview and at what location? Also how long did they take to get back to you?

My partner interview at KPMG was mostly just chatting, then two or three competency questions, then chatting about recent business news and how it would affect the company. It was slightly more formal than I was expecting, but certainly not a "formal interview". I got the offer so clearly went alright!

2-3 days I think