PwC- Application response

Evening all,

Just wondered how long PwC took to reply to your initial application. They only say 'shortly' in the acknowledgement after submitting. Been 5 days or so now, am I just being impatient?

Cheers.

Reply 1

tomoli

2

I dunno, but PWC seem to take ages in everything they do. I applied for Gap Year Programme, and am still waiting to hear about assessment day - been nearly a month now. I keep ringing hem but hard to get through and they don't answer their emails.

Reply 2

86501

1

I think they took about a week after I submitted my initial application. A load of it is read over by a computer, but they'll be busy right now with deadlines approaching as well as interviewing quite a lot of people. I wouldn't worry just yet anyway.

I'm told by people that have applied to investment banks that a month would be considered a short wait for some of them! PWC have been pretty good with me, I've always heard within a week.

Reply 3

YouAreWhatYouEat

tomoli

I dunno, but PWC seem to take ages in everything they do. I applied for Gap Year Programme, and am still waiting to hear about assessment day - been nearly a month now. I keep ringing hem but hard to get through and they don't answer their emails.

word

i posted the situation regarding a guy in my school who is in year 13 in another thread about a week ago

he applied at the beginning of December, 6 weeks later he got a reply for an assessment centre etc :rolleyes:

Reply 4

Dr. Robotnik

There was about a 2 week wait before I got a reply, after submitting my application form, inviting me to the next selection stage. I suspect it depends on when you apply, and what region you are applying to. I applied to the London region.

Reply 5

Ellsbells3032

9

it said on my form 2 working days,. and still hadnt heard anything after a week so called them and they said theyd call me bak that afternoon...a week later not a beep. so i called again and they sent me a response that afternoon...rejection. so maybe that isnt the best way to go about it....lol

Reply 6

Dr. Robotnik

lol, nah I would never repeatedly call a graduate recruiter for a response - especially a Big 4 firm. It's all too easy for them to rush through going through your application and reject you - or maybe even just reject you cos of your (perceived) impatience.

Reply 7

tomoli

2

Don't be ridiculous! A company would never reject you on the basis that you are keen for a response. I have always been told, and also attended a PWC interview skills course, that it looks good if you ring them up/email requesting a response - it shows you really want the job.

Obviously, if they say we will get back to you within 5 working days and you ring them up after 3 and say 'well?' then that isn't good. However, if they don't say, or give a time and it is longer than that then by all means ring them up and say 'how is it going, i need a response'.

Reply 8

Shell123

Hi I got an email about 8 hours after sending my application inviting me to do the online tests within the next 5 days, which is before Tuesday :s-smilie:

wish me luck!!

Reply 9

Skeve

14

What is this application for? A gap year? A summer internship? A graduate job? You need to be clear when you post.
I applied for a summer internship. I got a response less than 12 hours later. I got an interview 3 days later. I got the internship 2 days later. So it's very quick in my experience. Of course it depends where you apply to as well. I applied to the Dublin HQ. Maybe if you apply elsewhere they have some slow human resource person. The one in Dublin doesn't stop ringing you.

Reply 10

aaloo

15

they said 3 days for me. i waited 8 days before calling and they called me back an hour later to say i'd got through

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