KPMG Internships 2027: Timeline, Pay, Application Limit

How many KPMG internships can I apply to? Two active applications at a time. When do KPMG internship applications open? On a rolling basis, more than a year ahead: KPMG internships starting in Summer 2028 are already posted, and the KPMG consulting internship, in Advisory, opened for Summer 2027 on August 3, 2026. The KPMG internship timeline, pay and interview steps below are checked against KPMG's own postings as of November 3, 2026.

What is the KPMG internship process?

KPMG's process has five stages: choose up to two roles, apply with your resume and transcript, pass two live video interviews, add a business case for Advisory roles, then accept the offer and start at Lakehouse. Click a stage to see what KPMG looks for and the practice that matches it, or jump to that part of this guide.

Internship process

From application to KPMG offer

ApplyResumeVideo interviewsAdvisory caseOffer

Pick your two roles

Two active applications at most, and the offer converts in that office. Pick the practice and city first.

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Win both video interviews

Two live video interviews with business leaders: why KPMG, why this practice and office, teamwork and integrity.

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Break down the Advisory case

Advisory and technology roles can add case-style questions about breaking down a client problem.

Practice a case for KPMG Advisory →Read this step ↓

Start at Lakehouse

Offers usually follow within two weeks of interviewing; the internship opens with about three days at Lakehouse.

What the return offer pays →Read this step ↓

Clear the resume screen

A 10-minute application with your resume and an unofficial transcript; a 3.0+ GPA is preferred. Drop your resume for a screen-ready grade.

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When do KPMG internship applications open?

KPMG posts internships more than a year before they start and reviews applications on a rolling basis: on November 3, 2026 its US board listed 22 intern postings, all in Audit or Tax, starting from Winter 2027 to Summer 2028. Each row links a posting, with the graduation window KPMG requires:

The Advisory row comes from copies of KPMG's postings on WayUp, dated August 3, 2026 and marked as no longer accepting applications. The other live postings are specialist versions of the same roles, such as Japanese and Korean practice audit internships, Trade and Customs tax internships and Winter 2027 seasonal tax internships. Find them with KPMG's early-career job search and its Career Navigator, which filters roles by graduation date, and apply soon after a posting opens rather than near its end.

Audit and tax recruiting is moving later. In June 2026 Villanova's career center relayed KPMG's plan to push accounting intern recruiting back by one to two semesters over two academic years. For Winter and Summer 2028 internships, KPMG recruits on a very limited basis in fall 2026 and fills most of the class in spring 2027; Winter 2029 recruiting starts in January 2028 and Summer 2029 recruiting in fall 2028. KPMG added that it may return to the old schedule if the change costs it top candidates. That fits the handful of 2028 roles posted now, and it means a sophomore who needs more time can apply in spring 2027.

How many KPMG internships can you apply to?

Two: KPMG limits you to two active applications, and you cannot interview for more than one position at the same time. KPMG's FAQ asks you to apply quickly to the one role that interests you most, in the city where you want to build your career, because the internship is designed to convert into a full-time offer in that office and location changes are not guaranteed afterwards. Choose the practice and the city before you apply: put the first application on your first-choice role and keep the second for a close alternative you would accept.

When do KPMG Advisory internships open?

KPMG's consulting internship is the Advisory internship: its Summer 2027 roles were posted on August 3, 2026, none was open on November 3, and Summer 2028 roles are next. The WayUp copies of those postings cover Advisory roles in Technology, Customer & Operations (Healthcare Solutions) and Federal Technology Enablement, all for students graduating between November 2027 and September 2028. If KPMG repeats this cycle, Summer 2028 Advisory roles would open around early August 2027, so have your resume and video-interview answers ready by July.

Advisory pay is close to audit pay and higher for technology roles, as the table below shows. Before an internship, the KPMG Advisory Talent Program, a leadership program for exploring Advisory roles listed on KPMG's early-career programs page, is an earlier way in. Read KPMG consulting for what the Advisory practice does day to day.

How much does a KPMG intern make?

Outside California, KPMG pays interns $62,000 to $95,000 a year annualized, depending on practice and city: audit from $62,000 in Burlington to $92,000 in New York City, Advisory from $78,000 to $95,000. That is about $1,192 to $1,827 a week (our arithmetic, annual figure divided by 52), and interns are paid for the weeks they work. KPMG publishes the ranges on its pay transparency site because of local pay laws, and each posting links the ranges for its role.

All figures are annualized, as KPMG posted them on November 3, 2026. KPMG links each Advisory posting to one of two pay categories: Technology roles to the higher Category 2, roles such as Healthcare Solutions to Category 1. California ranges appear on the postings instead: $86,000 to $94,000 for Summer 2027 Technology Assurance. KPMG adds that individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The KPMG salary guide covers what the full-time return offer pays by level.

What are the KPMG internship requirements?

You need US work authorization without sponsorship, a preferred GPA of 3.0 or above, a graduation date inside the posting's window, and a plan to build your career in the office you apply to. The postings set these rules:

• GPA: a preferred GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Work authorization: the postings we checked offer no visa sponsorship of any kind, including H-1B, F-1, J-1, OPT and CPT, and ask for authorization to work in the US now and in the future. KPMG's early-career FAQ says some early-career jobs do consider applicants who need sponsorship, so check each posting.
• Graduation window: each posting names its earliest and latest graduation dates; Summer 2027 roles want a graduation date between November 2027 and July or September 2028.
• Location: professionals work in person at an office or client site about three days a week.

Audit and tax roles also expect accounting coursework toward CPA eligibility. Technology Assurance interns work with AI tools, bots, dashboards, Excel, Alteryx, SQL and Power BI, according to the posting, so data coursework strengthens that application. KPMG's Degree Matcher maps your major to the practices you may qualify for.

Freshmen and sophomores have earlier routes. KPMG accepts early internship applications two years before graduation and runs pre-internship programs from freshman year: the Global Advantage Program, HBCU Talent+, Ace the Case, Branding U and the KPMG Advisory Talent Program. For accounting students, the KPMG Embark Scholars guide covers the scholarship-plus-internship route.

What is the KPMG internship interview like?

Selected candidates do two live video interviews with business leaders on behavior, motivation and fit; Advisory roles can add case-style business questions. KPMG's early-career FAQ gives the timing: interview selection typically within two weeks of applying, interviews within one to two weeks of selection, and an offer decision within two weeks of interviewing. After the interviews KPMG either makes an offer or invites you to visit an office.

Video interviews

These are conversations about you, not technical tests: why KPMG, why this practice and office, and how you have handled teamwork, feedback, integrity and ambiguity. Prepare four answers you can give in under two minutes each:

The KPMG behavioral interview questions page lists the questions candidates report, and you can rehearse a KPMG interview answer with live follow-up questions before yours. If your office sends an online test, the KPMG assessment test guide covers the formats.

Advisory business case

Advisory roles, the KPMG consulting internship track, can add case-style questions about breaking down a client problem on top of the video interviews. If you target Advisory, add one business-judgment rep and read the KPMG case interview guide. If you have never run a case, learn the method first:

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How should you prepare for a KPMG internship?

Two focused weeks before you apply cover it, because KPMG's process is short. Apply as soon as you are ready, since roles fill on a rolling basis.

Test your camera, sound and lighting before the video interviews, and practice answering to a camera rather than a person, since that is the format you will face.

How hard is it to get a KPMG internship?

Competitive, but not MBB-level: KPMG hired about 2,200 US summer interns in 2025 from more than 42,000 applicants, roughly 5% (our arithmetic). Business Insider reported those numbers on March 31, 2026. Your odds improve when you apply early in a rolling cycle, use both applications on roles you qualify for, and apply in an office where you would accept a full-time offer. For most audit and tax roles, a tailored resume and a specific why-KPMG answer carry most of the weight, and the KPMG cover letter guide helps when an office asks for one.

What happens at KPMG Lakehouse?

KPMG Lakehouse is the firm's national training center near Orlando, Florida, where interns typically spend about three days before returning to their local office, according to Business Insider. In 2026 KPMG piloted a new audit internship that refocuses Lakehouse time on critical thinking, judging the output of AI tools, simulations and team competitions, while technical training on KPMG's audit platform, Clara, moves to local offices. The rest of the internship is client work in your office with a mentor.

The return offer is decided on that work; the consulting internship return offer guide covers what reviewers weigh. For consulting-track candidates, compare KPMG with the other Big 4 programs: the PwC internship, Deloitte Discovery and the EY internship, or the wider list of best consulting internships.

Sources

• KPMG: Technology Assurance Intern, Summer 2027, job 137250 (cities, graduation window, GPA, visa, tools, California pay, two-application limit, interview and offer timing; checked November 3, 2026)
• KPMG: Tax Intern, Summer 2027, job 137268 (checked November 3, 2026)
• KPMG: Audit Intern, Winter 2028, job 137237 (checked November 3, 2026)
• KPMG: Tax Intern, Summer 2028, job 137270 (checked November 3, 2026)
• KPMG: Job search, early-career internships (22 intern postings, none in Advisory; checked November 3, 2026)
• WayUp: KPMG Advisory Intern, Technology, Summer 2027, Customer & Operations, Healthcare Solutions and Federal Technology Enablement Business Analyst (copies of KPMG's postings: posted August 3, 2026, graduation window, no longer accepting applications; checked November 3, 2026)
• KPMG: Pay transparency, audit intern ranges, Advisory intern Category 1 and Advisory intern Category 2 (checked November 3, 2026)
• KPMG: Early career (application, interviews, offers, Career Navigator, Degree Matcher; checked November 3, 2026)
• KPMG: Early career programs (pre-internship programs, early applications two years before graduation; checked November 3, 2026)
• Villanova Career Center: KPMG is shifting their recruiting timeline (accounting intern recruiting for 2028 and 2029 internships; June 16, 2026)
• Business Insider: KPMG is revamping its audit internship (intern and applicant counts, Lakehouse; March 31, 2026)