PwC Case Interview Practice: Free Case and Prep Resources
PwC US's Advisory case interview page publishes two sample scenarios, a bank's digital transformation and a healthcare acquisition, each with prompts and sample responses by experience level. Its case is a 30 to 45 minute two-way conversation, where Strategy&'s UK pages describe a slide-pack case from a real client project.PwC (opens in a new tab), read ; Strategy& (opens in a new tab), read
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Free PwC interview prep resources
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PwC: Get ready for your Advisory case interview (US)
PwC's own case interview page: two sample scenarios (a bank's digital transformation and a healthcare acquisition) with prompts, sample responses at two experience levels, five prep steps and a case FAQ
7 library cases matched to PwC's case types, run out loud with an AI interviewer or step by step and scored on 7 skills; start with HarborHealth Acquisition of MedLink Virtual Care
Free + paid. The case overview is public; a free account includes 1 full AI-graded case in voice or guided mode; Pro ($49/month) adds every case
Quillfield Mechanical: M&A case with answers Industry: Industrial services. Difficulty: medium.2 math questions.
Should a commercial HVAC services company buy a regional competitor for $180 million, and what is the most it should pay? 6 questions, 4 exhibits, a model answer for each
Free. The whole case and every model answer, no account; the practice button opens a live case like it
Halvering Valley Hospital: operations case with answers Industry: Healthcare. Difficulty: hard.2 math questions.
Why are four times as many patients walking out of a community hospital's emergency department before being seen, and which fix should the hospital fund? 7 questions, 4 exhibits, a model answer for each
Free. The whole case and every model answer, no account; the practice button opens a live case like it
Consulting fit and behavioral questions answered out loud, with follow-up probes and structured feedback
Free + paid. 1 behavioral or Learning Mode session with a free account; Behavioral Unlimited ($39/month, behavioral and PEI only) or any Pro plan adds more
Firm-style cases are practice cases written for Road to Offer or adapted from university consulting club casebooks, not the firm's own cases. Road to Offer is independent and not affiliated with PwC.
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An original practice case written by Road to Offer in a PwC-style format, not PwC's own case. Everything stays in your browser.
HarborHealth Telehealth Deal: Should a clinic network buy a telehealth company?
PwC's own healthcare sample case is an acquisition, worked in conversation with an engagement manager: how you would approach it, whether it fits, what the alternatives are, how to integrate and what the risks are. Ours follows that arc and adds a valuation step. The full version is HarborHealth, our library acquisition case; its facts and wording are not PwC's. PwC (opens in a new tab), read
1Step 1: Read the case
HarborHealth runs 95 outpatient clinics in the US Midwest. MedLink Virtual Care, a fast-growing telehealth company, is for sale, and its owners are asking 420 million dollars for all of it. The CEO asks whether the deal should go ahead and, if so, on what conditions. Your engagement manager wants your first view.
2Step 2: Ask clarifying questions
Open a question to hear the interviewer's answer.
What do HarborHealth and MedLink each do?
Interviewer: HarborHealth runs outpatient clinics for primary care, urgent care and chronic disease programs. MedLink offers virtual urgent-care visits and chronic-care monitoring through a mobile platform.
Why is HarborHealth interested now, and is it a full purchase?
Interviewer: Management wants a hybrid care model faster than it could build one itself, and it is considering buying all of MedLink.
How would it pay, and is anyone else bidding?
Interviewer: The CFO is open to an all-cash deal and says up to roughly 450 million dollars is financeable within internal leverage limits. A private equity firm has shown informal interest, but no formal competing bid.
Are synergies in the numbers?
Interviewer: Management has a cost-synergy idea: overlapping overhead, shared care management and purchasing. The base case leaves out revenue synergies and treats them as upside.
Do you have customer churn by group, or doctor productivity after a merger?
Interviewer: Not yet. Both are open data requests.
Any regulatory barriers?
Interviewer: No major competition concerns expected, but patient-data privacy rules and state care-delivery rules remain critical.
3Step 3: Structure your answer
Take two minutes. Before any numbers, lay out how you would answer the CEO, and say which information you would ask the client for first.
2:00
Show what a strong structure covers
Plays the question back: buy MedLink at 420 million dollars, or not, and on what conditions, for a CEO who wants a decision.
Starts with strategic fit and the alternatives: what a digital front end adds to a clinic network, and how buying compares with building or partnering.
Tests the price: MedLink's earnings, what similar public digital-health companies trade at, and what the ask implies.
Adds the deal-specific value: synergies the client can credibly capture, net of the one-time cost of combining the two.
Names the integration risks that could destroy value, such as patient-data privacy, technology migration and payer contracts, with an owner for each.
Closes with a conditional recommendation and the data to request first, such as churn by customer group.
4Step 4: The interviewer's next question
MedLink earned 25 million dollars before interest, tax and depreciation last year. Similar public digital-health companies trade at about 14 times that figure. What multiple does the 420 million dollar ask imply, and what do you make of it?
Show what a strong answer does
420 divided by 25 is 16.8 times, about 20 percent above the 14 times peer median. A strong answer says both numbers, then reasons rather than rejects: MedLink grows faster than the peers, so some premium is plausible, but the client should pay it only if synergies and integration hold up. It asks what the premium is buying before moving to the value bridge.
Flour costs rose 18% on a $4M flour bill, and prices went up 3% on $20M of sales. How much margin did Harbor lose?
Your answer
Flour went up by about $720K and the price rise brings in $600K, so the net hit is roughly $100K.
What worked
Split the change into a cost side and a price side before adding them up.
Could improve
$720K minus $600K is $120K, not $100K: state the exact net before rounding.
Model answer
Flour: 18% of $4M is $720K more cost. Price: 3% of $20M is $600K more revenue. Net margin loss: $120K.
Next time, say this
Cost is up $720K and price brings back $600K, so Harbor loses $120K of margin.
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Choose a case
Cases matched to PwC's case types.
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Solve it out loud
An AI interviewer asks, listens and follows up.
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Get answer feedback
Feedback on every answer: what worked, what to fix.
What makes PwC interviews different
Samples at two levels.
PwC publishes written sample responses for each sample case at an Undergraduate/Associate level and at an MBA/Senior Associate level, and says to use the one closest to your experience. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
A two-way conversation.
PwC says the virtual case is a conversation in which your interviewer may ask follow-up questions or challenge your thinking, and that there is no perfect answer: it is looking at your reasoning, not just your conclusion. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
No PwC frameworks needed.
PwC says you are not expected to know PwC-specific frameworks or industry jargon: how you analyse and show logical thinking is what it looks for. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Basic math only.
PwC says you may be asked to estimate a market size or interpret simple data, and that no advanced math is required. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Behaviors alongside the case.
PwC US asks candidates to prepare by reviewing the PwC Professional framework, Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes, and to bring examples from work, study or volunteering. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Each arrow opens the source: PwC, read Nov 11, 2026.
Key facts from PwC's own pages
Two sample cases.
Digital transformation at a large financial institution, and exploring a healthcare expansion strategy, each with prompts for an engagement manager meeting. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
30 to 45 minutes.
PwC's US case interview is typically that long, as part of a longer interview process you are told about when invited. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
PwC US says the majority of its Advisory positions require a case interview; Assurance and Tax candidates generally complete two consecutive live virtual interviews. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
A work-styles assessment first.
For most US entry-level roles, about 15 to 20 minutes, not timed, no preparation needed; the result is valid for 120 days and not shared with you. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Different by country.
PwC UK's early-careers process names online tests, a video interview and an assessment centre; PwC Middle East says Deals and Consulting candidates analyse a case study. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Each arrow opens the source: PwC, read Nov 11, 2026.
PwC's case interview and recruiting pages, item by item
Everything PwC publishes that bears on its consulting interviews, each opened on 11 November 2026. The first five items are the US case interview page and its sample responses; the rest are recruiting pages for the US, UK, Middle East and Australia. Each line is our summary of the item's own page. Read on PwC's site .
PwC's case interview and recruiting pages, item by item: level, area and what each one is, linked to PwC's page
Why PwC uses case interviews, five things the interviewer listens for, five steps to prepare and a case FAQ covering length, notes, math, AI and what to bring.
A global bank with a two-year digital vision and a troubled risk record. Your engagement manager asks for an initial point of view, how you would use AI, short- and long-term implications, the top risks, a recommendation and a road map: eight prompts in two groups.
A large healthcare provider weighs buying a smaller telemedicine company. Five prompts: your framework and information requests, strategic fit, alternatives to the deal, an integration strategy and the risks. Worked below.
The same prompts answered with more depth: business insight, judgment and trade-offs. PwC says Senior Associate roles typically need at least three years of relevant experience.
The assessment, the two consecutive live virtual interviews (behavioral and Innovation Scenario-Based), the case for most Advisory roles, the PwC Professional framework and the no-AI rule.
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PwC's case interview and recruiting pages, item by item, continued
What the work-styles assessment is: not timed, about 15 to 20 minutes, no preparation, two example question styles, results valid for 120 days and not shared.
PwC Advisory's MBA interview: one round of three virtual interviews by practice team (one case, two behavioral) and an offer decision within three weeks.
Free simulated client projects on an online platform, each about four to five and a half hours, with a completion certificate. Work experience, not interview practice.
The UK graduate journey: online SHL assessments, a recorded video interview, a virtual assessment centre, matching and an in-person senior-leader interview, plus the rules on AI and one application at a time.
Online reasoning tests, a digital interview, an HR interview, a business interview that may include a case study and a Partner or Director interview; Deals and Consulting candidates analyse a case study.
The application journey from online application to offer: online assessments, a digital interview with team preferences and an in-person assessment centre.
Worked: Exploring a healthcare expansion strategy, in PwC's own prompts for the case: approach, fit, alternatives, integration, risks
A large global healthcare provider, Company A, has slowing growth and is approached by a smaller telemedicine company, Company B. Buying B would add about 2.5 percent to A's 20 billion of annual revenue and raise its telemedicine revenue by 35 percent from 1 billion. A has found past integrations costly and its own telemedicine attempts late and overspent, B's key staff worry about culture, and regulators have raised concerns about A's patient-data handling. Read the official case (opens in a new tab)(read )
How you might work it is ours, not PwC's answer key.
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Frame your approach and ask for information
PwC's first prompt asks for your framework and what you would request from Company A. Play back the decision (buy B or not), then lay out strategic fit, alternatives, value and integration, and ask for what moves the answer: why growth slowed, B's financials and customers, and how A's past integrations and telemedicine builds went.
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Judge strategic fit
Fit has two sides. A's growth problem (fewer new and returning patients) is a good reason to want digital reach, and B brings telemedicine and remote monitoring. Against that, A's own record, B's staff doubts and the privacy concerns say whether A can absorb it. Check the numbers: 2.5 percent of 20 billion is about 500 million of added revenue, but 35 percent of 1 billion is only 350 million of added telemedicine revenue, so ask what else B sells.
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Weigh the alternatives
PwC asks what A could do instead of buying B. Name build again, partner or license a platform, take a minority stake, or buy a different target, and give each one advantage and one drawback. A's failed in-house attempts weaken build; a partnership is faster and cheaper to undo but gives A less control.
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Set the integration strategy
Once A has decided to buy, say what to combine and what to leave alone. Keep B's care platform and key people running at first, fix the shared back office and IT in stages, and name an owner and a target for the synergies, since A's earlier deals lost value in overhead and IT.
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Name the risks and how to reduce them
Pick the few that could break the deal: staff leaving over culture (retention and clear roles from day one), cost overruns (a budget with checkpoints) and patient-data privacy (a compliance review before closing, given regulators' attention). End with a point of view, which PwC's own page also asks for in its bank case, and say what you would check next.
PwC lists structured thinking, comfort with ambiguity, communication skills, business intuition and basic numeracy, and curiosity and coachability. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Reasoning over conclusions (US)
PwC says case interviews help it understand how you think, not just what you know, and that it is looking at your reasoning, not just your conclusions. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
The PwC Professional (US)
PwC says it recruits, develops and manages everyone against this framework and asks candidates to give examples of how they have shown its dimensions in work, study, extracurriculars or volunteering. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
A strong case for your recommendations (Middle East)
For Deals and Consulting roles PwC Middle East says it is evaluating analytical and strategic skills and the ability to make a strong case for your recommendations, often with no right or wrong answer. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Each arrow opens the source: PwC, read Nov 11, 2026.
The PwC interview process, and what trains each step
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Work-styles assessment (US entry level)
In the US, most entry-level applicants get an assessment by email within a few hours of applying. PwC says it is not timed, takes about 15 to 20 minutes, needs no preparation and asks about your work style and tendencies; results are not shared with you.
Behavioral and scenario interviews, with a case for most Advisory roles (US)
For US entry-level roles, PwC says candidates typically complete two consecutive live virtual interviews, one behavioral and one Innovation Scenario-Based, and that the majority of Advisory positions require a case interview, which is typically 30 to 45 minutes. MBA candidates have one round of three virtual interviews by practice team, one case and two behavioral, with an offer decision within three weeks.
Online tests and a recorded video interview (UK early careers)
PwC UK's early-careers process starts with online SHL assessments (a behavioural profile, then a timed cognitive test with numerical, inductive and deductive reasoning), followed by an on-demand video interview whose recorded answers an assessor reviews afterwards. PwC's UK page names no case at this stage.
Virtual assessment centre, then a senior-leader interview (UK early careers)
PwC UK describes a virtual immersive assessment centre, a match to a business area and office, then an in-person interview with a senior leader from that area. It does not say what the assessment centre contains, so follow your invitation.
Online assessments, digital interview and assessment centre (Australia)
PwC Australia's graduate page lists an online application, online assessments, a digital interview with team preferences, an in-person assessment centre and an offer. The page gives no detail of the assessment centre.
Business interview with a case study (Middle East)
PwC Middle East graduates take verbal, numerical and inductive online assessments, a digital interview and an online HR interview, then a business interview that mixes competency and technical questions and may include a case study; the last step is about 30 minutes with a Partner or Director. PwC says Deals and Consulting candidates analyse a case study and develop solutions to a client challenge.
Missing from PwC's pages: how a case is scored, which scenario goes to which team, what the UK and Australian early-careers assessment centres contain (their pages name no case), and whether a US case is candidate- or interviewer-led.
14 PwC-style interview questions
PwC names no step-by-step method for the case, so these are grouped by the two scenario types its own page uses (a transformation and a deal), then numbers, operations and behavior. They are written in our words; they are not PwC's questions.
Transformation and risk (the type of PwC's bank scenario)
1A global bank plans a two-year shift to digital banking, but it has a history of fraud and weak risk assessment. How would you give its Chief Risk Officer an initial point of view?
What a strong answer does: Starts from what the bank wants to achieve, lists what you would gather (customer behavior, current systems and controls, how much it can invest) and still offers an early hypothesis, not only questions.
2Which risks of a push into digital banking would you put first, and why?
What a strong answer does: Ranks by impact and likelihood for this client, ties the top one or two to a fact in the case (past scandals, regulated customer data), and pairs each with one concrete way to reduce it.
3Where would you use AI in the analysis for that bank, and where would you not?
What a strong answer does: Names specific tasks (finding patterns in customer data, flagging risks, drafting reports), says what a person must still check, and notes the limits of a regulated setting.
Deals and integration (the type of PwC's healthcare scenario)
4A health system with slowing growth could buy a telemedicine company. Is it a strategic fit?
What a strong answer does: Looks at both sides: what the target adds to the buyer's growth problem and whether the buyer can absorb it, using the buyer's own track record as evidence.
5What could the buyer do instead of the acquisition, and what does each option cost it?
What a strong answer does: Names build, partner, minority stake and a different target, gives each one advantage and one drawback, and uses a case fact (a failed in-house attempt) to rank them.
6The client decides to buy. How would you integrate the two companies?
What a strong answer does: Separates what to combine on day one from what to leave alone, stages the technology and overhead work, and gives each synergy number an owner.
7Which risks would you raise with the client, and how would you reduce each?
What a strong answer does: Picks the few that could break the deal (people leaving, cost overruns, data privacy), says how to spot each early and what the client does about it.
PwC says you may need to estimate a figure or run quick calculations, and that no advanced math is required.
8A target would add 2.5 percent to a 20 billion revenue base and raise a 1 billion telemedicine line by 35 percent. How much revenue does each add, and do they agree?
What a strong answer does: Gets 500 million and 350 million, notices they do not match, and asks what else the target sells rather than forcing them to agree.
9Estimate how much a mid-sized bank spends each year on its customer-service call center.
What a strong answer does: Builds from customers, calls per customer, cost per call or from staff and wages, says each assumption out loud and sanity-checks the total against the bank's size.
10You are shown a chart of customers' use of a bank's mobile app by age group. What do you say?
What a strong answer does: Gives the headline first, supports it with two numbers, flags what the chart does not show and says what you would check next.
11A grocery distributor's on-time, in-full delivery fell from 96 to 87 percent while cost per order rose. Where do you look first?
What a strong answer does: Splits the problem into orders, picking and packing, transport and inventory, uses the data to find where service broke, and links the cause to the cost increase.
PwC US tells candidates to prepare examples for each dimension of the PwC Professional framework.
12Tell me about a time you coached or worked side by side with someone to get a better result.
What a strong answer does: One specific story with what you did, what changed for the other person and the result, tied to leadership that people want to work with.
14Imagine your team can use a new AI tool on a client project. What would you do before using it?
What a strong answer does: Treats it as a forward-looking scenario: checks client permission, data security and accuracy, runs a small trial and keeps a person accountable for the output.
PwC says it does not expect PwC-specific frameworks or jargon. Build a structure for each problem from its facts instead of reciting a model. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Chasing the perfect answer
PwC says there is no perfect answer and that it is looking at your reasoning. Think out loud, stay flexible when the interviewer pushes back and give a point of view. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Preparing only for the case
PwC US pairs the case with a behavioral interview, and its MBA process has two behavioral interviews for one case. Have stories ready for each PwC Professional dimension. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Studying for the work-styles survey
PwC US says the assessment needs no preparation and asks about your work style. Answer honestly, using school or volunteer examples if it would be your first job. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Using AI where it is not allowed
PwC says AI is not permitted during the assessment and interviews, and PwC UK says it may withdraw an application if responses are not your own. Use AI to practice, not to perform. Source: PwC, read (opens in a new tab)
Each arrow opens the source: PwC, read Nov 11, 2026.
A PwC prep plan, day by day
The order follows PwC's own pages; the timing is our suggestion.
Days 1 and 2
Read PwC's page and work both scenarios cold
Read PwC's case interview page, then answer each prompt of both scenarios out loud with a timer and notes before opening any sample response.
Start with PwC's own Advisory case interview page: work its two sample scenarios (a bank's digital transformation and a healthcare acquisition) out loud before you open the sample responses, then train what PwC says it listens for: structure, comfort with ambiguity, clear communication, basic numeracy and curiosity. On Road to Offer a free account includes 1 full AI-graded case, such as HarborHealth, a healthcare acquisition case that follows the same arc as PwC's healthcare scenario; Quillfield Mechanical (an acquisition) and Halvering Valley Hospital (operations) are worked cases with a model answer for every question and need no account; market sizing, case math and chart drills cover the numbers. PwC's process differs by country and line of service, so confirm yours on PwC's own careers page. Firm-style cases are practice cases written for Road to Offer or adapted from university consulting club casebooks, not the firm's own cases.
Where can I practice PwC-style case interviews for free?
PwC publishes two sample scenarios on its own US careers page, free to read, with sample responses for Undergraduate/Associate and MBA/Senior Associate levels. On Road to Offer, the sample case above runs in your browser with no account, and HarborHealth, the full version, is your first full case free with a free account and no card. Our library cases are general practice cases in the areas PwC Advisory works in (operations, transformation and deals), not PwC's own cases.
What is PwC's official case interview prep page and how should I use it?
It is the Get Ready for Your Advisory Case Interview page on PwC's US careers site. It explains why PwC uses cases, lists five things interviewers listen for, gives five preparation steps and a case FAQ, and publishes two sample scenarios with sample responses at two levels. Use it in this order: read a scenario, set a timer and answer each prompt out loud with notes, then read the sample response for your level and note what you missed. PwC says the scenarios may differ by practice group or team.
How long is the PwC case interview?
PwC's US case interview FAQ says the case is typically 30 to 45 minutes, as part of a longer interview process, and that you are told your process when you are invited. For US MBA candidates, PwC describes one round of three virtual interviews, one of them a case. PwC's UK and Australian early-careers pages describe other stages and give no case length.
Is the PwC case interview candidate-led or interviewer-led?
PwC's US page calls it a two-way virtual conversation in which the interviewer may ask follow-up questions or challenge your thinking, and does not use either label. Practise both: open with your own structure, then answer one directed question at a time with a number, and say your reasoning out loud.
Does PwC have an online test before the interviews?
In most places, yes, but the test differs by country. In the US, most entry-level roles get a work-styles assessment of about 15 to 20 minutes that PwC says needs no preparation. PwC UK's early-careers process uses SHL assessments with a timed cognitive test, PwC Middle East uses verbal, numerical and inductive reasoning tests, and PwC Australia lists online assessments. Road to Offer has no PwC test simulator; our case math and chart drills train the number skills, and the PwC assessment guide explains each test.
How many interview rounds does PwC have?
It depends on the country, the line of service and the level. US entry-level candidates typically complete two consecutive live virtual interviews, and MBA candidates have one round of three interviews. PwC UK's early-careers process runs online tests, a video interview, an assessment centre and a final interview with a senior leader. PwC Middle East adds an HR interview, a business interview and a Partner or Director interview. Your invitation is the source to trust.
Is the PwC case interview the same as Strategy&'s?
No. Strategy& has its own pages and process: its UK careers FAQ describes an unstructured case of about 45 minutes and a structured case with a slide pack from a real client project, and says you can apply to only one job within PwC UK in a six-month window. PwC's US Advisory page describes a 30 to 45 minute two-way conversation about an illustrative scenario. Prepare for the one named in your invitation; the Strategy& page covers the other.
Can I use AI during PwC's assessment or interviews?
No. PwC's US case interview FAQ says the use of AI during the assessment and interview process is not permitted, and PwC UK says AI tools or third-party help to complete assessment responses is not permitted unless PwC explicitly authorises it, and that it may withdraw an application if responses are not your own. Prepare with AI beforehand if you like, then do the live parts yourself.
How much math is in a PwC case?
Basic math. PwC says you may be asked to estimate figures or work through simple calculations, such as estimating a market size or reading simple data, and that no advanced math is required. Be fluent with percentages, ratios and rounding: a PwC-style prompt can ask you to take a percentage of a large revenue base and compare it with another figure.
What behavioral questions does PwC ask?
PwC US tells candidates to review the PwC Professional framework, Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes, and to bring examples from work, study, extracurriculars or volunteering. Its US entry-level interviews pair a behavioral interview with an Innovation Scenario-Based one, which asks how you would use technology, solve a problem or approach a new situation. Road to Offer's PwC fit practice asks the questions with follow-up probes, 1 session free with a free account.
Do I need a cover letter for PwC?
Not in the US: PwC US says you upload a current resume, preferably as a PDF, and are not required to submit a cover letter. Other countries differ, so follow the application page for your country. Do not submit your resume on your university's career site instead of applying through PwC.
