HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
PRESENTATION ON
SELECTION PROCESS AT
KPMG
COMPANY PROFILE
KPMG-Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler
KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the
world and one of the Big Four Auditors, along with
PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC), Delloite Touche Tohmatsu
(Deloitte) and Ernst & Young (EY). Its global headquarters are
located in Amstelveen, Netherlands.
KPMG employs over 136,500 people in a global network of
professional services firms spanning over 140 countries.
KPMG has three lines of services: audit, tax, and advisory.
KPMG member firms serve as the independent auditors for a
large number of Major Corporation’s: Accenture, Allaianz, Hyatt
Corporations, Adobe Systems, Motorola, Air France, Qantas,
Philips, Samsung and Nestle.
SELECTION PROCESS AT
1. Application
phase
Once an individual has decided to apply for a career with KPMG,
he/she can apply online. The candidate will receive a confirmation
on submission of the application. The company will then review
the application and decide whether the candidate’s individual
skills, experience and qualifications match their requirements.
2. Psychometric
assessments
If the application is successful the candidate is invited to take
their abilities assessment and personality questionnaire.
The abilities assessment involves a verbal and a numerical
reasoning test. These two online tests will take approximately 45
minutes to complete and are taken at home. At the same time
the candidate takes the abilities tests, he’ll be asked to take the
personality questionnaire which will be used to assess
personality traits that are indicative of the style with which the
individual approaches his work. This online questionnaire will
consist of a number of true or false questions. The
questionnaire takes about 45 minutes to complete.
No advance preparation is required for any of these
assessments, although both the abilities assessment and
personality questionnaire has to be completed within 24 hours.
3. Final stage
- information session, written exercise,
verification test and interviews
The final stage of the selection process is a half-day assessment centre
where the candidate will have the opportunity to demonstrate his talents
in a friendly and relaxed environment. Where he will hear from recent
graduates, find out more about the benefits of working at KPMG and have
the opportunity to ask any questions he has about the process and
programs.
The written exercise is a 30-minute task that gives the opportunity to
demonstrate written communication skills. There will also be two one-toone behavioral-based interviews with a partner, director or senior
manager from the business group. These interviews will last
approximately 40 minutes each and allow them to find out more about the
candidate, and for the candidate to ask questions about KPMG. The
interviewer will ask questions about their personal background, extracurricular activities and any work experience the candidate has acquired.
The candidate is also asked to undertake a verification test of the abilities
tests that was completed at home. This helps us to ensure that the
original test taken was a true measure of the candidate’s skills.
4. Our offer
If the candidate is successful at the final stage of the process
he’ll be contacted by KPMG and a written offer of employment
will be forwarded to him. If there are any questions about the
offer, or about working at KPMG, then the candidate is
encouraged to talk to the Graduate Recruitment team.