PwC
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a multinational professional services network.
4 Rounds
~21 Days
Medium
The Interview Loop
Recruiter Screen (30 min)
Standard fit check, behavioral questions, and resume overview.
Technical Loop (3-4 Rounds)
Deep dive into domain knowledge, coding, and system design.
Interview Question Bank
Software Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design an Audit Logging System that can handle high throughput from various internal microservices and ensure data immutability.
#Microservices
#Message Queues
#Database Design
Software Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design a secure, large-scale document ingestion pipeline for processing millions of client tax forms and invoices.
#Cloud Architecture
#Data Pipelines
#Security
Software Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) system for a global enterprise portal used by PwC employees and external clients.
#Security
#Database Schema
#API Design
Software Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design an internal employee directory and skill-matching platform for PwC consultants to find subject matter experts.
#Search
#Databases
#Caching
Software Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design a real-time fraud detection system that analyzes streams of financial transactions.
#Stream Processing
#Machine Learning Integration
#Low Latency
Software Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design an API rate limiter to prevent clients from overwhelming our internal tax calculation service.
#API Gateway
#Caching
#Algorithms
Software Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design a secure file transfer service for clients to upload sensitive financial documents (up to 5GB per file).
#Storage
#Networking
#Security
Software Engineer
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System Design
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easy
Design a URL shortener service (like bit.ly) to be used internally for sharing links to PwC audit reports.
#Hashing
#Databases
#API Design
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