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KPMG
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List of FAQ’s in KPMG:
Q1: Father's Occupation?
Q2: Audit Risk?
Q3: NRV?
Q4: Ham audit or tax ke ilawa or konsi service provide krte Hain?
Q5: What is advisory?
Q6: Which are the two biggest Audit failures of KPMG?
Q7: Aik angraiz Ka pucha tha I don't remember his name.
Q8: Why should we hire you?
Q9: What is power Bi? (If mentioned it on CV)
Q10: Introduce yourself!
Q11: Educational background?
Q12: Why CA?
Q13: What you expect from CA Article Ship?
Q14: Co- curricular activities?
Q15: No of attempts in CAF?
Q16: About MS Office Course?
Q17: Positions in debate competitions (if mention in CV)
Q18: Can you do late sittings?
Q19: they asked which department you prefer?
Q20: What is your FTS?
Q21: What should i know about yourself?
Q22: After C.A what are your plans?
Q23: Goals and objectives...?
Q24: Any question from us...?

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Q25: will you prefer foreign job or will stay in Pakistan?
Q26: Have you applied anywhere?
Q27: What makes you different from other Candidates?
Q28: Biggest challenge/difficulty you face in your life?
Q29: Weaknesses and Strengths?
Q30: What are your goals in 5 to 10 years?
Q31: Prior year audit by another auditor impact on current audit?
Q32: Predecessor auditor communication shows not to accept then what to do and
impact on audit report and if indicates to accept than what to do?
Q33: What taxes applicable in Pakistan?
Q34: Current sales tax rate?
Q35: Sales return entry?
Q36: Dividend entry?
Q37: What are retained earnings and what is accumulated profits?
Q37: Inventory verification?
Q38: Why CA after medical background
Q39: Who motivated you to do CA
Q40: Which type of books do you read
Q41: Ask about audit documentation
Q42: Some scenarios from audit
Q43: Some general scenario like if you find a misstatement just before signing the
audit report and you manager will say you to overlook it what will you do?
Q44: Issue from late sittings?
Q45: In which other firms you applied?
Q46: What if you will receive call from AFF will you leave KPMG?
Q47: Asked some questions from IFRS 9 and 15
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Q48: Some questions from provision IAS 37 like when will you record contingent
liability and when will you disclose it?
Q49: Any problem from working under male in charge?
Q50: Some other basic questions from syllabus
Q51: Some questions from cv like how would you just…
Q52: She asked about my grades in O-A Level and the respective subjects in which i
got those grades.
Q53: so, first question was why reference
Q54: Relation with reference
Q55: Why do you had need to use references you have good cv
Q56: Convince me that you are eligible for this
Q57: interview without reference
Q58: Why haven’t you applied in other firms you should have a plan B
Q59: Introduce yourself, why CA, family background, where else have you applied,
AFF vs KPMG etc.

-Questions from IFRS 15(5 steps + other scenarios)

-Likewise, IFRS-16 treatments
-Then, asked about my favorite standards, I saidIAS-2 & IAS-36
-Then, different questions from these standards.
-They were trying to Panic me, giving scenarios one by one.
-Such scenarios were like Conflict Resolution, Client isn't listening to you, what would
you do??

- Actually, two persons …One from audit department and the other one from tax
dept... took my interview
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- They asked me about what I haven’t drafted in my CV…It took almost 15 mins
- Please go through Sales Tax and withholding tax And Audit standards ranging from
700 to 706
- Your Intro Matters a lot
- English and Urdu Dono mix thi

Q60: You said you are hardworking... what is meant by hardworking actually?
Q61: Why did you not go in medical or engineering field?
Q62: How your interest was developed in CA?
Q63: What is difference between modified opinion and modified report?
Q64: Do you know the types of modified opinion?
Q65: The other manager asked, about my hobby mentioned in CV
Q66: Materiality?
Q67: Performance materiality?
Q68: Going concern?
Q69: Substantive procedures?
Q70: Types of opinion?
Q71: Sampling?
Q72: Methods of sampling?
Q73: Why you took 4 attempts in caf and not 2
Q74: How you developed your social skills?
Q75: Any issue with banking audit
Q76: How you manage to live in Lahore?
Q77: What are the 3 dept of KPMG?
Q78: What would you do if you don't know the
Q79: Answer of any technical Q?
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Q80: Can we get absolute assurance in audit?
Q81: Can we achieve more than reasonable assurance in audit?
Q82: CA mein specialized fields hain unke baare
Q83: mein kya jaaanti hain ap? Kinka scope hai?
Q84: Tax k profession mein kya msla hai k zyada bachon ki preference audit hoti hai.
Q85: Kya earning km hai tax mei? Ya kya wja hai?
Q86: Sunk Cost?
Q87: Opportunity Cost?
Q88: Going Concern?
Q89: Difference between prudence and matching concept?
Q90: Advocacy Threat?
Q91: Self Review Threat?
Q92: Your favorite subject
Q93: What are net assets
Q94: Fixed assets disclosure
Q95: Diff b/w income and sales tax
Q96: Diff b/w direct and indirect tax
Q97: Full form of SAARC
Q98: Corporate tax rates
Q99: Describe yourself. (Not introduce yourself)
Q100: If your junior is given a better position by manager due to favoritism or any
other factor, how'll you stay motivated in that situation.
Q101: Family Related Questions (Father and Siblings)

- There were also other behavioral questions which I don't remember right now. But
there were neither any technical question nor relating to economy or current Affairs.
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Q102: Is Operating lease for both lessor and lessee?
Q103: What are steps if IFRS 15?
Q104: What is your preference in department?
Q105: In PWC and KPMG, which one you'll choose?
Q106: Why KPMG?
Q107: Types of Assurance Engagement?
Q108: Difference between Review and Audit?
Q109: Which basis of Accounting companies follow? (There was no restriction of
English language)
Q110: IAS36 impairment of assets ka batao. Kese impair… hotay hain etc. Value in
use kya hoti hai recoverable amount kya hoti hai.
Q111: IAS40 investment property or IAS16 mein kya farq hai. 40 ki property ko 16
mein le k jaana ho to wo kab or kese kareingay.
Q112: IFRS 15 revenue ki 5 points.
Q113: Performance obligations kya hoti hain.
Q114: Inventory ko kesay value kartay hain in marginal and absorption costing.
Q115: KAM kya hota hai. Konsi companies pr apply hota hai.
Q116: EOMP kya hota hai. Other matter or EOMP mein farq batayein.
Q117: Isa 200 series mein kya baatein hain.
Q118: Opinions ki types batayein or wo kab diye jaty hain.

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One advice to anyone giving their technical Interview would be that they
will interrupt you again and again and they will test you alot. Try not to
lose confidence and composure in these situations when they are doing
hard cross questioning

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