PwC 2028 internship application guide

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Applying to PwC for a summer 2028 internship? Check your resume against a PwC-style screen below, then read when Audit, Tax, DAT and Advisory open, how the one-process rule works and what happens after you submit.

An accounting student working on a laptop at a long wooden table in a sunlit business school atrium, classmates blurred in the background.
PwC posted its summer 2028 Audit, Tax and DAT internships in September 2026, about 22 months before they start.

Key facts

  • When it opens: Summer 2028 Audit, Tax and DAT internships, recruited through Destination CPA, began posting on Sep 10, 2026, with a deadline of Oct 2, 2026 at 5pm ET. For summer 2027, undergraduate intern roles, including the Advisory wave, had a deadline of Sep 25, 2026.11,2
  • How many: You can apply to more than one role, but you can interview for only one opportunity at a time, and every application counts as equal interest in that role.1
  • Portal: PwC's entry-level job board, on Workday. Apply there, not through your school's career site, and pick your preferred PwC office on the form.1,7
  • Documents: A current resume as a PDF, ideally with the word "Resume" in the file name. PwC does not require a cover letter.1
  • GPA: The Summer 2028 Audit posting asks for at least a 3.0 overall GPA, prefers 3.5, and wants an accounting degree and the education to sit for the CPA exam in your state before you start full time.6
  • Work authorization: PwC is not hiring entry-level candidates who will need H-1B lottery sponsorship. The Chinese, Japanese and Korean Business Networks are the only roles eligible for sponsorship, and for Destination CPA with sponsorship.1,4
  • Next step: An assessment email within a few hours of applying. Your application is not complete until you finish it, and both must be done by the deadline.3,1

PwC programs on the tracker

Live from the Intervyo tracker, so the dates update as PwC posts them.

2028 Summer Analyst Program
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PwC posts by office, line of service and season, so read the title: "San Francisco - Audit - Intern - Summer 2028 - Destination CPA" is a different requisition from the same role in Silicon Valley. The posting carries PwC's standard line that interns are typically in their third year, but Destination CPA roles for summer 2028 are recruited from sophomores.7,6,4

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What the PwC online application looks like

  1. Work out which wave your line of service is in

    PwC recruits in two waves. Audit, Tax and Digital Assurance & Transparency (DAT) hire summer interns about 22 months ahead: the summer 2028 roles began posting on Sep 10, 2026, and the deadline for 2028 Destination CPA roles was Oct 2, 2026 at 5pm ET. The Deals intern roles for summer 2028, Financial Due Diligence (FDD) and Capital Markets Accounting & Advisory Services (CMAAS), closed in the same wave. Undergraduate Advisory and Consulting roles post later: for summer 2027 they went up around Sep 1 to 10, 2026, with a deadline of Sep 25, 2026.11,2,4

  2. Watch for late office adds

    Locations close as offers are accepted, and PwC adds offices after the main deadline: for summer 2028 it kept posting single-office roles after the Oct 2, 2026 deadline, including a San Francisco Audit role that went up on Nov 2, 2026 with an end date of Nov 6. Search your season, such as "2028", on the board, and check the end date on each posting rather than the general deadlines page.1,7,6,11

  3. Pick one track before you apply

    You can interview for only one opportunity at a time, and PwC reads every application as equal interest in that role. So match your major to a line of service first: an accounting major on the CPA path fits Audit, Tax or DAT; a business, economics or technology major usually waits for the Advisory wave. PwC's own segment guide at pwc.to/segmentinfo maps majors to roles.1,11

  4. Fill in the form

    Upload a current resume as a PDF, ideally with "Resume" in the file name, and choose your preferred PwC office from the cities listed in the posting. PwC does not require a cover letter. Apply on PwC's board, not your school's career site, and do not use AI tools in the assessment or interviews; PwC allows responsible use of AI in the application itself, where appropriate.1

  5. Straight after you submit

    For most entry-level roles, an assessment arrives by email within a few hours. It is untimed, takes about 15 to 20 minutes, asks about your work style and can be saved and finished later. Your application is not complete until it is done, and a result stays valid for 120 days. If nothing arrives within one business day, call 888-PWC-4YOU, option 1.3,1

  6. Early programs for first and second years

    PwC's student programs page lists three: Advance, its internship experience; Destination CPA, a three-day in-person event for sophomore accounting majors who accept a 2028 Audit, Tax, DAT, CMAAS or FDD internship offer, with travel paid by PwC; and Engineer Your Career, for students interested in how PwC uses engineering and technology. PwC posts each year's Destination CPA dates on the event page.5,4,8

What the application asks

Role and office One track
Pick a role and your preferred PwC office from the cities in the posting. You interview for one opportunity at a time.
Resume Required
A current resume as a PDF; PwC recommends "Resume" in the file name.
Cover letter Not required
PwC says you are not required to submit one. Put the time into the resume.
Transcript Have one ready
Have an unofficial transcript to hand in case the form or a recruiter asks for one.
Assessment Within hours
Emailed after you apply, about 15 to 20 minutes, and needed before the application counts.

The office choice, resume, cover letter and assessment rules come from PwC's own FAQ; the transcript line is our advice, because the form sits behind a login. Check each field when you open it.1,3

PwC resume checklist

  • One page, saved as a PDF with "Resume" in the file name.
  • Education first while you are a student: school, degree written out, graduation month and year.
  • GPA as 3.52/4.00, with a major GPA if it is higher.
  • For Audit or Tax, a line on how you will reach your state's CPA credit hours.
  • Experience newest first, every bullet starting with a verb.
  • Each bullet says what you did and what came of it, with a number where you have one.
  • One honest line on how you use data or AI tools, since the posting asks about it.
  • Leadership roles over memberships: what you ran, led or built.
  • Tuned to the one track you are applying for, since you interview for one at a time.

What to put on it

Once the assessment is done, PwC's recruiters review applications on a rolling or deadline-driven basis, and the resume is the part you shape, so that is where your effort goes. For students the order is Education first, then experience, then leadership and activities, then skills. The examples below are Intervyo rewrites of common resume lines, not questions from the form.1,19

  • Education: School, degree, graduation month and year, GPA, and your plan for CPA credit hours if you are applying to Audit or Tax.
  • Experience: Jobs and internships, newest first, with what you did and what came of it.
  • Leadership and activities: Roles in clubs such as Beta Alpha Psi, NABA or ALPFA where you ran something, not only memberships.
  • Skills: Excel, data tools such as Alteryx, SQL or Power BI, any AI tools you use well, and languages, last on the page.

Example questions and how to answer them

Experience bullet"Rewrite this bullet: "Did bookkeeping for a campus organization.""6,19
  1. 1Start with a verb for what you did yourself: reconciled, tracked, tested, cut.
  2. 2Name the work in the language of the posting: reconciliations, documentation, analysis.
  3. 3Add scale in numbers: transactions, accounts, dollars or members.
  4. 4End with the result: an error found, time saved or a decision it fed.

Tip: The Audit posting asks interns to review financial documents and analyze financial data for trends. A bullet that shows you found something in the numbers speaks to that directly.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Reconciled 900 transactions a semester across 2 bank accounts for a $180K student government budget; found $6K of duplicate reimbursements and set up a monthly review the treasurer still uses.

Education line"Rewrite this education line: "Ohio State, Accounting, 3.5, 2029""6,19
  1. 1University and location on the first line.
  2. 2Degree written out, with the expected graduation month and year.
  3. 3GPA to two decimals with the scale; add a major GPA if it is higher.
  4. 4For Audit and Tax, a line on how you will meet the CPA education requirement.

Tip: PwC asks Audit hires to meet the educational requirements for the CPA exam in their intended state before starting full time, so show the plan.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting, expected May 2029. GPA: 3.52/4.00 (Major: 3.68) CPA track: 150 credit hours through the Master of Accounting, expected May 2030

Skills"Rewrite this skills line: "Skills: Excel, ChatGPT.""6,1
  1. 1Name the tool and what you did with it, not just the tool.
  2. 2Group software, data and AI tools on one line each.
  3. 3Only list what you could demonstrate in an interview.
  4. 4Put certifications or courses next to the tool they prove.

Tip: The Summer 2028 Audit posting lists "leveraging AI to create efficiencies" under what sets you apart. Show one real way you used it, and leave out AI in the assessment and interviews, where PwC does not allow it.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Excel (pivot tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query), Alteryx Designer Core certified Data: SQL (joins, aggregation), Power BI dashboards AI tools: Copilot in Excel to clean and categorize 3,000 ledger lines for a class audit project

Leadership and activities"Rewrite this activity: "Member, Beta Alpha Psi.""19
  1. 1Lead with your role, not the club: what were you responsible for?
  2. 2Say what you produced: events, sessions, money raised, members recruited.
  3. 3Give one number for scale.
  4. 4Show a result your work led to.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Recruiting Chair, Beta Alpha Psi (70 members): organized 5 firm nights and a mock interview day with 3 accounting firms; 24 members landed internship interviews that fall.

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How long to hear back after the online application

Recruiters review applications on a rolling or deadline-driven basis, and that sets the timing of next steps. The assessment comes within hours; interviews follow for applications that progress.1,3

  1. Oct 2026

    CMAAS, Capital Advisory Group, New York

    A merger case and a behavioral interview back to back with partners; 1 to 2 months from start to finish.18

  2. Aug 2025

    Healthcare consulting intern, New York

    Applied online, got the digital assessment, then a first-round invite a couple of days later and a second round after that, all inside a month.17

  3. Mar 2025

    Consulting intern, Phoenix

    A group session, then two 30-minute interviews back to back; 1 to 2 months in all.16

  4. Oct 2024

    Audit intern, New York

    Through on-campus recruiting: an associate, then a partner, inside a month.14

  5. Sep 2024

    Technology intern, Atlanta

    Applied online; two 45-minute interviews with a break between, inside a month.15

  6. Aug 2024

    Audit intern, New York

    Applied online; interviews with two partners, inside a month.13

  7. Jul 2024

    Audit intern, San Francisco

    Applied online; two 30-minute interviews back to back, inside a month.12

If no assessment email arrives within one business day, check whether an earlier result was applied or the role does not need one, then call 888-PWC-4YOU, option 1.3

Best guessMost US reports run from application to offer inside a month or two. If a week passes after the assessment with no recruiter contact, check your Workday status and your spam folder before you follow up.

What happens after the online application

  1. Online applicationYou are here

    This page. Resume-based, on PwC's Workday board, one interview process at a time.1

  2. Work-style assessment

    Emailed within a few hours: untimed, about 15 to 20 minutes, with SHL running the help desk, and statements about your work style such as "I often come up with new approaches to tasks." Results stay valid for 120 days.3

  3. Live virtual interviews

    Assurance and Tax: two consecutive live virtual interviews, one behavioral and one with Innovation Scenario-Based questions. Advisory: set out in the invitation, usually with a case. PwC asks you to prepare against its PwC Professional framework.1,9,10

  4. Second round, some Advisory roles

    Some Advisory teams run a second interview after the first: healthcare consulting in New York ran a first round with a case, then a second round with an M&A case (Aug 2025). Assurance and Tax usually finish with the two consecutive interviews.17,1

  5. Offer

    PwC recruits on a rolling basis, and locations close as offers are accepted. Sophomores who accept a 2028 Audit, Tax, DAT, CMAAS or FDD offer are invited to Destination CPA.1,4

Audit, Tax and DAT vs Advisory

The two halves of PwC recruit a year apart for the same summer. Plan around your line of service, not the general "applications are open" line.

Summer 2028 wave

Audit, Tax and DAT

Posted from Sep 10, 2026 (summer 2028); deadline Oct 2, 2026 at 5pm ET, with late office adds into November 2026.11,2,7

Advisory and Consulting

Expect them between late 2026 and September 2027. For summer 2027, the wave went up around Sep 1 to 10, 2026, with a Sep 25 deadline.11,2

Who it is for

Audit, Tax and DAT

Sophomore accounting majors on the CPA path, through Destination CPA.4

Advisory and Consulting

Usually juniors, a year before graduation; some Advisory roles prefer a 3.3 GPA.11

Assessment

Audit, Tax and DAT

The same work-style assessment, emailed within hours.3

Advisory and Consulting

The same assessment for undergraduate roles; senior associate intern roles, the MBA track, skip it.3,2

Interviews

Audit, Tax and DAT

Two consecutive live virtual interviews: one behavioral, one with Innovation Scenario-Based questions.1

Advisory and Consulting

Set out in the invitation; most include a case interview of 30 to 45 minutes.1,9

Intern pay posted

Audit, Tax and DAT

San Francisco Audit, Summer 2028: $29.25 to $48.00 an hour.6

Advisory and Consulting

Advisory roles up to $48.00 an hour.11

2028 summer analyst status

Undergraduate Advisory and Consulting roles post about a year after Audit and Tax for the same summer: the summer 2027 wave went up around Sep 1 to 10, 2026, so expect summer 2028 Advisory roles between late 2026 and September 2027. Watch pwc.to/entryleveljobs and join PwC's Entry Level Talent Community for alerts.11,2,5

FAQ

When do PwC summer 2028 internship applications open?

It depends on your line of service. Audit, Tax and DAT summer 2028 roles began posting on Sep 10, 2026, with a deadline of Oct 2, 2026, and PwC added a few single-office roles into November 2026. Advisory and Consulting roles post later: for summer 2027 they went up in early September 2026 with a Sep 25 deadline, so expect summer 2028 Advisory roles between late 2026 and September 2027.11,2,7

How many PwC roles can I apply to?

You can apply to more than one, but you can interview for only one opportunity at a time, and PwC treats every application as equal interest in that role. Apply only to roles you are qualified for and would take, in the line of service that fits your major.1

Does PwC ask for a cover letter?

No. PwC says you are not required to submit a cover letter. Upload your resume as a PDF, ideally with "Resume" in the file name.1

What GPA do you need for PwC?

The Summer 2028 Audit posting asks for at least a 3.0 overall GPA and prefers 3.5. Audit and Tax roles also want an accounting degree and a path to your state's CPA education requirements before you start full time. Put your GPA on your resume, and your major GPA if it is higher.6,11,19

What happens after you submit your PwC application?

An assessment arrives by email within a few hours. It is untimed, takes about 15 to 20 minutes and asks about your work style; your application is not complete until it is done. If you are selected, PwC schedules live, virtual interviews with its professionals.3,1

Does PwC sponsor visas for interns?

PwC is not hiring entry-level candidates who will need H-1B lottery sponsorship, now or later. The Chinese, Japanese and Korean Business Networks are the exceptions, and the only roles eligible for Destination CPA with sponsorship.1,4

What is Destination CPA?

A three-day, in-person event for sophomore accounting majors on the CPA path, with travel paid by PwC. You are invited after you receive and accept a 2028 Audit, Tax, DAT, CMAAS or FDD internship offer, and Destination CPA applicants take the assessment too. PwC posts each year's event dates on the Destination CPA page.4

Online application at other firms

Sources

Firm pages first, then dated candidate reports. Last checked Nov 4, 2026.

  1. 1PwC: Entry level recruiting process and FAQs
  2. 2PwC: Application Deadlines
  3. 3PwC: Entry Level Assessment FAQs
  4. 4PwC: Destination CPA | Entry Level Accounting Program
  5. 5PwC: Explore Entry level careers at PwC
  6. 6PwC (Workday): San Francisco - Audit - Intern - Summer 2028 - Destination CPA
  7. 7PwC (Workday): Entry-level job search, keyword "2028" (Nov 4, 2026)
  8. 8PwC: Advance Internship | PwC Internship Program
  9. 9PwC: Get Ready for Your Advisory Case Interview
  10. 10PwC: The PwC Professional
  11. 11Extern: PwC Internship 2027-2028: Programs, Deadlines & How to Apply · prep site
  12. 12Candidate report on a public forum: Audit intern interview, San Francisco (Jul 2024)
  13. 13Candidate report on a public forum: Audit intern interview, New York (Aug 2024)
  14. 14Candidate report on a public forum: Audit intern interview, New York (Oct 2024)
  15. 15Candidate report on a public forum: Technology intern interview, Atlanta (Sep 2024)
  16. 16Candidate report on a public forum: Consulting intern interview, Phoenix (Mar 2025)
  17. 17Candidate report on a public forum: Management consulting intern interview, Healthcare, New York (Aug 2025)
  18. 18Candidate report on a public forum: CMAAS intern interview, Capital Advisory Group, New York (Oct 2026)
  19. 19Georgetown University Cawley Career Education Center: Resume Content & Formatting · prep site

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