Start

About Start

Start is just the first step in PwC's Internship Experience. If you receive and accept a Start internship offer for Audit, DAT, Tax or Advisory, you also will receive an offer for an internship for the same career areas for the year following your Start internship. This excludes Products and Technology (P&T).

Start will enable you to:

• Utilize your problem solving, analytical, research and organizational skills to understand our business 
• Gain exposure to our partners, principals and staff through networking events, social media, and mentorship opportunities 
• Participate in professional development opportunities focused on topics such as personal brand, building relationships, developing a business perspective, and engaging in continuous coaching and development with the assistance of a team of mentors

How to apply

To be selected for Start, you will need to apply to one Start Internship Summer 2025 role. You are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
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Start interview process

If you apply to more than one opportunity, you will only be selected to interview for one position.

Start interviews for our Audit, Tax, DAT and P&T practice teams will consist of two back-to-back live, virtual interviews. Start Advisory interviews will be live, virtual interviews including case and behavioral formats.

Career areas overview

If you find yourself unsure about which career area you're most interested in or which opportunity to apply for, don't worry below we'll explain the different opportunities at PwC.

Audit

A career within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services to a variety of clients from small, fast-growing clients to large entities. Our External Audit professionals help companies, management and their boards by providing quality, independent audits of financial statements -- and delivering relevant insights. You’ll have the opportunity to learn how a business runs from the ground up while developing an in-depth understanding of financial statements, internal controls, and the regulatory environment.

Digital Assurance & Transparency practice (DAT)

Our Digital Assurance & Transparency practice (DAT) is at the forefront of innovation, supporting both delivery of high-quality, tech-enabled solutions focused on trust and transparency and value-add growth in business and social issues that are top of mind with our clients. You’ll work closely with clients, your DAT team, and our external audit teams to understand the systems & technologies our clients use and how they can mitigate risk. As a DAT professional, you’ll be part of an organization with a focus on quality, value, innovation and growth and gain experience across several of our specialized areas of focus throughout your career.

Tax

Our Tax professionals work with some of the world’s largest organizations on tax planning, global structuring, and tax controversy and help our clients navigate an increasingly complex tax environment.

As a PwC Tax professional you will have the opportunity to be involved in a variety of work:

• Compliance: Preparing and filing all related tax returns for an entity.
• Provision: Calculating or auditing the tax related amounts for our clients' financial statements.
• Consulting: Assisting clients with tax planning and advising on the tax implications associated with structural changes or other activities.

Advisory

Our Advisory professionals work with clients, address the most complex business issues from strategy through execution. Our professionals bring the right skills and mix of diverse backgrounds to transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management.

• Cloud and Digital - Accelerate business outcomes powered by the cloud and new digital opportunities.
• Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics - Balance security and opportunity to move forward boldly.
• Deals - Drive your growth and secure your future with a streamlined, transparent deal path.
• Managed Services - Get scalable solutions that add greater value, through a digitally enabled experience across the globe.
• Risk and Regulatory - Focus the complexity of risk into a powerful business strategy.
• Transformation - Align strategy, cost, workforce, and operations to become stronger, nimbler, and more resilient.

Products & Technology

Our team includes technologists, data scientists, product specialists and more — and we’re here to make the PwC experience simpler, easier and more efficient.

We deliver the technology our teams need and our clients expect, grow the business through our commercial products, and enhance our people’s digital experience. Our professionals leverage skills including but not limited to:

• AI
• Cyber security
• Data science
• Product management
• Project management
• Strategy
• Software engineering
• Web design

PwC Recruiting: H-1B Lottery Policy

PwC currently is not hiring experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth here.