I was ushered into the office, a Partner whom I knew pulled me aside and we spoke in his office briefly until my first formal interview. I interviewed with a Partner and a Managing Director and then closed with the Partner who first greeted me.

Applied through a referral from a Managing Director that I met in interview process at another Big 4 company, and stayed in touch/networked with over many years. IMHO there’s only two legitimate ways into Big 4 - campus recruiting and referral. The position was posted in early December, and I applied in early January. Heard from a recruiter in a little less than one week to schedule Phone Screen. One week later, I had a peer interview on phone. Three weeks later I was flown to the office for final round with three interviews (peer, partner, head of practice). Within a few days, I had a verbal offer for the upper end of my salary range, and negotiated a bit more above that. Throughout the process the recruiter was honest about what was happening on her end and set reasonable expectations. Start to finish, the process took 6 weeks from resume submission to verbal offer.