KPMG Values (Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together, For Better): How They Test Them
KPMG values — Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together, For Better — aren't wall posters. They're the scoring rubric behind the online assessment, the video interview, and every Launch Pad exercise. KPMG tests its values at every stage of the 2027 hiring process, and candidates who can't connect their answers to these values leave the easiest marks on the table.
What KPMG Values Mean in Practice
Each of the KPMG values describes observable behavior. Integrity: doing the right thing when nobody's watching — owning mistakes, being honest with clients. Excellence: delivering quality work and constantly improving, not just meeting the bar. Courage: speaking up, challenging respectfully, taking on difficult conversations. Together: collaborating genuinely, valuing diverse perspectives, supporting colleagues. For Better: the overarching purpose — making a positive impact on clients, communities, and the world. KPMG's assessors are trained to recognize these behaviors in your answers and actions, not just in your vocabulary.
How KPMG Tests Its Values at Each Stage
The online SJT is built around KPMG values: scenarios about ethical dilemmas test Integrity; scenarios about pushing back on a poor decision test Courage; teamwork scenarios test Together. In the video interview, motivation and strength questions are scored partly on whether your stories demonstrate the values — an "impact" story that shows Excellence and For Better scores higher than one showing effort alone. At Launch Pad, assessors watch the group exercise for Together and Courage (do you include quieter members? do you challenge the groupthink?), and the partner interview probes whether you genuinely live these values or just memorized the list.
How to Show KPMG Values in Your Answers
Don't name-drop the values — demonstrate them. For each value, prepare one story where your behavior embodied it: a time you admitted a mistake (Integrity), a time you reworked something until it was excellent (Excellence), a time you spoke up when it was uncomfortable (Courage), a time you made a team succeed together (Together), a time your work helped someone beyond yourself (For Better). In SJT scenarios, run each option through the values filter before choosing. Our 2027 KPMG Online Assessment and Video Interview Tutorials maps KPMG values to the SJT scenarios and interview questions that test them, with model answers.
Values Are the Hidden Scoring Layer
Most candidates prepare for KPMG's tests; few prepare for KPMG values. That's the gap. Two candidates can give equally competent answers, and the one whose stories radiate Integrity, Courage, and Together wins — because assessors are literally scoring those behaviors. The values are public, the mapping is learnable, and there's no excuse for walking in blind. For 2027 intake details, check KPMG's official careers page.
KPMG Values FAQ
What are KPMG's five values? Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together, and For Better — they apply globally across the firm.
Do I need to mention the values by name in interviews? No — demonstrating them through stories scores better than reciting the list.
Are KPMG values tested in the online assessment? Yes — SJT scenarios are designed around value-based dilemmas and strengths.
Do the values differ by country? The core values are global, though how they're expressed in the hiring process can vary slightly by region.
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