Plante Moran Internship 2027–2028: Programs, Deadlines & How to Apply

Last updated: August 2026

Plante Moran had 11 intern requisitions open across two application cycles at once on 15 August 2026, six for 2027 and five for 2028, every one of them stating "Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis." The firm hires more than 300 interns a year (its own figure, published 2022) at $33.00–$36.00 an hour across 20 US offices.

And here's the calendar correction that matters: while the Big Four had already rolled to summer 2028, Plante Moran's 2027 class was still open. The nearest start is the winter busy-season term in January 2027, about five months away.

Quick Facts

Applications are open right now for both 2027 and 2028, with no published deadline. The nearest door is the winter busy-season term starting roughly January 2027, about five months out, not a year. Rolling review, so the class fills while the postings stay live.

Externships are short, remote programs where you finish a real project with a real company. The Attronica Financial Planning & Analysis Externship builds the analytical and valuation evidence an accounting application needs, and the Healthcare Operations Consulting Externship turns "I can advise clients" into a finished consulting deliverable. Explore all Externships.

What Is a Plante Moran Internship?

A Plante Moran internship is a paid, two-to-three-month placement across the firm's audit, tax, consulting and wealth management practices. Plante Moran is the 13th-largest US accounting firm by revenue ($1.3 billion, IPA 2026) and has been on Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for 28 consecutive years, ranking No. 15 for 2026.

And the firm says interns are "treated just like our entry level staff". So what does that look like in practice? Midterm evaluations against the same competency framework staff use, an end-of-internship presentation to partners, and a firm-wide Intern Summit.

When Do Plante Moran Internship Applications Open for 2027–2028?

Plante Moran doesn't publish an open date or a close date, and that's the point. Every one of its 11 live intern requisitions states "Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis", with no end date. The 2027 wave has been live since at least 10 April 2026. Vault records that "the majority of interviews are conducted during the fall recruitment and spring recruitment seasons", so the real calendar is set by interview clusters, not by a deadline.

But what does "rolling" actually mean when there's no cutoff? It means the class fills silently while the posting stays up.

How to read this page: our dates come from tracking previous recruiting cycles and daily posting data. Treat them as informed estimates based on historical patterns, not confirmed dates. The company's official careers page is always the most current source. If a role is posted there, go by that, even if this page suggests the window hasn't opened yet.

Why You Must Apply the Week Applications Open

Plante Moran answers the deadline question in its own job descriptions: "Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis", and no closing date is published anywhere.

But rolling doesn't mean unlimited. More than 300 interns are hired from a finite class, offers go out continuously, and the winter busy-season term starts in roughly five months.

So why does timing still matter? A community-reported timeline shows an offer landing in June for a winter start the following January, which means an August application faces a less full class than an October one.

Which Plante Moran Internship Programs Should You Target?

Six live 2027 intern tracks account for the current cycle. What separates Plante Moran from most peers at this firm size: five of the six are separately posted specialty-tax tracks, not one umbrella requisition.

So you can apply directly to the desk you want and state a matching reason in your application.

See the full list at careers.plantemoran.com/early-careers.

But consulting and wealth-management intern reqs, while they exist across cycles, aren't open right now. Join the talent community to catch the next wave. Freshmen and sophomores should look at Expo, Plante Moran Track (a 6-week rotational internship described as "a direct feeder into our traditional internship"), and Community College Connect.

What Are the Eligibility Requirements?

Plante Moran's posted requirements are unusually specific and consistent across all 11 live intern JDs:

• Degree: pursuing a bachelor's with an accounting emphasis or a master's in accounting or tax (11 of 11 reqs). The Winter Healthcare Reimbursement req is the only one open to "accounting or related" fields. ITS also accepts an LLM.

• GPA: minimum cumulative 3.0, stated as a requirement in all 11 requisitions: "Academic success (a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0)."

• Licensure: 10 of 11 require you to be on track for the CPA exam or pursuing an LLM/JD. But the Healthcare Reimbursement req is the exception with no licensure requirement.

• Work authorization: "Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, with the exception of qualified candidates who are bilingual in either Japanese and English or Chinese and English." That carve-out exists because Plante Moran runs a Japanese Business Services practice.

• Hours: non-exempt position; may require work beyond 40 hours per week. Overtime is paid.

Is the 3.0 GPA a Hard Cutoff?

It's stated as a requirement, not a preference, in every single one of the 11 live intern requisitions, using identical wording. That's stronger than the "preferred" hedge most firms use.

But whether recruiters screen on it mechanically isn't documented anywhere, and no community report discusses a Plante Moran GPA exception.

So don't assume flexibility that isn't stated.

What Skills Does Plante Moran Look For, and How Do You Build Them?

Eleven live Plante Moran intern requisitions (six 2027 and five 2028, representing six distinct function templates) repeat one profile with unusual discipline. Problem solving, communication, analytical ability and attention to detail appear in all 11, using the same sentence.

And here's the most useful finding: across every one of those 11 postings, zero technical tools are named. No Excel, no ERP, no CCH, no Alteryx.

So what should you prepare instead? What changes between roles is entirely the tax domain, not the skill set, and the differentiator you control is evidence of client-ready judgment and writing, not a software line on your resume.

How Is Demand for Accounting Interns Moving Right Now?

Build These Skills Before You Apply

And every bar in the chart maps to a remote Externship that ends in a finished company project.

How close is the overlap? The Attronica deliverable is financial analysis in the audit/tax posting's own vocabulary, and the Healthcare Operations project is a client-ready consulting deliverable for the healthcare-reimbursement desk.

What Is the Plante Moran Application and Interview Process Like?

Plante Moran publishes its process plainly on its early-careers page, and there are only four steps:

1. Submit your application at careers.plantemoran.com. All roles route to Workday. Per the firm's own Fraud Alert: "All employment opportunities begin with our formal application process through Workday, accessible only via https://careers.plantemoran.com/jobs."

2. Initial phone interview with a recruiter. No online assessment, HireVue or technical test is part of the published process, a genuine differentiator against Big Four loops.

3. Behavioral interview with the team. Students describe two back-to-back 30-minute rounds plus an office tour and lunch. Prepare STAR stories around the four skills Plante Moran names in every intern posting: problem solving, communication, analytical ability and attention to detail.

4. Offer and start date selection. This is where you choose your term: winter busy-season (Jan–Apr) or summer (Jun–Aug). The start date is selected at offer stage, not at application.

And one rejection report in the same community thread is a reminder that the office visit isn't a formality. Come with genuine questions about the "Workplace for Your Day" in-person model and the specific desk you applied to.

What Students on Reddit Say

Three threads from r/Accounting and r/Big4.

How Do You Stand Out with a Rolling, Always-Open Application?

Five moves, starting with specificity. Apply to the specific specialty-tax desk with a matching reason, not just the umbrella Audit or Tax req. Plante Moran posts five specialty tracks separately, which most firms this size don't do. Second, bring client-ready writing: zero technical tools are named across all 11 requisitions, but "writing technical memorandum" and "writing tax alerts" appear repeatedly. Third, prepare for a behavioral-only loop with no online assessment, two 30-minute STAR rounds, an office tour and lunch.

And fourth, freshmen and sophomores should enter through Track, a 6-week rotational program the firm calls "a direct feeder into our traditional internship." Fifth, consider the winter term deliberately: tax students who interned in summer reported they missed the work they came for, while winter lands inside real busy season and starts sooner.

What Other Companies Should You Consider?

Plante Moran's peers are the mid-tier national accounting firms, large enough to run structured intern programs, close enough in calendar and culture to be a real comparison set.

For more in accounting, see our Big 4 & Accounting Internships 2027 Guide.

FAQ

Can I still apply for a summer 2026 Plante Moran internship?

No. The 2026 requisitions are closed; Plante Moran's 2026 Audit or Tax Intern posting now returns a 404. The good news is you don't need to wait. The 2027 requisitions are open right now with no published deadline, and the 2028 requisitions are open too, so apply to the cycle matching your graduation year.

When do Plante Moran internship applications open for 2027?

They're already open. Plante Moran's 2027 intern requisitions were live on its careers site by April 2026 and were still live in August 2026, with no end date and the line "Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis." Unlike the Big Four, which had rolled to summer 2028, Plante Moran's 2027 class remains open.

Does Plante Moran run winter internships as well as summer ones?

Yes, and winter starts sooner. Plante Moran runs a winter busy-season term from roughly January to April and a summer term from June to August, and former interns describe the winter term as the longer of the two. You don't apply separately. One requisition covers both, and the start date is chosen at the offer stage.

Is the Plante Moran internship rolling?

Yes. Every intern requisition states "Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis," and none of them publishes a closing date. That means no cliff-edge deadline, but it also means offers go out continuously as the class fills. Applying early still matters, especially for the winter busy-season term starting in January.

What GPA do you need for a Plante Moran internship?

A minimum cumulative 3.0. Every one of Plante Moran's live intern requisitions states "Academic success (a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0)" as a requirement, not a preference. Most also require you to be on track to sit for the CPA exam, or to be pursuing an LLM or JD for the specialty tax roles.

What is the Plante Moran interview process like?

Four published steps: submit your application, an initial phone interview with a recruiter, a behavioral interview with the team, then an offer and start-date selection. There's no online assessment in the published process. Students describe two back-to-back 30-minute behavioral rounds wrapped in an office tour and lunch, so prepare STAR stories.

Does Plante Moran hire interns full-time afterwards?

Often. The firm says "a high percentage of our interns receive full-time offers" and that more than 25% of its current partners were once its interns. It runs dedicated requisitions to convert them, and posts entry-level staff roles at $74,000 to $83,000. It publishes no conversion percentage, so treat any specific rate you see elsewhere with suspicion.

How much does a Plante Moran intern get paid?

Plante Moran's own 2027 requisitions publish $33.00 to $36.00 an hour for Colorado, Illinois, Ohio and Massachusetts, and the 2028 audit or tax posting publishes a flat $36.00. Interns are non-exempt, so busy-season overtime is paid. Students have reported $31 to $32 an hour in recent years.

So there's no deadline to circle, just rolling review from the day you apply, with the winter busy-season term starting in about five months and the summer term in about ten.

But you can build the evidence while your application is already in: a remote Externship turns "I have analytical skills" into a finished project you can hand over in the behavioral round.