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Stages in order

  • ApplicationOfficial:No minimum UCAS points neededSource: Employer page
  • Online assessmentOfficial:Rank-order, written and video answers, and numerical reasoningSource: Employer page
  • Experience dayOfficial:Exercises, online for summer internshipsSource: Employer page
  • Final interviewOfficial:With senior staff, for some programmesSource: Employer page

Online tests

  • Official:An immersive assessment with rank-order exercises and written answers about your strengthsSource: Employer page
  • Official:Numerical reasoning, timed where it appliesSource: Employer page
  • Official:You may need to complete it in one sittingSource: Employer page
  • Reported:Guides describe about an hour covering numerical reasoning, around 16 judgement scenarios and data analysisSources: GraduatesFirstRoad to Offer

Video interview

  • Official:Recorded, time-limited video answers about your strengths sit inside the online assessmentSource: Employer page

Experience day

  • Official:An experience day with exercises, online for summer internships and possibly in person for other programmesSource: Employer page
  • Official:Some programmes finish with an interview with senior staffSource: Employer page
  • Official:EY's strengths framework runs through every stageSource: Employer page

Typical calendar

  • Official:You can apply to only one programme every 3 to 6 monthsSource: Employer page
  • Reported:Big 4 graduate schemes open in September and fill by service line and office as candidates are assessed, with no single deadlineSource: Big 4 Events
  • Reported:Big 4 summer internships reportedly open later, around January and FebruarySource: Big 4 Events

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Sources

Details change between recruitment cycles, so your invite and the employer's own pages have the final word

Official:
The employer or organisation says it on its own website or in its own documents
Reported:
From surveys, news, candidate reports or prep sites, not the employer's own pages
Unverified:
Sources disagree or the evidence is thin, so treat it as a possibility

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