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Trainee route in the UK, shown because no first-year insight days were found for the 2027 cycle

Last checked 22 September 2026

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Programme and dates

First-year insight days, none foundOfficial:The firm's work experience is for school students in years 12 and 13, and its university routes are penultimate-year summer internships and 12-month placementsSources: Employer page, work experience for school students Employer page, virtual work experience for school students Employer page, internships and placements
Who can applyOfficial:Summer internships are for the summer between your penultimate and final years, and placements are for students on sandwich coursesSource: Employer page, internships and placements
No programme foundStatus on 22 September 2026Unverified:No university first-year insight was found on the firm's site for the 2026 to 2027 cycle, which invites students to register for 2027 opportunitiesSources: Employer page, early careers home page Employer page, work experience for school students

Dates move, so confirm them on the firm's own careers site before you apply

Put this term's effort into spring weeks that are open or opening soonGo to practice for: Put this term's effort into spring weeks that are open or opening soon
Register on the firm's early careers site for 2027 opportunities, in case a first-year route appears
Note the summer internships for your penultimate year, which open each August or September
Try one 20-minute written caseGo to practice for: Try one 20-minute written case

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Application formOfficial:A quick form asking only for essentials, no more than 20 minutes, with a dedicated recruiter from then onSource: Employer page, application process
Strengths assessmentOfficial:Usually under 5 minutes, starting with warm-up items and scored adaptivelySource: Employer page, application process
Written case studyOfficial:About 20 minutes to read written content and data and write a short reportSource: Employer page, application process
Virtual group exerciseOfficial:Led by a recruiter, assessing collaboration, listening, building on others' ideas and time managementSource: Employer page, application process
Final interviewOfficial:In person at a UK office with one or two assessors from the service lineSource: Employer page, application process

Official:The firm advises no significant preparation for the strengths assessment, which measures the strengths behind strong trainee performanceSource: Employer page, application process
Official:You get a personalised report of your top strengthsSource: Employer page, application process
Official:The case study is marked on analysis, critical reasoning and written language, needs a computer, and comes with a practice case and tipsSource: Employer page, application process
Official:AI can help with research and mock questions, but you mustn't copy AI answers, use it on a second screen in live interviews or submit made-up responsesSource: Employer page, application process

Official:The trainee route has no video interview, and its only interview is the final one, in personSource: Employer page, application process

Official:Questions cover why the firm, why the service line, its values and your interests, and the firm suggests answering with situation, task, action, result and evaluationSource: Employer page, application process
Official:You get detailed feedback whatever the outcomeSource: Employer page, application process

Official:The 2026 school work experience has finished, and you can register interest for summer 2027Source: Employer page, work experience for school students
Official:The firm relaunches its application season each August or September, and you can make one trainee application a yearSource: Employer page, early careers FAQs
Official:Trainee programmes can't sponsor visas because they fall below the Home Office salary thresholdsSource: Employer page, early careers FAQs

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

Grant Thornton UK: Work experience for school students, live September 2026
Grant Thornton UK: Virtual work experience for school students, live September 2026
Grant Thornton UK: Internships and placements, live September 2026
Grant Thornton UK: Early careers home page, live September 2026
Grant Thornton UK: Application process, live September 2026
Grant Thornton UK: Early careers FAQs, live September 2026