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Diversity in Business programmes in the Strategy category, the first-year route into Strategy&, for the 2027 cycle
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Strategy& has no separate first-year form, so this page follows the firm-wide diversity programme and its Strategy category
Programme and dates
- Diversity in Business, Strategy categoryOfficial:Three paid days in person at a UK office in spring 2027, with mentoring, sessions with professionals and inclusion networks, and workplace skills activitiesSource: Employer page, diversity programmes for undergraduates
- Who can applyOfficial:First-years on a three-year degree or second-years on a four-year degree, in any subject, graduating in 2029 and meeting one programme's criteriaSources: Employer page, diversity programmes for undergraduatesEmployer page, graduates and interns page for the UK
- Expected about 5 October 2026Status on , reviewed as applications arrive so it can close earlyUnverified:Not open on 22 September 2026, when the firm asked students to join its talent community for news, and a tracker estimates about 5 October from last cycleSources: Employer page, diversity programmes for undergraduatesEmployer page, early careers job searchTrackr
Dates move, so confirm them on the firm's own careers site before you apply
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Stages in order
- Application formOfficial:Choose a programme, then the Strategy category and an office you can commute to, and give your education and any visa needsSources: Employer page, diversity programmes for undergraduatesEmployer page, assessment and selection processEmployer page, early careers FAQs
- Values activityOfficial:A short activity that isn't assessed, to help you judge whether the culture suits you before you go onSource: Employer page, assessment and selection process
- Behavioural assessmentOfficial:Questions on your natural preferences at work, not timedSource: Employer page, assessment and selection processPractise for Behavioural assessment: SHL-style personality questionnaire (forced-choice triplets)
- Cognitive assessmentOfficial:A timed test of numerical, inductive and deductive reasoningSource: Employer page, assessment and selection processPractise for Cognitive assessment: SHL-style interactive general ability (Verify Interactive G+ format)
- Video interviewOfficial:Recorded answers to questions on screen, reviewed later by an assessorSource: Employer page, assessment and selection processPractise for Video interview: Recorded video interview
- Three-day programmeOfficial:Three days at an office the firm assigns, so you may not get your first choiceSource: Employer page, diversity programmes for undergraduates
Online tests
- Official:Each invitation usually has to be completed within 7 daysSource: Employer page, early careers FAQs
- Official:The firm's assessment page names the provider behind its online assessmentsSource: Employer page, assessment and selection process
- Reported:Applicants last cycle describe interactive questions rather than multiple choice, such as scheduling problems, charts and patterns, with 8 questions in totalSources: The Student Room, applicant thread on the online assessment, 2025 to 2026The Student Room, applicant thread on the online assessment, page 2The Student Room, applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026
- Unverified:One applicant gives 12 minutes for the cognitive test and another about 30 minutes for the whole online stage, while prep-site figures such as 24 questions in 36 minutes aren't backed by applicantsSources: The Student Room, later applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026The Student Room, applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026TestSolve
- Unverified:Guides say most people take 25 to 30 minutes on the behavioural assessmentSource: GraduatesFirst
- Official:Using AI to write, edit or coach your answers is banned, and the firm checks for duplicate accounts and near-identical answersSources: Employer page, assessment and selection processEmployer page, early careers FAQs
Video interview
- Official:Questions focus on how you usually approach work at school, university or in jobs, with no live interviewerSource: Employer page, assessment and selection process
- Reported:Applicants last cycle describe behavioural questions such as tell us about a time, with little or no why this firmSources: The Student Room, applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026The Student Room, applicant thread on the video interview, 2025 to 2026The Student Room, later applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026
- Unverified:Timings conflict: one applicant reports 4 questions, 2 minutes to prepare, up to 5 to answer and no re-records, while another account gives 6 questions, 90 seconds to prepare and 2-minute answersSources: The Student Room, applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026The Student Room, applicant thread on the video interview, 2025 to 2026The Student Room, later applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026
- Unverified:Last cycle's applicants were doing the video interview in October and November 2025, shortly after the online assessmentSources: The Student Room, applicant thread on the video interview, 2025 to 2026The Student Room, later applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026
Summer internship conversion
- Official:After the programme you can choose to take a virtual immersive assessment centre to convert to a 4 to 8 week summer internship in 2028Source: Employer page, diversity programmes for undergraduates
- Official:Graduate strategy applicants later have case interviews with a senior Strategy& leaderSource: Employer page, graduate strategy page
- Unverified:Whether the strategy conversion includes case interviews isn't stated, and an older Strategy& page describes a 45-minute open case and a 45-minute slide-pack case for internsSources: Employer page, graduate strategy pageEmployer page, graduates and interns page for the UK
Typical calendar
- Official:You get one early careers application for 2027 programmes, and offers, rejections and withdrawals all count, even before the online assessmentSource: Employer page, early careers FAQs
- Official:If you're unsuccessful or withdraw, your next chance is programmes starting in 2028Source: Employer page, early careers FAQs
- Official:Travel and hotel costs aren't covered, so apply only to offices within commuting distanceSource: Employer page, diversity programmes for undergraduates
- Unverified:Strategy&'s own careers page still says one week, against three days on the firm's diversity page, so check the length on the 2027 postingSources: Employer page, graduates and interns page for the UKEmployer page, diversity programmes for undergraduates
Practise this format
- Numerical reasoningCharts and tables against the clock
- Inductive and deductive reasoningShape patterns, grids and rule puzzles
- Recorded video answers4 questions, 2 minutes to prepare and 2 to answer, one take each
- Behavioural questionsCompetency and strengths questions with what makes a strong answer
- Case practiceA 20-minute written case, useful before any strategy case interview
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
Employer pages
- PwC UK: Diversity programmes for undergraduates, live September 2026
- Strategy&, part of PwC: Graduates and interns page for the UK, undated, live September 2026
- PwC UK: Early careers job search, searched 22 September 2026
- PwC UK: Assessment and selection process, live September 2026, covering 2027 programmes
- PwC UK: Early careers FAQs, live September 2026
- PwC UK: Graduate strategy page, live September 2026
Guides, trackers and prep sites
- Trackr: Spring week timeline for 2027, September 2026, opening dates estimated from earlier cycles
- The Student Room: Applicant thread on the online assessment, 2025 to 2026, October 2025
- The Student Room: Applicant thread on the online assessment, page 2, October 2025
- The Student Room: Applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026, October to December 2025
- The Student Room: Later applicant thread on the assessments and video, 2025 to 2026, October to December 2025
- TestSolve: Company assessment overview, 2026
- GraduatesFirst: Job tests overview, 2026
- The Student Room: Applicant thread on the video interview, 2025 to 2026, October to December 2025