Top Tip: “Have your qualification details to hand before you begin, such as GCSEs and A Levels.”
- Jason, Early Careers team

The first step is telling us a little about you, which should only take around 15 minutes. It’s a set of questions that’ll ask you about who you are, your education and your experience.

Please complete your online application form in one session, as it won’t save if you exit the page.

Please submit only one application, using your personal email address. After submitting your application to us, you’ll automatically receive a confirmation. If you don’t get this within 24 hours, please get in touch.

You may experience issues if you use a school, university, or business email address, or if you add your email address incorrectly. Please don’t resubmit your application after making an error, and get in touch instead.

Minimum qualifications

Deloitte will be assessing your application based on the academic entry criteria outlined in the job description. Typically, for our graduate and work experience programmes, this requirement is that you’ll be on track for or have achieved a 2.1. or above in your undergraduate degree. For our BrightStart programme, typically you’ll be on track for, or have achieved 104 UCAS points in your top 3 A levels.

As part of your application, we’ll still ask you to provide a breakdown of all your academic qualifications. This is to allow us to measure the success of our entry criteria. However, you’ll only need to have achieved the academic grades required in the job description for your application to move forward. Please note, if you haven’t met our academic entry criteria due to an extenuating circumstance, please tell us more about this on your application so we may consider this when we are assessing your information.

Keep your candidate ID safe

You’ll get a unique candidate ID number when you submit your
form. You’ll need to quote this every time you get in touch with us about your application. This can be found on your ‘My Profile’. 

You’ll go straight through to Step 2.

Top Tip: “When rank ordering your preferred responses to a
situation, go with your gut instinct, don’t try to second guess what it is we
might be looking for.”
- Karen, Student Recruitment team

This stage is all about getting to know us, while we get to know you. It’ll give you a real idea of what life is like at Deloitte. We’ll ask you to look at possible work scenarios and answer honestly how you’d respond, deciding on your most to least likely actions. There’ll also be questions around your preferred working style. The final part of this stage will be some cognitive ability tests including numerical and verbal reasoning. 

This will help us assess how your strengths could help you succeed here. There’s no time limit, but we recommend completing the assessment in one sitting for optimal focus. Some questions are 'time factored', meaning the time you take to respond is considered as part of your performance score for that area. You’ll be advised which part of the assessment this relates to. 

We want to ensure you have the opportunity to learn more about yourself and to practice our assessments before you begin – please visit our  Candidate Zone to discover more. 

We know how important feedback is 

After the assessment, you’ll receive a feedback report about your strengths. This isn’t the outcome of your assessment, but it will provide you with valuable advice on how to develop your skills. 

Once you’ve completed the immersive online assessment, we’ll consider your full application and get back to you within four weeks. 

You'll also be asked to record a short integrity statement confirming your understanding and agreement of Deloitte’s Integrity and AI use guidelines.

Top Tip: “Find a comfortable and quiet place to complete the assessment, make sure any housemates or family members also know you are taking an assessment – the last thing you want on your video response is a cameo appearance!” 
- Leah, Student Recruitment team

The second online assessment is the Job Simulation (Graduate, Brightstart, Industrial Placement, Summer Vacation Scheme and Spring into Deloitte). At this stage, the assessment focuses on behavioural skills. You’ll encounter questions that present work-based scenarios, requiring you to rank options in order of preference. Additionally, you’ll be asked to provide written responses and record video responses. 

Please remember to take the opportunity to practice this assessment before you begin. You can visit our Candidate Zone for tips. There are also practice questions at the start for you to get used to the technology - and they’re well worth doing. 

We know how important feedback is 

After completing the Job Simulation, you’ll receive a feedback report about your strengths. This isn’t the outcome of your assessment, but it will provide you with valuable advice on how to develop your skills.

After you’ve completed the simulation, you’ll get an email letting you know how you did within four weeks. 

Spring Into Deloitte applicants 

If you’re a ‘Spring Into Deloitte’ applicant, this is where your application process ends. We’ll let you know if you’ve been successful as soon as possible. 

Entry Level Apprentices 

You won’t need to do this stage – your online assessment will be rolled up into one assessment called OneStop.

Top Tip: “Our assessors are here to get the best out of you, they are not trying to trip you up or trick you, remember they want you to do well, and you will shine.”  
- Amelia, Student Recruitment team 

The final stage of our assessment is an opportunity for us to get to know you better, and for you to find out more about us. In your invite to this stage, you’ll find all the information you need about where and when your assessment will take place. Before you attend, we need you to complete some mandatory preparation which involves researching and conducting analysis on a topic.

The Final stage assessment is split into two exercises*:   

1. A discussion about your topic preparation with one of our assessors. This will be a two-way discussion which typically lasts around 30 minutes. The assessor will ask questions throughout to help keep the discussion flowing. 
2. A skills and motivation interview where we’ll ask some questions to learn more about your alignment with the capabilities we look for at Deloitte. This usually lasts around 50 minutes.  

Don’t worry – you’ll get all the details beforehand, including what is involved – and we’ll give you plenty of time to prepare. You can also have a look at the Candidate Zone for hints and tips on how to prepare. 

*For some roles, including the Summer Vacation Scheme, you will complete only one exercise: the skills and motivation interview. Please visit our ‘Discover our selection process’ on the Candidate Zone for more information.   

Once you’ve completed your assessment, you’ll receive personalised feedback from us which you can use for your continued development. 

At the point we communicate your outcome, we’ll invite you back to the Candidate Zone where there will be follow up information and additional learning resources you can explore, regardless of your outcome.  

Getting a job offer 

If your final stage assessment is successful, we’ll offer you a job and your exciting journey with us really begins. 

If you’re not successful this time 

You may have been unsuccessful for all sorts of reasons. You’re always welcome to reapply – although we only accept one application per intake or academic year (which takes place September-August). 

Your feedback or offer 

Whether we’re letting you know that you’ve been successful or advising on how to improve for next time, we’ll be in touch as soon as we can. We always do our best to communicate with you throughout the process too.

Integrity 

At Deloitte, integrity is at the heart of everything we do. It's how we've built trust with the businesses we work with, regulators, and the public; and it's fundamental to how we expect you to approach our recruitment process. 

Our assessments are designed to give you a chance to showcase your individual skills and abilities. We want to see what you can do. That's why we expect the highest levels of integrity from every candidate. This means:

• Answering questions honestly and independently: Show us your genuine skills and knowledge.
• Relying on your own judgement and decision-making: We want to see how you think.
• Protecting Deloitte's assessment information: Keep assessment content confidential – don't share it with anyone, including friends, online platforms, or AI tools.

Fraudulent Websites

We’re aware that there are some websites offering assessment insights for a fee. These are not endorsed by Deloitte and often provide misleading or false information. We will never charge for assessment advice. Our Candidate Zone is free, and has been designed to give you the preparation guidance and insight you need for our recruitment process. Using answers from websites would be a breach of our Integrity Guidelines, so please use only our official resources for genuine and trustworthy support. 

Please review our ‘Integrity & AI use’ guidelines on our Candidate Zone before you begin your assessment journey, or you can find out more here.