The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Deloitte (London, England) in May 2019
Interview
I interviewed at Deloitte London for the BrightStart Apprenticeship in Audit International.
The overall process took 8 months. Started off with a generic online application asking your personal details, grades and competency based questions.
This was followed by an invite to the second stage which was the online immersive assessment. This test assessed my ability to perform numerical calculations and my judgement based on different business situations.
Around 2 months later, I received an invite to the third stage which was the job simulation. This was a mixture of numerical calculations, recording your answer into a camera and responding to emails basked on fictitious situations.
About 6 months later and a lot of follow up emails, I received an invite to the final stage assessment centre. This was the challenging bit. I had 3 days to prepare for a presentation (they provided the topic for this beforehand). The assessment involved a group assessment, networking session with current BrightStart apprentices and finally an interview and presentation with a Partner/Director. A Director interviewed me. Make sure you collaborate with your peers in the group assessment and provide innovative solutions yet allowing others room to speak. It’s highly competitive so you have to show you are friendly, collaborative yet assertive when need be.
Honestly, my advice will sound a bit cliche but just be yourself and your conversation will flow more naturally and and you’ll feel relaxed too. Don’t try to be someone you expect Deloitte might want. The person interviewing you will catch you out so it’s best to be yourself, practice you presentation and make sure you have good examples when being interviewed. That’s what landed me an offer two days after my assessment centre!
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me a time where you came with an innovative solution.
Online interviews with a lot of technical questions with zero to less information from the resume provided by candidates, but it was quite a good experience overall. Need to prepare a lot before the interview.
Apply through Deloitte Careers but its better if you connect with HR personnel through linkedin. HR will then call you informing you about the position and usual introduction questions. Afterwards, two rounds of interview from HR, then one with audit heads. It takes about two to three weeks from initial interview to Job offer meeting.
Pretty good overall! the interviewer was very warm and polite and made me feel really welcome. it was a good interview, i thought i would land the role but they picked someone with experience aligned with big4.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you faced a challenge and overcame it?
