Graduate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at EY with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Consultant roles take an average of 59 days to get hired, when considering 28 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at EY overall takes an average of 47 days.
Common stages of the interview process at EY as a Graduate Consultant according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 19%
One on one interview: 17%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Personality test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Phone interview: 6%
Drug test: 4%
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Provided info about education then got invited to complete assessments and video interview questions. Assessment questions were rather easy but long winded (ie. checking password eligibility type questions, waste of time), took ages, 5/6 video interview questions. No feedback on rejection, doubt a human saw my answers.
The whole process was good, the recruiters were nice and had a good impression of the company. After the final interview I received positive feedbacks and then I have been ghosted, they didn’t even answer to the follow-ups
An interractive accounting/consulting test with a very gamified interface. They first sent an email confirming my application then a link to the gamified consulting/financial advisory experience. Then the experience is ended with a 1 way video interview with a very short time to prepare.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you wish to work at EY, and why in the specific job line which you have chosen for the graduate role?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at EY (Sydney) in Feb 2026
Interview
Psychometric test with one video question at the end. Reading comprehension, numerical, pattern recognition and then a singular question video interview. Very standard process, similar to other large consulting companies.