2027 graduate cycle — US, UK, global
6 practice questions for the EY prerecorded video interview
A question appears on screen and you answer it to a camera, with nobody on the other end. You get one take, and the clock stops you whether you have finished or not.
Every question here is built from the competencies EY publishes, or published word for word by a named source. None of them are EY's interview questions, and this site has no connection to Ernst & Young LLP and EY member firms.
Sources last read 21 August 2026. Every claim on this page links to the page it came from.
What EY publishes about this stage
Every line is something EY put on its own website, with the page and the date it was read beside it.
“They can be prerecorded video interviews, in which candidates record responses to questions sent in advance, or live video interviews that act as a dialogue with a member of the EY team.”
“The assessment consists of two components. The first component asks about your experiences, and the second presents you with three descriptions of skills and asks you to choose which one is most like you.”
EY publishes an online skills assessment, not a game. Two components, self-report and forced-choice.
EY's separate online skills assessment is untimed; the video interview is not.
What EY does not publish
The things people most want a number for. Nobody outside the process has one. Where another page hands you a confident figure for any of these, ask it where the figure came from.
Not published.
Not published.
“Do not think you have to use all of your allotted time for each question, and don't look at yourself on the screen — look directly into the camera.”
Not published as a number. EY refers to 'allotted time' per question and tells candidates they need not use all of it.
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30 seconds to prepare, then up to 3 minutes to answer. EY does not publish its timings, so these are this site's defaults, not EY's. Treat them as a realistic worst case, not a fact about EY.
6 questions, one take each. No follow-ups, because there is nobody on the other end.
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6 questions to practice, and where each one comes from
These are not EY's interview questions. Nobody outside EY has those. Each prompt below is either published word for word by the source named under it, or built from a competency EY publishes, and it says which, every time.
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1
Give an example of a time you spotted an opportunity nobody else in the room had seen.
Competency: Innovation mindset
Built from a published competencyBuilt from EY's published Innovation mindset definition, using EY's own published question stem 'Give an example of'. Practice prompt, not an EY question.
EY — What we look for, read 21 August 2026
What a strong answer contains
Run EY's own three criteria in order: relevant experience, the action you took, what it led to. The 'led to' clause is where most answers stop early.
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2
Describe a situation when you had to turn complicated data into something a non-specialist could act on.
Competency: Analytics mindset
Built from a published competencyBuilt from EY's published Analytics mindset definition, using EY's own published stem 'Describe a situation when'. Practice prompt, not an EY question.
EY — What we look for, read 21 August 2026
What a strong answer contains
Name the audience, the one thing they needed to decide, and what you cut to let them decide it.
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3
Give an example of a time working with people from a different background or market changed your answer.
Competency: Global mindset
Built from a published competencyBuilt from EY's published Global mindset definition and EY's own published stems. Practice prompt, not an EY question.
EY — What we look for, read 21 August 2026
What a strong answer contains
The answer has to actually change. 'I learned to appreciate other perspectives' with no changed decision fails EY's third criterion.
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4
Describe a situation when you had to keep going after something went badly wrong.
Competency: Resilience
Built from a published competencyBuilt from EY's published statement that it looks for 'Resilient leaders that demonstrate the courage to lead'. Practice prompt, not an EY question.
EY — What we look for, read 21 August 2026
What a strong answer contains
Give the wrong thing its own sentence before the recovery. EY grades on specific examples, so 'a difficult project' is not a situation.
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5
Give an example of a time you had to raise something uncomfortable because it was the right thing to do.
Competency: Integrity
Built from a published competencyBuilt from EY's published statement: 'They act with integrity every day... they understand the importance of acting honestly and fairly.' Practice prompt, not an EY question.
EY — What we look for, read 21 August 2026
What a strong answer contains
Say who you raised it with and what you risked. Integrity answers with no named counterparty read as hypothetical.
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6
Describe a time when you stood up for something you believed was wrong; pointed out an error someone had made.
Competency: Integrity
Published word for word by the sourcePublished by LSE Careers (September 2020) in its competency/behavioral bank, under a list of competencies that includes integrity. Not an EY question. The semicolon is LSE's own punctuation, kept as printed rather than smoothed, because the label above says word for word.
LSE Careers — Example Interview Questions, read 21 August 2026, published September 2020
What a strong answer contains
This is the hardest one to answer in three minutes because the setup eats the clock. Give the error in one sentence, then spend the rest on what you did.
The competencies EY publishes
The list the prompts above were built from, and the closest thing to a published mark scheme that exists.
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Innovation mindset
“You'll drive disruption by seeing future opportunities that don't yet exist and showing a passion for change and innovation.”
What we look for, EY (Ernst & Young LLP, US), read 21 August 2026
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Analytics mindset
“You'll be a natural problem solver, able to translate complex data into simple and useful insights. You'll be comfortable sharing these results with both internal and external stakeholders.”
What we look for, EY (Ernst & Young LLP, US), read 21 August 2026
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Global mindset
“You'll have the ability to think, act and lead globally. You embrace diversity and are open and willing to think and work beyond your own perspectives and borders.”
What we look for, EY (Ernst & Young LLP, US), read 21 August 2026
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Communication, teamwork, resilience and integrity
“We look for strong communicators. Team players. Resilient leaders that demonstrate the courage to lead. They're innovative and agile; and are lifelong learners. They act with integrity every day, in their work and in their relationships.”
What we look for, EY (Ernst & Young LLP, US), read 21 August 2026
What EY says about using AI as a candidate
Quoted, linked, and not paraphrased into something more convenient.
Can I use generative AI tools to complete the assessment? No. The assessment is designed to understand your preferences, behaviors and how you might approach different situations.
Early Careers skills assessment — frequently asked questions, EY (Ernst & Young LLP, US), read 21 August 2026
Read the scope of that statement carefully. EY's published statement covers the online skills assessment only. It says nothing either way about preparing beforehand, and nothing about the video interview.
Where this product sits. It is a preparation tool and nothing else. Never run it, or anything like it, during a live assessment or a recorded interview.
Every source on this page
- Interview tips
- What we look for
- Early Careers skills assessment — frequently asked questions
- Example Interview Questions
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- NailedIt.ai is not affiliated with Ernst & Young LLP and EY member firms or with any employer named on this site, and nothing here is endorsed by them.
- These are not real interview questions. They are practice prompts built from the competencies EY publishes, plus questions published by the named sources.
- Practicing does not make you more likely to be hired. It makes you less likely to be surprised by a hard stop at 3 minutes.
- This is a preparation tool. Do not use it, or anything like it, during an actual assessment.
- The simulator on this page runs no AI. The graded scorecard is AI-generated and is labeled as such wherever it appears. Your first 2 scorecards are free; after that, more scorecards and the coaching (rewritten answers and drills) come with the Interview-Ready plan.
Of the 6 prompts above, 1 is published word for word by a named source and 5 are built from a competency EY publishes. 3 process facts come from EY's own pages. 3 of the things people most want a number for are not published anywhere, and they are left blank above rather than filled in.