Is the Deloitte online assessment hard?

Deloitte UK gives no difficulty rating. Its Immersive assessment combines workplace ranking with numerical and verbal reasoning, and speed contributes to the score on timed questions. Practise those skills rather than relying on an unofficial pass rate.

Does the Deloitte online assessment have video?

Deloitte UK lists recorded video responses in the Job Simulation. Its description of the earlier Immersive Online Assessment lists behavioural questions and numerical and verbal reasoning, without naming video responses.

Can I retake the Deloitte online assessment?

Deloitte UK says unsuccessful candidates can reapply, but it accepts only one application per intake or academic year, from September to August. This is an application rule, not an explicit assessment retake policy; contact the recruitment team about a technical restart.

Does everyone get invited to the Deloitte Immersive Online Assessment?

Deloitte UK says applicants automatically move to the Immersive Online Assessment after submitting their application if they meet the programme requirements.

Can I find Deloitte online assessment answers?

Deloitte UK says using website answers breaches its integrity guidelines and warns that paid assessment-insight sites are not endorsed. Its free Candidate Zone offers official preparation guidance and practice assessments.

What is the difference between the Deloitte Immersive Online Assessment and the Job Simulation?

In the UK they are two separate stages. Deloitte UK describes the Immersive Online Assessment as a behavioural part plus a cognitive part with numerical and verbal reasoning, and the later Job Simulation as ranking, selecting, written and video responses. In Australia, some roles get a Job Simulation instead of a digital interview. Prep providers such as AptitudePrep report 35 Immersive questions across 5 sections, but Deloitte does not publish a question count.

How long does the Deloitte Job Simulation take?

Deloitte does not publish a duration. Prep providers put it at about 40 minutes (JobTestPrep, CaseBasix) or 40 to 60 minutes (GraduatesFirst). The section-by-section breakdown is in our Deloitte Job Simulation guide.

How is the Deloitte assessment scored?

Situational judgement answers are scored against Deloitte's five shared values: Lead the way, Serve with integrity, Take care of each other, Foster inclusion, and Collaborate for measurable impact, per MyConsultingOffer. PracticeReasoningTests reports each section is rated on a 1 to 5 scale.

What question types appear in the Deloitte assessment?

Deloitte UK lists workplace scenarios where you rank actions, questions about your working style, and numerical and verbal reasoning in the Immersive Online Assessment, then ranking, selecting, written and video responses in the Job Simulation. Prep providers add unofficial detail: video answers of 30 seconds to 2 minutes and written answers capped at 1,500 characters (JobTestPrep).

How long until I hear back after the Deloitte online assessment?

Deloitte UK says it will consider your full application and reply within four weeks of the Immersive Online Assessment, and email your Job Simulation result within four weeks. You also get a strengths feedback report after each stage, which Deloitte says is not the outcome.

Deloitte Online Assessment 2026: Stages and Practice

Updated Nov 4, 2026By Esteban Ronsin · Founder · former Deloitte and Accenture Strategy consultant

The Deloitte online assessment is two online stages in the UK: the Immersive Online Assessment, then the Job Simulation. Deloitte UK publishes no question count, and the 35 questions across 5 sections figure comes from prep providers, not Deloitte.

TL;DR

Deloitte UK runs two online stages for its Graduate, BrightStart, Industrial Placement and Summer Vacation programmes: the Immersive Online Assessment, then the Job Simulation.
Deloitte UK says the Immersive Online Assessment has a behavioural part and a cognitive part (numerical and verbal reasoning), with no overall time limit but some timed questions.

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Deloitte UK says the Job Simulation asks you to rank responses, select responses, write answers and record video answers.
Deloitte Australia uses the Immersive Online Assessment and, for some roles, a Job Simulation instead of a digital interview. Deloitte US student pages do not name either assessment.
The 35 questions across 5 sections figure comes from prep providers, not Deloitte. Deloitte UK publishes no question count and says it replies within four weeks of each online stage.

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This guide covers the two stages, the question types, video and written mechanics, scoring against Deloitte's five shared values, the hiring funnel and a section-by-section prep plan.

The Deloitte assessment test, often called the Deloitte exam or screening test, varies by country. Deloitte UK sends Graduate, BrightStart, Industrial Placement and Summer Vacation applicants through the Immersive Online Assessment first: a behavioural part, where you rank actions in workplace scenarios, and a cognitive part with numerical and verbal reasoning. There is no overall time limit, but some questions are timed. The Job Simulation comes next and asks you to rank and select responses, write answers and record video answers. Deloitte Australia uses the Immersive assessment too, then a digital interview or, for some roles, a Job Simulation. Deloitte's US student pages, checked November 3, 2026, name neither. This guide says which region each fact applies to and links to the deeper guide for each stage.

What are the two Deloitte online assessment stages?

The Immersive Online Assessment and the Job Simulation are separate stages that need different preparation. Deloitte UK lists them as step 2 and step 3 of the same process, checked November 3, 2026. For Entry Level Apprenticeships and some short work experience programmes, Deloitte UK rolls both into one assessment called OneStop. Start with timed graph and exhibit reasoning drills as adjacent skill practice, not as a Deloitte simulator.

Almost every "Deloitte online test" question online blurs these two steps. Getting the names straight is the single biggest thing you can do before you prepare.

Region	Online stage 1	Online stage 2	Source
UK (Graduate, BrightStart, Industrial Placement, Summer Vacation)	Immersive Online Assessment	Job Simulation	Deloitte UK early careers page
UK (Entry Level Apprenticeships, some short programmes)	OneStop, which combines both	None	Deloitte UK early careers page
Australia (student programmes)	Immersive Online Assessment	Digital interview, or a Job Simulation for some roles	Deloitte Australia how we hire page
US (students)	Not named on Deloitte's student pages	Not named	Deloitte US students and recruiting tips pages

Immersive Online Assessment. The earlier screen. Deloitte UK splits it into a behavioural assessment (ranking actions in realistic scenarios, plus questions on your working style) and a cognitive assessment (numerical and verbal reasoning). Deloitte Australia calls it "mostly un-timed" with one timed element. Prep providers such as AptitudePrep say it is built by Cappfinity; Deloitte's pages do not name a vendor.
Job Simulation. The later stage in the UK. Deloitte UK says it focuses on behavioural skills through work-based scenarios with ranking, selecting, written and video responses. Some scenarios mention workplace tools like AI, but Deloitte says you will not need AI experience or use an AI tool.

The practical difference: the Immersive Online Assessment mixes judgement with reasoning questions, while the Job Simulation feels like a day on the job, with written and recorded answers. Prepare for each on its own terms.

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Inside the Immersive Online Assessment: What Deloitte Says

Deloitte UK describes two parts: behavioural scenarios where you rank actions from most to least likely, plus working-style questions, and a cognitive part with numerical and verbal reasoning. There is no overall time limit, but some questions are timed and your speed counts toward the score. Deloitte UK publishes no question count. Prep providers, including AptitudePrep and PracticeReasoningTests, report 35 questions across 5 sections; treat that as their unofficial account, which may describe an earlier version. The region-by-region detail and a worked practice rep are in our Deloitte Immersive Online Assessment guide.

Inside the Job Simulation

Deloitte job simulation section map showing 40 minutes, video response, email task, and written answer

Deloitte UK says the Job Simulation tests behavioural skills through work-based scenarios where you rank options, select the best responses, write answers and record video answers. Prep providers report about 40 minutes across 3 graded sections, but Deloitte publishes no duration or section count. For the question types, the timing reports and worked practice, read our Deloitte Job Simulation guide.

The Question Types You Will Face

Across both stages, four formats do most of the work. Deloitte UK confirms all four by name; the limits quoted below come from prep providers. Knowing which is which lets you prepare deliberately instead of generically.

Pre-recorded video responses. You read or hear a prompt, get a short prep window, then record an answer to camera with no live interviewer. Deloitte UK lists video responses in the Job Simulation.
Written tasks. Often framed as an email from a senior team member, asking you to reply or draft a short response. JobTestPrep reports these are capped at 1,500 characters.
Numerical and verbal reasoning. Data interpretation over tables, graphs, and charts, plus reading-based reasoning. Deloitte UK places these in the cognitive part of the Immersive Online Assessment. MyConsultingOffer reports a numerical reasoning section of 21 questions.
Situational judgement. The signature Deloitte format. Deloitte UK says you rank actions by how likely you are to take them. CaseBasix and JobTestPrep describe 5 possible actions per scenario.

If you have prepared for another firm's digital screen, expect overlap but not a match. McKinsey's game-based test, covered in our McKinsey Solve guide, is a problem-solving simulation rather than a values-and-judgement screen, and PwC's route, covered in our PwC assessment test guide, leans on SHL-style aptitude. Deloitte's mix of recorded video plus situational judgement is its own animal.

Worked numerical reasoning example

Worked verbal True, False, Cannot Say example

Original verbal reasoning example

Passage: Meridian Foods moved its returns desk online in March. Since the move, average handling time has fallen from 9 minutes to 6 minutes. A review in April found that the number of complaints about returns was unchanged. Management has said it will extend the online desk to every store by June.

Handling time has fallen by one third. True. A drop from 9 to 6 minutes is 3 minutes out of 9.
The online desk caused the fall in handling time. Cannot Say. The passage says "since the move", which shows timing, not cause.
Complaints about returns fell after the move. False. The passage says the number was unchanged.

Rule: Judge each statement only on the passage. If it needs an outside assumption, the answer is Cannot Say. For a longer exhibit rep, see the Immersive Online Assessment guide.

Video and Written Mechanics: What Graders Actually Want

The mechanics are tight, so knowing the limits protects you from self-inflicted mistakes. JobTestPrep reports video responses run a minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of 2 minutes, and written responses are capped at 1,500 characters.

For video, the 30-second floor means a one-line answer reads as underprepared, and the 2-minute ceiling means rambling gets cut off mid-thought. The sweet spot is a structured answer: a quick headline, one or two pieces of evidence, and a clear close. GraduatesFirst recommends rehearsing video responses with STAR plus R, meaning Situation, Task, Action, Result, and a final Reflection on what you learned. Practising to a webcam beforehand removes most of the nervous energy that makes early takes weak.

For written tasks, 1,500 characters is roughly 250 words, so you cannot waffle. Lead with your recommendation or answer, support it in two or three sentences, and acknowledge the most obvious risk or next step. Treat the email scenario as a real reply to a busy manager who will skim it.

How Deloitte Scores It: The Five Shared Values

Deloitte assessment scoring rubric diagram with five shared values

Situational judgement is not scored on a single "right" answer. MyConsultingOffer reports that responses are evaluated against Deloitte's five shared values:

Lead the way
Serve with integrity
Take care of each other
Foster inclusion
Collaborate for measurable impact

When you rank 5 actions most to least preferable, the highest-scoring choices are the ones that best express those values. PracticeReasoningTests notes each section is rated on a 1 to 5 scale, so the goal is consistent, values-aligned judgement across the whole sitting.

Worked situational judgement example

Scenario: You are two days from a client deadline. A senior manager emails asking you to send a draft analysis you know still contains one unverified figure. Rank these actions most to least preferable.

Most preferable: Share the draft with a clear caveat flagging the unverified figure, and offer to confirm it within the hour. This serves with integrity and collaborates for measurable impact.
Ask a teammate to verify the figure while you send the manager a short status note. Honest and collaborative, but slightly slower for the manager.
Hold the draft until you have verified everything, replying that you will send it once checked. Protects accuracy but risks the deadline.
Send the draft as is so you do not hold up the manager. Helpful in intent, but it hides a known issue.
Least preferable: Do nothing until the manager follows up. This fails to lead the way and ignores the team.

The pattern: transparency plus action scores highest, silence or hiding a known problem scores lowest.

Where the Assessment Sits in the Deloitte Hiring Funnel

The online assessment is an early screen, not the finish line. In the UK the flow is: online application, Immersive Online Assessment, Job Simulation, then a final stage assessment. Deloitte UK says the final stage is in person at the office linked to your application for Graduate, Entry Level Apprentice, Industrial Placement and BrightStart Apprentice roles. It has a discussion of a topic you research beforehand, typically 30 to 40 minutes, and a skills and motivation interview of about 50 minutes. Summer Vacation Scheme applicants do the interview only, virtually. In Australia the final step is an Assessment Day that can include a group case study and a 1:1 interview with a leader.

For consulting and strategy roles, the assessment is also a gateway to a more demanding interview. If you are targeting a case-style path at Deloitte, read our Deloitte case interview guide early, because the structured thinking it rewards is the same muscle the situational judgement and Job Simulation tasks lean on. Students recruiting through an internship route should also check the Deloitte Discovery internship guide for how the early-careers funnel and timeline differ.

Section-by-Section Preparation Strategy

Start with Deloitte's free Candidate Zone, which Deloitte UK links for official practice assessments and preparation guidance. Each format needs its own drill.

Video responses: Rehearse to a webcam using STAR plus R. Record three to five answers, watch them back, and cut filler. Aim to land your point inside the 30-second to 2-minute window.
Written tasks: Practise top-down replies under a 250-word ceiling. Recommendation first, two supporting points, one risk or next step.
Numerical reasoning: Drill data interpretation over tables and charts until the arithmetic stops being the bottleneck. Speed plus accuracy is the whole game on a 21-question section.
Verbal reasoning: Train yourself to answer strictly from the passage, not from outside knowledge.
Situational judgement: Internalise the five shared values, then practise ranking actions and explaining why, the way the worked example above does.

The through-line across video, written, and situational judgement is structured judgement under time pressure, and that is the exact skill a live case rehearses. Use a structure drill to build the habit of leading with an answer and supporting it cleanly.

Use the evidence-first response method: 1. read every resource, 2. lead with the answer, 3. support it with one or two relevant facts, 4. close with the risk or next step.

Build an evidence-first assessment answer from the Road to Offer drill engine. Start with guided choices and explanations, then answer the same skill in your own words for AI-scored feedback. Free accounts include 5 drills per day for the first 3 days after signup. Free structure drill practice

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Common Mistakes That Sink Candidates

Conflating the two stages. Preparing for "the Deloitte test" as one thing leaves you unready for the video-heavy Job Simulation. Prepare for each separately.
Waffling on video. With a 2-minute ceiling, a meandering answer never reaches its point. Lead with the headline.
Ignoring the source documents. JobTestPrep reports up to 7 resources per Job Simulation section, and candidates who skip the reading give generic answers that graders downrank.
Mis-ranking situational judgement options. Picking the action that sounds most assertive instead of the one that best fits Deloitte's values. Transparency and collaboration usually outrank speed at any cost.
Treating it as untimed and unfocused. The Immersive Online Assessment has no overall time limit, but some questions are timed, and a distracted 90-minute sitting reads worse than a focused 60-minute one. Block a quiet window.

What Happens After, and the Timeline

Deloitte UK says it replies within four weeks of the Immersive Online Assessment and emails the Job Simulation result within four weeks. After each stage you get a strengths feedback report, which Deloitte says is not the outcome. A strong result moves you to the final stage assessment. Because the assessment is a screen rather than the decision, the goal is simply to clear it convincingly and arrive at the human stages with your reasoning and communication already sharp.

That is also why the smartest prep is not buying a generic test pack. It is rehearsing structured, on-the-record answers, the same skill the case interview rewards. Run a free practice case to pressure-test your structure and synthesis, then circle back to the Deloitte case interview guide before your interview rounds.

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