FTI Consulting Interview Process 2026: Cases & Questions

In the US, the FTI Consulting interview starts with a short pre-recorded video interview (PRVI), and candidates report two live rounds after it: a 30-minute first round on why FTI Consulting and your resume, then a superday of 3 to 4 back-to-back interviews that mixes behavioral and technical questions. FTI's 2027 Corporate Finance postings add case study interviews, and most EMEA postings add reasoning tests. The FTI Consulting hiring process and FTI Consulting recruitment process are set by the segment you apply to (Corporate Finance, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Economic Consulting, Technology or Strategic Communications), so whether you get an FTI Consulting case interview, which tests you sit and the dates all depend on that choice and your country.

How does the FTI Consulting hiring process work?

You apply to one segment with a CV, take reasoning tests and a pre-recorded video interview, then sit one or two rounds of competency and case interviews before an offer. That is the pattern in FTI's 2027 early-talent postings on its careers site (checked November 3, 2026). Click a stage to see what FTI tests there and the practice that matches it.

Interview process

From application to FTI Consulting offer

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Pass the reasoning tests

Most EMEA postings list numerical, verbal and logical reasoning tests; London Data & Analytics sets its own skills test.

Prepare for numerical reasoning →Read this step ↓

Record the video interview

The US IMPACT program sends 2 questions with 1 minute each within 2 business days of applying; candidates call it a HireVue.

Rehearse one-minute answers →Read this step ↓

Explain why FTI

A 30-minute first round on why FTI and your resume, then a superday of back-to-back interviews.

Rehearse an FTI fit interview →Read this step ↓

Work a turnaround case

Case study interviews in FTI's 2027 Corporate Finance postings; London Business Transformation runs three.

Practice a turnaround case →Read this step ↓

Get the offer

FTI's London and Amsterdam 2027 postings say offers go out by the end of February 2027.

How to negotiate the offer →Read this step ↓

Apply to one segment

FTI's London and Amsterdam postings ask for a CV and no cover letter. Show work that matches the segment you pick.

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The FTI interview process changes by segment and country. Strategic Communications in London skips the reasoning test, and the Johannesburg Corporate Finance internship lists two interviews with the team, so read your posting's "how to apply" steps before you prepare.

FTI-style practice cases at a glance

How an FTI case works: the format depends on the segment you apply to (Corporate Finance, Forensic and Litigation, Economic Consulting, Technology or Strategic Communications), so these cover profit-recovery and economics-style problems.

Start free now: AuroraWater Bottling Margin Recovery is a McKinsey-style profitability case: a regional bottled-water producer's EBITDA fell from $65M to $45M despite modest revenue growth, and the CEO wants a plan to restore profitability within 12 months. It has 8 questions, 4 with math, 4 exhibits, and a median of 22 minutes across 19 completed voice runs. An AI interviewer runs it out loud, shows each exhibit when you reach it and scores the debrief. Your first full case is free when you create an account.

Case (style, industry)	Quant difficulty	Qualitative difficulty	The math you run	Median time
AuroraWater Bottling Margin Recovery (McKinsey, packaged beverages). 8 (4 with math), 4 exhibits.packaged beveragesQuant difficulty mediumQualitative difficulty medium22 min· 19 voice runsTry free	medium	medium	Unit-cost savings, EBITDA bridge	22 min19 voice runs22 min, 19 voice runs	Try free
Voltigo FastCharge Turnaround (McKinsey, EV charging). 7 (3 with math), 3 exhibits.EV chargingQuant difficulty mediumQualitative difficulty medium23 min· 13 voice runsTry free	medium	medium	Loss split, hub energy margin, profit	23 min13 voice runs23 min, 13 voice runs	Try free
Nashville Legends: Live Venue Profitability (BCG, live events). 8 (4 with math), 3 exhibits.live eventsQuant difficulty mediumQualitative difficulty medium23 min· 16 voice runsTry free	medium	medium	Show revenue, profit, switching payback	23 min16 voice runs23 min, 16 voice runs	Try free
City Bike Share Concession (McKinsey, urban transport). 9 (4 with math), 3 exhibits.urban transportQuant difficulty hardQualitative difficulty medium32 min· 11 voice runsTry free	hard	medium	Revenue by zone, 15-year concession value	32 min11 voice runs32 min, 11 voice runs	Try free

All four are original practice cases written for Road to Offer. The library has no case in FTI Consulting's own style, so these are matched by case type to what FTI Consulting asks. None is FTI Consulting's own material. More are in the case library, 92 cases in all. Every debrief scores seven categories: structure (25% of the score), quantitative analysis (20%), business judgment (15%), and problem understanding, exhibit reading, communication and synthesis (10% each), with feedback on every question. Median times come from completed runs between June 25 and September 22, 2026, and count runs, not people. For worked FTI-style cases, with the math shown step by step, see FTI Consulting practice cases.

How long does the FTI Consulting hiring process take?

About three months for 2027 entry in Europe, where applications close November 19, 2026 and offers go out by the end of February 2027; US candidates report one to two months from application to offer. These are the open early-talent cycles on FTI's job board, checked November 4, 2026:

The IMPACT Leadership Program is a two-day virtual event in March 2027 for undergraduates with at least a 3.0 GPA, and attendees get priority consideration for Summer 2028 internships in all five segments. Applicants by October 23 hear back by the end of 2026, later applicants by February 19, 2027, and FTI cannot hire candidates who need visa sponsorship now or later. In the US, recent candidates on Wall Street Oasis (WSO) report processes of under a month to two months, with the superday invitation coming anywhere from right after the first round to a week later.

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What does the FTI Consulting interview look like in each segment?

Every segment pairs a motivation interview with a test of its own work: case studies in Corporate Finance, an assessment centre with a group exercise in Economic & Financial Consulting, writing and media skills in Strategic Communications. These are the steps in FTI's 2027 postings, checked November 3, 2026:

Corporate Finance

The London Business Transformation internship runs a reasoning test, pre-recorded video questions and three virtual case study interviews between mid-January and February 2027. The Amsterdam Restructuring graduate role adds a virtual motivational and competency interview from January 18 to 22, then an in-person case study and final interview from February 5 to 10. Dubai's Corporate Finance internship swaps the case day for two virtual competency interviews with senior managers.

Economic & Financial Consulting

The London internship lists online numerical and verbal reasoning tests, then an assessment centre day in January 2027 with a competency interview, a group exercise and an interview with a senior manager. In a 2023 TargetJobs feature with FTI's early talent recruiting manager, economic and financial consulting applicants were described doing a case-study interview at that assessment centre.

Strategic Communications

The London internship asks for a CV of up to three pages, a three-question video interview completed within 48 hours, a virtual interview from January 25 to 29, 2027, and an in-person assessment centre in London on February 11 or 18. The posting says writing, grammar and numeracy are tested and that the role is not management consulting, strategy or marketing: interns draft press releases, pitch stories to journalists and brief clients for media.

Forensic and Litigation Consulting and Technology

No entry-level Forensic and Litigation Consulting or Technology posting on FTI's board described its steps on November 3, 2026, so the US first round and superday below are the best guide. TargetJobs adds that Technology applicants may take a technical test. A Technology Consulting candidate on Wall Street Oasis (Los Angeles, interviewed October 2026) reports that sequence: two video questions (tell me about yourself, why FTI), a mostly behavioral first round, an eSkill online assessment with case and coding questions, then a superday of back-to-back 30-minute interviews where interviewers asked them to explain their eSkill code and case answers.

What happens in the FTI Consulting first round and superday?

In the US, the FTI Consulting first round interview is about 30 minutes with one or two interviewers, mostly behavioral, then a superday of 3 to 4 back-to-back interviews with senior directors and managing directors that mixes behavioral and technical questions. FTI does not publish this sequence; it is what candidates reported on the FTI Consulting WSO page for interviews from October 2025 to September 2026 (read November 3, 2026).

Restructuring candidates describe technicals on the three statements, the 13-week cash flow, liquidity levers and the cap table; one New York superday had a case study, one technical and one behavioral interview. All the reported US interviews ran online.

What is the FTI Consulting PRVI (pre-recorded video interview)?

It is a short recorded interview with no live interviewer: 2 questions with 1 minute each in the US IMPACT program, and 3 questions within 48 hours for London Strategic Communications. The IMPACT posting says the link arrives within 2 business days of applying, stays active for 96 hours, and is resent no more than once, so apply when you can record within four days.

FTI's postings call this step the pre-recorded video interview and do not name the software; US candidates on WSO call it the FTI Consulting HireVue and say everyone who applies gets one. FTI does not publish its video interview questions, but the reports agree on two motivation prompts: why FTI plus tell me about yourself (Corporate Finance, May 2026), why FTI plus why Restructuring (April 2026), or why FTI plus a team experience (Economic Consulting, October 2025). A UK Strategic Communications candidate in a Reddit thread from late 2025 listed a media angle instead: why FTI and why Strategic Communications, which brand has communicated well recently, and how you would describe yourself in a headline. The Dubai Corporate Finance posting adds that the video should show your understanding of the work FTI does. Rehearse four answers out loud, each under a minute:

• Why FTI, and why the segment you applied to?
• How do your interests match the practices or teams you selected on your application?
• Walk me through your background in one minute.
• Tell me about a deadline you could not move and what you did.

One minute holds a claim, one piece of evidence and the link back to the role, nothing more. The HireVue interview guide covers camera, timing and retake habits that apply to any one-way video, and how to practice HireVue shows how to rehearse against a timer.

What FTI Consulting interview questions should you expect?

Motivation questions come first: why FTI, why this segment, and what you know about its clients, followed by competency questions about deadlines, judgment and teamwork. FTI's early talent recruiting manager told TargetJobs in October 2023 that recruiters want candidates to know "what our segments are, what work we do and who our clients are."

Questions to prepare:

• Why FTI over a strategy firm like McKinsey or Bain?
• Why this segment, and which of its practices interests you most?
• Walk me through a decision you made with incomplete financial data.
• Tell me about a project with a tight, non-negotiable deadline.
• What do you know about FTI's restructuring work in a sector you follow?

A US Technology Consulting candidate on WSO reported these in October 2026 interviews: tell me about a time you used data to make a decision, why this role, and how you would explain what FTI does to someone.

What technical questions does FTI ask?

Light ones, mostly in Corporate Finance and Economic Consulting. Questions candidates reported on WSO in 2026 include: what levers a distressed company has to preserve liquidity, and whether they change in Chapter 11; how $600 of bad debt hits accounts receivable, revenue and net income; what first and second liens mean on a cap table; and how you would explain a specific economic model to someone who has never heard of it. The restructuring case interview guide covers the liquidity logic.

How do you answer the why FTI Consulting interview question?

Name the segment, one kind of situation it handles and the part of your background that fits it. FTI's postings describe the firm as the expert for organizations facing crisis and transformation, so "I want to help companies grow" misses the job: in Corporate Finance the work is more often helping a company survive a cash crisis, and in Strategic Communications it is managing what the press and stakeholders hear. The why consulting answer guide shows the structure.

What does an FTI Consulting case interview look like?

It is a finance-heavy case tied to your segment: cash and restructuring in Corporate Finance, damages and data in Economic Consulting, evidence and accounts in Forensic and Litigation Consulting. An FTI case interview can be a live case study, a group exercise or a take-home case; candidates on Glassdoor describe both interviews where they drive the structure and take-home cases, so ask which format you will get.

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What differs is the content and the financial depth:

The biggest mistake is treating FTI like a second-tier MBB interview. For Corporate Finance and Restructuring roles the financial depth is closer to restructuring advisory prep than to standard case prep.

What are FTI Corporate Finance and Restructuring cases like?

FTI Consulting restructuring cases start from a company short of cash and ask you to find the runway, stabilize it, then fix the capital structure. Corporate Finance is the segment behind FTI's restructuring, transactions and business transformation teams, and it is where the most technical cases appear.

What Corporate Finance and Restructuring does

The team advises companies in financial distress, creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, boards on transactions and executives on capital structure decisions. Business Transformation, which runs the London case interviews above, works on performance improvement inside the same segment.

Case types you will see

1. Liquidity and cash flow stabilization You are given a distressed company with negative cash flow and asked for an immediate stabilization plan. The tool is the 13-week cash flow: a rolling forecast of every cash inflow and outflow over the next 13 weeks, showing how long the company survives and which actions buy the most time.

Questions to structure your answer:

• What is the current cash balance and weekly burn rate?
• What is the minimum operating cash level below which operations fail?
• Which cash outflows are fixed and which can be deferred?
• Where can collections (receivables) be accelerated?
• Which supplier payments can be extended without disrupting supply?

2. Profitability and cost structure Similar to a standard profitability framework case, with more urgency and a balance sheet dimension. Identify which business units or product lines drain cash, then sequence cost actions by impact and speed.

3. Capital structure analysis You may get a debt schedule and be asked whether the capital structure is sustainable. That means debt-to-EBITDA leverage, interest coverage (EBITDA divided by interest expense) and free cash flow after debt service. Distress signals: leverage above 5 to 6x EBITDA, coverage below 1.5x, and debt maturities approaching with no refinancing path.

Leverage and coverage ratios are the fast, exact math these cases test, and most of it starts from an exhibit:

4. M&A and transaction advisory Less common in interviews. In distressed M&A a buyer acquires a struggling target at a discount, or a seller divests assets to raise cash. Apply the M&A case framework with a focus on asset value recovery and the liabilities the buyer assumes.

The restructuring case interview guide goes deeper on the mechanics.

How do you solve an FTI restructuring case?

Find the cash runway first, split the burn into buckets you can act on, then sequence actions by how fast they release cash. Here is a worked example in that style.

Case prompt: "Your client is a mid-market specialty retail chain with $500M in revenue. Over the past 12 months, the business has burned through $80M in cash (approximately $6.7M per month). Cash on hand is now $35M. Revenue has declined 18% year-over-year. The CEO has asked FTI to develop a 13-week cash flow stabilization plan. Where do you start, and what are your recommendations?"

Before reading the solution, try a turnaround case where you diagnose a struggling operation and sequence fixes by impact. MetroFresh is original practice, not FTI material:

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Start the turnaround case

Step 1: Establish cash runway.

Cash on hand: $35M. Monthly burn: $6.7M. Runway: $35M ÷ $6.7M ≈ 5.2 months.

With just over 5 months of cash, the company cannot survive without intervention. The plan must turn cash flow positive before month 5 or secure outside liquidity.

Step 2: Diagnose the $80M burn.

Ask the interviewer to break down the burn:

Revenue fell 18% ($90M on a $500M base) while the fixed cost base held. With 70% fixed costs, a $90M revenue decline cuts EBITDA by about $63M: a contribution margin squeeze.

Step 3: Build the stabilization plan (13-week horizon).

Target actions that release cash within 90 days, ranked by speed and certainty.

The old burn keeps running while the actions land: 13 weeks at $6.7M a month is about $20M. Cash at week 13 = $35M - $20M + $45.5M = about $60M. Burn after the actions is about $3.5M a month (capex, SG&A, technology and the closed stores come out), so the runway stretches to about 17 months.

Step 4: Synthesize.

"The company has roughly 5 months of cash at current burn, too little to execute any strategic plan. The 13-week priorities are: freeze capex and non-critical IT now ($5.5M), accelerate receivables and extend payables in weeks 2 to 4 ($27M), and close the 15 worst stores in weeks 6 to 10 ($8M plus SG&A savings). Together these improve cash by about $45M over 13 weeks, extend the runway to roughly 17 months and create room for a broader operational restructuring. The main risks are supplier relationships during the payables extension and employee morale during store closures; both need direct CEO communication."

What do FTI Economic Consulting interviews test?

Economic reasoning on disputes: damages, antitrust and regulation, read from data such as regression output. FTI's Economic Consulting segment advises on antitrust, damages, regulatory economics and transfer pricing, and FTI's competition economics firm Compass Lexecon sits inside it. It competes with Analysis Group, NERA and Charles River Associates; the economic consulting overview explains the category.

Economic Consulting cases differ from Corporate Finance cases:

• More data interpretation, less cash flow: reviewing regression output, judging statistical significance, or designing a damages study.
• Litigation framing: cases often begin "our client is a defendant in an antitrust case" or "we need to quantify damages from a patent infringement." You build or challenge an economic argument.
• Microeconomics: supply and demand, price elasticity, market definition, HHI concentration and basic regression concepts (R², coefficients, standard errors).

Sample prompt: "A pharmaceutical company is accused of anticompetitive pricing on a branded drug. Damages are claimed at $200M. How would you assess whether the $200M figure is defensible, and how would you build a counter-damages analysis?"

A strong answer:

1. Define the but-for world: what would prices have been absent the alleged conduct?
2. Test the damages method: which benchmark market was used, and does the regression control for the right variables?
3. Find the key assumptions: how sensitive is the $200M to the benchmark period and comparison market?
4. Build the counter-analysis: propose an alternative benchmark that gives a lower figure, with an economic reason for it.

What do FTI Forensic and Litigation Consulting interviews test?

Investigative logic and financial statement literacy: working backward from evidence to a conclusion. The segment handles fraud investigations, asset tracing, expert witness work and regulatory compliance.

Case types candidates describe:

• Financial statement analysis: spot red flags for earnings manipulation in a set of financials (revenue recognition, unusual accruals, off-balance-sheet items).
• Investigative logic: "A CFO is suspected of diverting funds. You have the general ledger and bank statements. Walk through your investigation."
• Damages tracing: quantify the financial harm from a specific act, with document review as part of the work.

These interviews are the least standardized of the case segments, so show structure, accounting fluency and how you would test each lead.

How should you tailor your FTI Consulting resume?

Write it for one segment: FTI's EMEA postings ask for a CV with no cover letter, so the CV alone has to show segment fit. The Strategic Communications posting also caps the CV at three pages.

• Before: Assisted on a turnaround.
• After: Built the weekly cash view, isolated the delayed collection issue, and prepared the options used in the stakeholder review.

Use a safe proxy for confidential detail, and never imply experience you did not have. The resume step in the path above grades your CV against these signals.

What mistakes do candidates make in FTI interviews?

• Over-structuring: FTI interviewers expect a dialogue. Think out loud instead of reading a framework off the page.
• Avoiding financial precision: know how to read a cash flow statement; FTI rewards both structure and accurate numbers.
• Missing the urgency signal: a 60-day deadline, a covenant breach or an upcoming debt maturity is a time constraint. Say so explicitly.

What does FTI Consulting pay?

FTI's US postings publish base salary ranges: $56,000 to $113,500 for a Consultant in Business Tax Advisory and $78,500 to $163,000 for a Senior Consultant in Corporate Finance (checked November 5, 2026). Each range is base salary only. The postings say actual pay depends on market considerations, business needs and your location, skills, experience and qualifications, which is why one band can span more than $80,000.

No US campus hire posting was open on November 5, 2026, so FTI has not published a new graduate range for the next class. Ask the recruiter for the range of the exact role and office once you reach the superday; the consulting offer negotiation guide covers what to ask next.

How should you prepare for an FTI Consulting interview?

Plan about 30 days: video answers and reasoning tests in the first week after applying, then segment cases and full mocks before the January and February rounds.

The case interview frameworks guide covers the structure under every case type, and the behavioral interview consulting guide shows how to build the stories. To spread prep over four to eight weeks, use the consulting interview prep timeline. For transaction work, add the PE due diligence framework and the M&A case framework.

Sources

• FTI Consulting: Careers job board (live early-talent postings; checked November 3, 2026)
• FTI Consulting: 2027 IMPACT Leadership Program, United States (video interview of 2 questions, 1 minute each, 2 business days, 96 hours; dates; five segments; checked November 3, 2026)
• FTI Consulting: 2027 Summer Internship, Business Transformation, London (reasoning test, video, three virtual case study interviews; checked November 3, 2026)
• FTI Consulting: 2027 Graduate Associate, Restructuring, Amsterdam (tests, video, competency interview, in-person case study; checked November 3, 2026)
• FTI Consulting: 2027 Summer Internship, Economic & Financial Consulting, London (reasoning tests, assessment centre; checked November 3, 2026)
• FTI Consulting: 2027 Summer Internship, Strategic Communications, London (three-question video, interview and assessment centre dates, skills tested; checked November 3, 2026)
• FTI Consulting: 2027 Summer Internship, Corporate Finance, Dubai (recorded video on the work FTI does, two interviews with senior managers; checked November 3, 2026)
• FTI Consulting: US postings with base salary ranges (Consultant, Business Tax Advisory, New York; Consultant, Public Affairs, Washington, DC; Senior Consultant, Office of CFO Advisory, New York; Senior Consultant, Power, Renewables and Energy Transition, Denver; checked November 5, 2026)
• FTI Consulting: Early careers (how to apply; the interview process section had no text on November 3, 2026)
• TargetJobs: Seven tips for the FTI Consulting application process from the firm's recruiters (October 17, 2023)
• Wall Street Oasis: FTI Consulting interview reports (97 submissions and difficulty 2.7 of 5 on November 3, 2026; US reports from October 2025 to September 2026 read November 3, 2026; a Technology Consulting report for an October 2026 interview read November 11, 2026)
• Reddit r/FTIConsulting: Strategic Communications graduate scheme first round (UK candidate reports on the video and virtual interview; read November 11, 2026)
• Glassdoor: FTI Consulting interview reviews (candidate reports)
• FTI Consulting: About (more than 8,100 employees in 32 countries and territories; checked November 4, 2026)
• FTI Consulting, Corporate Finance & Restructuring practice overview: fticonsulting.com/services/corporate-finance-restructuring
• FTI Consulting, Economic Consulting practice overview: fticonsulting.com/services/economic-consulting