Graduate Programme Assessment
Practise for EY's Realistic Job Preview, behavioural skills test and Experience Day with original consulting and assurance data, teamwork scenarios and learning-agility judgement questions.
- Role family
- Consulting and professional services
- Last verified
- 25 October 2026
- Status
- 2027 applications open; listings close when filled, so check each programme
Published process vs practice
What to prepare for
Application form
EY says you choose one programme and location, and may apply only once every six months.
Realistic Job Preview
A first-stage online assessment covering teamwork and learning capability, with a practice hub in the assessment portal.
Behavioural skills test
EY says this online test measures whether you have the skills for the role.
EY Experience Day
The final-stage assessment day runs November 2026 to April 2027. Some programmes add a final interview two to three weeks later.
Professional services practice focus
Our sample trains client cost analysis, audit sampling, evidence evaluation and the teamwork and learning-agility judgements EY highlights.
Free mock test
Try a EY-style mock test
5 original questions built around this programme’s published assessment mix, with a worked explanation for every answer. 10 minutes, no sign-up.
Questions
Question 1 of 5 · 0 answered
This is independent practice, not a reproduction of EY questions. The client data and scenarios are invented to train the analysis, teamwork and learning agility described in EY's published process.
Question 1 of 5.
| Region | Operating cost | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| North | £1.2m | 400,000 |
| South | £1.5m | 600,000 |
| East | £0.9m | 250,000 |
| West | £1.1m | 400,000 |
Your preparation plan
Work through the plan, one step at a time
Graduates applying to EY UK 2027 programmes across Consulting, Assurance, Tax and Strategy and Transactions; you choose one programme and location. Each step matches a format in EY’s published process to a full AceJobTest practice test. Finish a step and the next one opens — your progress is saved to your account, so you can stop on one device and carry on from another. Pro tests unlock with the 90-Day Pass or a Pro subscription.
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Situational Judgement — Full Bank 1
PROWorkplace scenarios rated on an effectiveness scale
The Realistic Job Preview covers teamwork and learning capability. Start with workplace judgement scenarios.
Start step 1 → Situational Judgement — Full Bank 1Finish the test and this step is ticked off automatically.
Workplace Aptitude Profile — 20 Questions
PROWork-preference statements with employer-alignment feedback
Unlocks after step 1
Numerical Reasoning — Full Practice Test 1
PROTimed data interpretation: tables, charts, percentages and ratios
Unlocks after step 2
Watson Glaser — Full Practice Test 1
PROInference, assumptions, deduction, interpretation and arguments
Unlocks after step 3
These are AceJobTest practice banks matched to publicly described assessment formats. They are not EY tests. Unlock every Pro test →
Sources and independence
AceJobTest is an independent preparation service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by EY. Employer-published facts are labelled “verified”; our recommended practice areas are labelled “practice focus.” Processes can vary by programme, country and invitation.
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