Software Engineering in Tax Graduate Assessment
Practise for KPMG's behavioural skills assessment, 36-minute numerical and logical test and AI-avatar video interview with original tax-technology data, sequence and workplace judgement questions.
- Role family
- Technology / Software Engineering
- Last verified
- 25 October 2026
- Status
- Open — 2027 programmes open; no closing date published
Published process vs practice
What to prepare for
Online skills assessment
KPMG says this is an untimed behavioural assessment where you rank how you would think, feel or respond in work scenarios, and suggests allowing about 20 minutes.
Online cognitive assessment
A timed 36-minute numerical and logical reasoning assessment. KPMG points candidates to SHL's practice tests and recommends Chrome on a laptop or desktop.
Video interview
Six pre-recorded questions asked by an AI avatar, with set preparation time before each answer. KPMG says answers are scored by a person in Student Recruitment; allow about 40 minutes.
Launch Pad assessment day
An in-person half-day event with assessed and non-assessed activities. KPMG publishes dates from 17 November 2026 to 5 May 2027 and says offers follow within 2 working days.
KPMG practice focus
Our original sample trains VAT and automation-rate arithmetic, number sequences, deductive rules and choosing the most effective response under deadline pressure.
Free mock test
Try a KPMG-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
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This is independent practice, not a reproduction of KPMG or SHL questions. Each item is written for the skills KPMG publishes, using original tax-technology scenarios.
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| Standard-rated sales (20% VAT): | £84,500 |
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| Zero-rated sales (0% VAT): | £12,000 |
Your preparation plan
Work through the plan, one step at a time
Graduates applying to KPMG UK's Graduate Technology programmes, including Software Engineering in Tax. Each step matches a format in KPMG’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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Numerical Reasoning — Full Practice Test 1
PROTimed data interpretation: tables, charts, percentages and ratios
Half of KPMG's 36-minute cognitive assessment is numerical — build timed speed on tables, percentages and ratios first.
Start step 1 → Numerical Reasoning — Full Practice Test 1Finish the test and this step is ticked off automatically.
Logical Reasoning — Free Sample
FREESequences, patterns and rule detection
Unlocks after step 1
Situational Judgement — Full Bank 1
PROWorkplace scenarios rated on an effectiveness scale
Unlocks after step 2
Workplace Aptitude Profile — 20 Questions
PROWork-preference statements with employer-alignment feedback
Unlocks after step 3
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