EY UK Business Consulting: recorded-response practice
A team story is easier to follow when it separates the problem, your contribution and what changed. Try one exercise here, then check whether the catalogue pack fits the recorded task on your invitation.
Check your invitation first
Use this guide if you are applying to EY UK Business Consulting and your invitation asks you to record spoken responses. The catalogue’s video-interview label describes this pack; it does not establish a separate video-interview stage for every current EY programme.
- Confirm the employer, recruitment market, programme and role.
- Check whether the task is a recorded answer, live interview, test or assessment-centre exercise.
- Use the preparation time, response time, device and retry instructions in your invitation.
What the employer’s guidance says
EY’s UK student FAQ says online assessments may include a recorded video response, with time limits provided in the invitation and assessment instructions. Its application guidance describes online tasks and a later Experience Day. Follow your programme’s instructions; a recorded-response practice pack is not preparation for every task in that journey.
Source: EY UK — Student FAQs; EY UK — How to apply. Checked 12 October 2026. Your invitation takes priority if its instructions differ.
Try one teaching exercise
This exercise and the fictional answer below were written for this guide. They are separate from the catalogue pack and are not employer assessment content.
Optional 40-second walkthrough
Silent walkthrough of the fictional university group-project example below. Original FBO teaching material, not an employer question. Full written exercise and illustration below.
Read the full written exercise and illustration below →
Catalogue note: Our question banks are compiled from questions reported by candidates who took the actual recruitment assessments and interviews. The walkthrough and written exercise are separate original FBO teaching material.
The practice question
Describe a time you helped a team improve how it worked. What changed because of your contribution?
Make a first attempt before reading the example. If your invitation gives a response limit, practise with that limit; otherwise choose a short limit for this exercise without assuming it is the employer’s format.
A framework you can check
- Before: identify what was making the team’s work difficult and why it mattered.
- My action: explain what you personally did, why you chose that step and how you worked with others.
- After: describe what changed and what evidence supports your description. Explain what did not improve or what you would try next; a mixed result can still support a useful reflection.
Illustrative answer — fictional student example
In a fictional university group project, we were losing time because people were editing different versions of our slides. I asked the group where the confusion was happening and suggested keeping one shared file with a named owner for each section. I made a short task list, checked that everyone agreed their responsibilities and proposed a brief check-in before the deadline. Afterwards, the team could see which sections were ready and combine the presentation without searching through separate files. One section still arrived late, so the change did not solve every timing problem. I learned that a shared file helps only when responsibilities and interim deadlines are clear too.
The example separates the original problem, the speaker’s contribution and the outcome. It also names a limit instead of inventing a perfect result. Use your own experience and evidence; do not present this fictional project as yours or assume it describes EY’s marking criteria.
Review your attempt
- Did I explain what was making the team’s work difficult?
- Did I explain my contribution and learning, rather than only what the team did?
- Did I describe what changed and what evidence supports that?
- Did I state any limits honestly, and fit the invitation’s response limit?
This is a self-check for practice, not the employer’s scoring rubric. Complete employer assessments independently and follow its resource rules; see EY’s student guidance.
Choose the version that helps you practise
Business Consulting · United Kingdom · 7 practice questions. The two editions contain the same questions; similar topics or prompts may overlap.
Questions — free
Read all 7 question entries in this pack without model answers. In the catalogue, choose Read free. No sign-up or email is required.
With answers — £6
The same 7 question entries, with 7 model-answer entries. Choose this paid edition if you want examples to compare with your own attempt. Answer coverage is a content count, not a promise of correctness or selection success.
Read in the browser after purchase; this is not a downloadable file. The model answers are preparation examples, not scripts to reproduce in an employer assessment.
Check the limits before choosing
- The catalogue’s seven practice questions are not a claim about the number or wording of your EY assessment questions.
- This pack does not cover the whole Experience Day, group exercises, case tasks or every EY service line.
- If your invitation describes a different task, use its preparation guidance and choose practice for that task first.
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