Deloitte 2028 online assessment guide

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Applied to Deloitte for an audit, tax or Corporate Finance internship? Some Deloitte routes add an online assessment between your application and the first interview. Try its four tests below on Cappfinity's screens, then read which routes set it, how to prepare and what comes next.

The hub of Deloitte's online assessment as Intervyo draws it: five dark cards across a glowing ring on a black page, Welcome and Integrity and the Behavioral Module ticked, and Start on the Numerical, Verbal and Diagrammatic Reasoning Tests.
For summer 2028, Deloitte's audit and tax intern postings ran apply, online assessment, then behavioral interviews.

Key facts

  • Who gets it: For the fall 2026 audit and tax postings, which included summer 2028, the process ran apply, assessment, then behavioral interviews. A Corporate Finance intern applicant in Dallas took one in November 2025.2,3
  • Where it sits: Deloitte's published steps go from application review to live interviews. Where a route adds a test, it comes after you apply and before the initial interview.1,2,3
  • Summer 2028 window: For summer 2028, the first tax posting went up on Aug 6, 2026, and the main audit and tax postings stated Oct 25, 2026 as their last day.2
  • Next step: In Dallas, word came a week or two after the test, then a call with an associate. Deloitte schedules an initial interview usually within one to two weeks of selecting you.3,1
  • Whole process: Deloitte's process from application to decision averages about 3 to 4 weeks, with two to three interview rounds after any test.2,1
  • Your invite: The invite email is the only place that gives your test's format and deadline, so open it the day it arrives and check your spam folder after you apply.10,3

Deloitte's online assessment is built and delivered by Cappfinity, in two parts: a behavioral part, then numerical and verbal reasoning, with no overall time limit.11,13

Try the tests

Deloitte online assessment0 of 4 demo parts done

Deloitte's online assessment on Cappfinity's engine in Deloitte's look, as the app builds it. Four tests, a short run of each, every one in its own window with a report at the end.

Behavioral Module

Situations at Deloitte: read the email, then drag five responses into order. Then sliders on how you prefer to work.

7 questions · untimed

Numerical Reasoning Test

A table of supporting data and one answer of five. No clock, but the time you take on each question is recorded.

3 questions · time recorded

Verbal Reasoning Test

A short passage, then tick the two statements that are true based only on what it says.

2 passages · time recorded

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Diagrammatic Reasoning Test

Five frames and a question mark. Work out the rules and choose the frame that comes next.

4 questions · time recorded

What the Deloitte online assessment looks like

  1. Which routes have one

    Deloitte's published process goes from resume review straight to live interviews, but some routes add a test. For summer 2028, the audit and tax postings ran apply, assessment, then behavioral interviews. Corporate Finance intern applicants in Dallas took an online assessment in November 2025, and a New York tax intern in 2021 recalled taking one too.1,2,3,4

  2. The invite

    After you apply, a recruiter reviews your resume and qualifications. If your route has a test, the link comes by email. Read it the day it arrives: it gives the format and the deadline, and audit and tax postings close on stated dates.1,2

  3. What the test holds

    Deloitte's online assessment comes straight after the application and has two parts. The behavioral part sets realistic workplace scenarios where you rank actions from the one you would most likely take to the least, then asks about your working style. The cognitive part sets numerical and verbal reasoning. There is no overall time limit, but some questions are timed and your speed counts toward the score. The test is built and delivered by Cappfinity. In the 2025-26 sitting, numerical was 14 questions on tables and graphs (allow at least 15 minutes, with a calculator), verbal was 4 questions on short passages (allow at least 10 minutes) and the scenarios had no clock. Some sittings have also set logical sequences: which shape comes next. That fits the verbal, logical and numerical sections a candidate guide to Deloitte describes, and the work-style questions PwC and EY publish for their US tests. To prepare, warm up on timed numerical and verbal items, and rank scenarios on gut instinct, as Deloitte's recruiters advise.11,12,13,4,7,8

  4. A recorded video instead?

    Some routes have shown a different step before the live rounds: a recorded one-way video interview with about four to six behavioral prompts. So the step before your first interview may be a test, a video or both. Your invite says which.2,10

  5. After the test

    In Dallas, word came a week or two after the test, then a phone call with an associate on the team. Deloitte's initial interview usually follows within one to two weeks of selection, and Audit & Assurance runs live, virtual behavioral interviews.3,1,9

What each route has shown

Audit and tax (summer 2028) Fall 2026 postings
Apply online, complete the assessment, then behavioral interviews.
Corporate Finance, Dallas Nov 2025
An online assessment, word a week or two later, then a call with an associate.
Tax consulting, New York 2021
Two 30-minute interviews and a final, with perhaps one assessment along the way.
Audit & Assurance interviews Live and virtual
Behavioral for everyone, and a scenario interview for some roles.
The test itself No overall limit
Ranked workplace scenarios and working-style questions, then numerical (14 questions) and verbal (4 passages) reasoning in the 2025-26 sitting; speed counts on some questions.

Deloitte's own pages describe the interviews; the test appears in the posting process line and in applicants' accounts. The last row gives what the test holds. Read your invite for your route's deadline.2,3,4,9,11,12

Before you start the assessment

  • Read the invite twice: it sets the format, the time limit if any, and the deadline.
  • Warm up on 10 percentage-change questions and 10 passages where you pick the statements that follow.
  • A calculator and scratch paper on the desk, unless the instructions say otherwise.
  • A quiet hour in one sitting with your phone silenced. There is no overall time limit, but speed counts on some questions.
  • Use a laptop, not a phone, and close other tabs.
  • Finish well before any posting end date, which audit and tax postings state.

The sections, one by one

The question types below are the ones Deloitte sets in its online assessment. They match the verbal, logical and numerical sections a candidate guide to Deloitte describes, and the work-style questions Deloitte's US peers publish.11,12,13,4,7,8

  • Workplace scenarios: A realistic work situation and a set of actions to rank from most to least likely.
  • Working style: Questions on how you prefer to work.
  • Numerical reasoning: Tables and graphs, with a calculator; 14 questions in the 2025-26 sitting.
  • Verbal reasoning: A short passage, then which statements follow from it; 4 questions in 2025-26.
  • Logical reasoning (some sittings): A sequence of shapes, and which option comes next.

Here is each test as Intervyo builds it. Deloitte's online assessment is built and delivered by Cappfinity: a behavioral part first, then numerical and verbal reasoning, with no overall time limit. The reasoning tests record the time you take on each question, and speed counts toward your score.11,12,13

1.Behavioral ModuleUntimed

Deloitte's Behavioral Module as Intervyo draws it: a black bar with Progress, Tutorial and Help, a card to read the email from a manager, the situation on the left and five responses to drag into order on the right.

Realistic situations at work, each with actions to rank from the one you would most likely take to the one you would least likely take. Then questions on how you prefer to work, where you place yourself on a scale between two statements. There is no time limit, and the situations come from a large bank; the app's full sitting sets 9 situations and 8 sliders.11,12,13

What it measures: How you would act at work, read against Deloitte's values, and how you like to work.

How to answer it well

  1. 1Rank on gut instinct, as Deloitte's recruiters advise: answer as you would really act.
  2. 2Settle the bottom of the order as carefully as the top. In the app every position is marked.
  3. 3Use the ends of the scale where you mean it. A row of middle answers says little about you.

2.Numerical Reasoning TestTime recorded, not limited

Deloitte's Numerical Reasoning Test as Intervyo draws it: question 6 on a white card over a black page, a table of hours by grade as supporting data, five answers with one chosen, and 00:41 counting up in the header.

14 questions on tables and graphs of business data, one at a time; allow at least 15 minutes. No clock counts down, but the time you take on each question is recorded, and accuracy and speed both count toward your score. In the app each question has five answers, the wrong ones built from common slips.12,11

What it measures: Working with figures quickly and accurately: percentage change, shares of a total, weighted averages and ratios.

How to answer it well

  1. 1Have a calculator, a pen and paper ready before you start.
  2. 2Name the rows, the column and the period the question asks about before you calculate.
  3. 3Percentage change is over the earlier figure. Check the unit the answer is in.

3.Verbal Reasoning TestTime recorded, not limited

Deloitte's Verbal Reasoning Test as Intervyo draws it: a passage in italics on the left, five statements on the right with one ticked, and the time spent counting up in a black header.

4 passages of business information, one for each question, then the response options to choose from; allow at least 10 minutes. As with the numerical test, it is time recorded, not time limited. In the app you tick the two true statements of five.12

What it measures: Reading closely and drawing conclusions only from what the text says.

How to answer it well

  1. 1Use only the passage, not what you know about the topic.
  2. 2Find the sentence that settles each statement before you tick it. If none does, leave it.
  3. 3Write down chains of comparisons, such as "higher than ..., which in turn exceeded ...", before you judge them.

4.Diagrammatic Reasoning TestSome sittings

Deloitte's Diagrammatic Reasoning Test as Intervyo draws it: five frames of shapes and a hatched question mark, options A to E on a grey band with one ringed, and a row of Option buttons.

A sequence of frames that changes by one or more rules, and a set of options for the frame that comes next. Some sittings set these logical sequences; the app's full sitting has 10 questions.13

What it measures: Spotting rules in shapes: counts, positions, rotations and colors.

How to answer it well

  1. 1Check one property at a time: count, color, position, then rotation.
  2. 2Cross options off one rule at a time until one is left.
  3. 3Count carefully on busy frames: most misses are a miscount.

Practice items and how to approach them

Numerical (practice)"Intervyo practice item, numerical: a client's revenue table shows $2.40 million for last year and $2.76 million for this year. By what percentage did revenue grow?"12,4
  1. 1Our own practice item in the numerical format of Deloitte's test (figures in a table); it is not a Deloitte question.
  2. 2Find the change first: $2.76M minus $2.40M is $0.36M.
  3. 3Divide by the starting value, not the ending one: 0.36 / 2.40.
  4. 4Check the answer is sensible: a bit over a tenth of $2.4M is $0.24M, so 15% fits.

Tip: Dividing by the wrong base is the most common slip in percentage-change questions. Say "change over start" to yourself every time. Your time on each question is recorded, so work steadily rather than rushing.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

15%. The change is $0.36 million, and 0.36 / 2.40 = 0.15.

Verbal (practice)"Intervyo practice item, verbal: "Interns on the audit team test a sample of transactions each week. Any exception found is reported to the senior before the end of the week." Which of these follow from the passage? A: every transaction is reported to the senior. B: an exception found in a week's sample is reported that week. C: interns choose which transactions go in the sample."12,4
  1. 1Our own practice item in the verbal format of Deloitte's test (a passage, then the statements that follow from it); it is not a Deloitte question.
  2. 2Use only the passage, not what you know about audits.
  3. 3Find the words that decide each one: "a sample", "any exception" and "before the end of the week".
  4. 4Pick a statement only if the passage makes it true. If the passage is silent, leave it.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

B only. A is contradicted: only exceptions found in a sample are reported. C is never stated: the passage does not say who picks the sample.

Workplace scenario (practice)"Intervyo practice item, workplace scenario: in your second week, a senior asks you to update a client schedule by 3 pm. At 1 pm you notice last month's figures in it do not match the ledger. Rank these from most to least likely: (a) tell the senior now, show the mismatch and ask how to proceed; (b) correct the figures yourself and mention it later; (c) send the schedule on time and flag the mismatch in your email; (d) ask the intern next to you what they would do."11,12
  1. 1Our own practice item in the format of Deloitte's behavioral part (rank actions from most to least likely); it is not a Deloitte question.
  2. 2Name what the situation turns on: a deadline, and a problem you are too new to settle alone.
  3. 3Rank by what you would really do, not by what sounds impressive.
  4. 4Actions that tell the right person early usually sit above ones that hide the problem or delay it.

Tip: Deloitte's recruiters advise going with your gut instinct when you rank responses, rather than second-guessing what they want.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

One reasonable ranking: a, c, d, b. Raising it now gives the senior time to decide before 3 pm; flagging it in the email is late but open; asking a peer delays without settling it; changing client figures alone is the riskiest.

Working style (practice)"Intervyo practice item, work style: which statement describes you best? "I make a plan before I start a task." "I stay calm when priorities change." "I ask for feedback before I hand work in.""11,7,8,5
  1. 1Our own practice item. Deloitte asks about your working style alongside its scenarios, and PwC and EY publish this format for their US tests; it is not a Deloitte question.
  2. 2Each is a strength, so choose the one that fits you most often at school, work or a club.
  3. 3Keep the same honest picture of yourself through every set.
  4. 4Be ready to back your choice with a story: Deloitte's interviews that follow are behavioral.

Tip: Deloitte's behavioral interviews ask how you juggle responsibilities and handle change, so the self you describe here should match the stories you tell there.

More Deloitte online assessment questions

Behavioral questions in the interview that follows

  • “Give me an example of a time when you were juggling a lot of responsibilities. How did you handle it?”5

  • “Describe a time when you saw a problem and took the initiative to correct it.”5

  • “Tell me about a conflict you had with a team member. How did you handle it?”5

  • “Think of a time when you had to complete a rush project but didn't have all the information you needed.”5

  • “Can you provide an example of a time when you had to adapt to a significant change?”5

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How long to hear back after the online assessment

A route with a test adds a short wait before the first interview. After that, Deloitte schedules the initial interview usually within one to two weeks of selecting you.3,1

  1. Oct 25, 2026 (summer 2028)

    Audit and tax postings

    The Financial Statement Audit postings, extended from Oct 11, and the second summer 2028 tax posting stated Oct 25 as their last day.2

  2. Aug 2025 (summer 2027)

    Audit and tax

    Some applicants had rejections within three days of the postings opening.2

  3. Nov 2025

    Corporate Finance intern, Dallas

    Online assessment, word a week or two later with no recruiter call, then a phone call with an associate; one to two months in all.3

  4. Feb 2021

    Tax consulting intern, New York

    Two back-to-back 30-minute interviews and a 45 to 60 minute final, with perhaps one assessment; under a month.4

You are told your status as quickly as possible, and an offer usually comes in writing within one week of your final interview.1

Best guessIf a week passes after you submit the assessment with no word, check your status on Deloitte's careers site and reply to any recruiter you have met. For audit and tax, the campus recruiter for your school is the person to ask. Deloitte may send a strengths report first that is not the result, so a report on its own is not an outcome.

What happens after the online assessment

  1. Online application

    Done. Your resume and qualifications are reviewed against the posting.1

  2. Online assessment, some rolesYou are here

    This page. Audit and tax postings ran apply, assessment, then behavioral interviews, and Corporate Finance intern applicants in Dallas took one in November 2025.2,3

  3. Initial interview

    Scheduled by a recruiter, usually within one to two weeks of selection. Expect two to three rounds in all: live, virtual behavioral interviews for Audit & Assurance, a scenario interview for some roles, and a case for Consultative Offerings.1,9,6,2

  4. Final interview

    The last round, with more senior interviewers. A New York tax final ran 45 to 60 minutes after two shorter interviews (2021).1,4

  5. Offer

    Usually in writing within one week of your final interview.1

Online assessment vs initial interview

The test, where your route has one, screens before any conversation. The interview is where Deloitte hears your stories.

Who

Online assessment

Some routes: audit and tax postings, and Corporate Finance in Dallas.2,3

Initial interview

Everyone selected after the resume review.1

Format

Online assessment

Online, by email link; your invite sets the details.3,2

Initial interview

Phone, video or in person; live and virtual for Audit & Assurance.1,9

Content

Online assessment

Workplace scenarios to rank, working-style questions, numerical and verbal reasoning.11,12,4

Initial interview

Behavioral, technical or case-based, depending on the role.1,6

How to prepare

Online assessment

Warm up on timed numerical and verbal items; rank scenarios on gut instinct, as Deloitte advises.11,12,4

Initial interview

Stories in the STAR format, and mock interviews.5

2028 summer analyst status

For summer 2028, audit and tax recruited in fall 2026, closing Oct 25, 2026, so expect summer 2029 audit and tax postings, and their assessments, from around August 2027. Summer Scholar roles for summer 2028 should follow around August to September 2027.2

FAQ

Does Deloitte have an online assessment?

On some routes. Deloitte's published process goes from resume review straight to live interviews, but the summer 2028 audit and tax postings ran apply, assessment, then behavioral interviews, and Corporate Finance intern applicants in Dallas took one in November 2025.1,2,3

What is on the Deloitte online assessment?

Deloitte sets two parts, a behavioral part where you rank actions in workplace scenarios and answer working-style questions, and a cognitive part of numerical and verbal reasoning. That matches the verbal, logical and numerical sections a candidate guide to Deloitte describes.11,12,4

How long is the Deloitte online assessment?

Deloitte sets no overall time limit but times some questions, and speed counts on those. In the 2025-26 sitting the numerical section needed at least 15 minutes and the verbal at least 10, with the scenarios untimed, so set aside about an hour in one sitting.11,12,13

How should I prepare?

Warm up on percentage-change, table and passage questions until they feel routine. Rank workplace scenarios on gut instinct, as Deloitte's recruiters advise, and answer working-style questions honestly. Then prepare your interview stories: Deloitte's recruiters use behavioral questions and recommend the STAR method.4,11,12,5

When do you hear back after the Deloitte assessment?

In Dallas, word came a week or two after the test. Deloitte then schedules an initial interview usually within one to two weeks of selecting you.3,1

Do Consultative Offerings applicants take a test?

Plan for case and behavioral interviews, which Deloitte describes for those roles, and watch your email after you apply in case your route adds a test.6,1

Online assessment at other firms

Sources

Firm pages first, then dated candidate reports. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.

  1. 1Deloitte US: Recruiting tips
  2. 2Extern: Deloitte Internship 2027-2028: Programs, Deadlines & How to Apply · prep site
  3. 3Candidate report on a public forum: Corporate Finance Intern interview, Dallas (Nov 2025)
  4. 4Candidate reports on a public forum: Deloitte interview questions (Nov 2026 listing)
  5. 5Deloitte US: Behavioral interview tips
  6. 6Deloitte US: Case and scenario interview tips
  7. 7PwC: Entry Level Assessment FAQs
  8. 8EY, via the Wayback Machine: Early Careers skills assessment, frequently asked questions (archived Sep 30, 2025)
  9. 9Deloitte US: Audit & Assurance campus and early careers
  10. 10Game Assessment Prep: Deloitte Assessment (2026): No Games, HireVue & Timeline · prep site
  11. 11Deloitte UK: Deloitte UK: Early Careers Assessment
  12. 12AssessmentPass: Deloitte (UK) 2026 All Role Applied Online Assessment Walkthrough (Sep 2025) · prep site
  13. 13AptitudePrep: Deloitte UK: immersive online assessment overview with examples (Apr 2026) · prep site

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