Applying to EY for a summer 2028 internship? Check your resume against an EY-style screen below, then read when Assurance, Tax, Consulting and EY-Parthenon open, how the two-application rule works and what happens after you submit.
Key facts
- When it opens: In fall 2026, Consulting and EY-Parthenon accepted applications through Sep 22 (summer 2027). Accounting (360 Careers and Assurance Advisory) and Tax ran their own fall 2026 window, and EY names January 2027 as their next opening.1,20
- How many: Apply to no more than two jobs within a six-month period. If EY cannot consider you for a role, a recruiter may review you for others.1,2,6
- Portal: Search roles on EY's US Early Careers board; each Apply button opens the application on EY's Yello portal.6,8
- Documents: A resume. Treat a cover letter as optional, and keep an unofficial transcript ready, because one can be asked for before an offer.3,17
- GPA: Consulting postings ideally want a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. Assurance postings ask for an accounting degree and the educational requirements for CPA licensure in your base office's state.6,7
- Work authorization: Most early-career roles need US work authorization without sponsorship, now and in the future. A small list of roles, such as EY-Parthenon Quantitative Finance and Economics, may sponsor.1,6
- Next step: An email from SHL (talentcentral@shl.com) with EY's skills assessment, due within 48 hours. Interviews follow for applications that progress.22,10,1
EY programs on the tracker
Live from the Intervyo tracker, so the dates update as EY posts them.
- 2028 Summer Analyst Program
- Dates not announced yet
- Expedition EY
- Dates not announced yet
- 2028 Full-Time Analyst Program
- Dates not announced yet
EY's deadlines page does not say which summer each window fills, so read the job title: each posting names its season, such as "Intern - Summer 2027".1,6,7
Check your resume before you apply
Check your resume
Read against the 360 Careers Intern role at EY, Assurance, the way the first screen reads it.
- A score and a verdict
- An ATS check
- Your lines rewritten
What the EY online application looks like
Work out which calendar your service line is on
EY runs its service lines on different calendars. Consulting and EY-Parthenon postings went live around Sep 8, 2026 and were accepted through Sep 22 for summer 2027. Accounting and Tax ran their own fall 2026 window, and EY names January 2027 as the next opening for Accounting (360 Careers and Assurance Advisory) and Tax. EY's own FAQ says summer internships open in the fall of the year before, but Accounting and Tax have run on a longer lead, so the fall 2026 window may already have been the one for summer 2028 Assurance and Tax seats: read the season in each posting's title. The MBA Consulting and EY-Parthenon window runs Oct 5 to Nov 29.1,2,20
Get known before you apply
Visit your career center, go to EY's campus events and career fairs, and talk to people who did an EY student program. Schools without a dedicated EY recruiter are covered by a Campus Sourcing Team that recruits virtually, and EY Next Steps runs virtual events for everyone else. A discovery day has led straight to an interview at EY Consulting in New York, and an Audit internship in Los Angeles came through on-campus recruiting.3,2,17,16
Spend your two applications well
Apply to no more than two jobs in any six months, and match your location choices to the locations in each posting. Each application is processed on its own, so response times differ. A recruiter may also review you for other roles if the first one is not a fit, so pick your two by service line, not by office alone.1,2
Fill in the form
The application runs on EY's Yello portal and is read by a member of the early careers team. EY asks you to treat it as one piece of work rather than a series of separate answers. The resume carries it; treat a cover letter as optional and have an unofficial transcript ready, because EY Consulting asked for transcripts before an offer in 2025.7,3,17
Straight after you submit
You get an email confirmation, and if your qualifications match, a recruiter contacts you. The skills assessment comes from SHL by email: three sections, one of them timed, typically 45 to 60 minutes, to finish within 48 hours. You can take it only once in its validity period.3,22,10
Early programs for first and second years
Expedition EY is a virtual program for students two or more years from graduation or at a community college, with an interest form due Feb 20 in 2026 and scholarship prizes for active participants. EY-Parthenon has run Emerging Leaders, a sophomore internship, and EY has run Launch, a rotational program across Assurance, Advisory and Tax for freshmen to juniors. EY says students who stand out in its Leadership at EY programs are invited to interview for an internship.11,12,13,14,5
What the application asks
- Role and locations Up to 2 jobs
- No more than two applications in six months. Match your location choices to the locations listed in each posting.
- Resume Required
- The core of the application, reviewed on academic background, skills and work experience.
- Cover letter Treat as optional
- Put your effort into the resume first.
- Transcript Have one ready
- EY Consulting asked for transcripts before an offer in 2025.
- Work authorization Required
- Most roles need authorization without sponsorship, now and in the future.
The two-application rule, the location matching and the sponsorship rule come from EY's own pages; the rest is our best reading of the form, which sits behind a login. Check each field when you open it.1,4,17
EY resume checklist
- One page, saved as a PDF with your name in the file name.
- Education first while you are a student: school, degree written out, graduation month and year.
- GPA as 3.42/4.00, with a major GPA if it is higher.
- For Assurance or Tax, a line on how you will reach your state's CPA credit hours.
- Experience newest first, every bullet starting with a verb.
- Each bullet says what you did and what came of it, with a number where you have one.
- Words from the posting you can honestly use, such as controls, analysis or data tools.
- Leadership roles over memberships: what you ran, led or built.
- One resume across your two applications, tuned to the service line you put first.
What to put on it
EY's recruiters review applications on academic background, skill set and work experience, so the resume is where your effort goes. For students the order is Education first, then experience, then leadership and activities, then skills. The examples below are Intervyo rewrites of common resume lines, not questions from the form.4,21
- Education: School, degree, graduation month and year, GPA, and your CPA credit plan if you are applying to Assurance or Tax.
- Experience: Jobs and internships, newest first, with what you did and what came of it.
- Leadership and activities: Roles in clubs such as Beta Alpha Psi, NABA or ALPFA where you ran something, not only memberships.
- Skills: Excel, data tools such as SQL or Power BI, and languages, last on the page.
Example questions and how to answer them
Experience bullet"Rewrite this bullet: "Helped with the books at a family business.""7,21
- 1Start with a verb for what you did yourself: reconciled, built, tested, cut.
- 2Name the work in the language of the posting: reconciliations, controls, analysis.
- 3Add scale in numbers: transactions, accounts, dollars or hours.
- 4End with the result: an error found, time saved or a decision it fed.
Tip: Assurance postings ask you to spot unusual relationships in financial statements. A bullet that shows you found something in the numbers speaks to that directly.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
Reconciled 1,200 monthly transactions across 3 bank accounts for a $2M family restaurant group; found $14K of duplicate vendor payments and set up a monthly check that the owners still use.
Education line"Rewrite this education line: "Penn State, Accounting, 3.4, 2029""7,21
- 1University and location on the first line.
- 2Degree written out, with the expected graduation month and year.
- 3GPA to two decimals with the scale; add a major GPA if it is higher.
- 4For Assurance and Tax, a line on how you will meet the CPA credit requirement.
Tip: Assurance postings ask you to meet your state's educational requirements for CPA licensure before you start full time, so show the plan.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Bachelor of Science in Accounting, expected May 2029. GPA: 3.42/4.00 (Major: 3.61) CPA track: 150 credit hours through the integrated Master of Accounting, expected May 2030
Leadership and activities"Rewrite this activity: "Member, Beta Alpha Psi.""21
- 1Lead with your role, not the club: what were you responsible for?
- 2Say what you produced: events, sessions, money raised, members recruited.
- 3Give one number for scale.
- 4Show a result your work led to.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
Professional Development Chair, Beta Alpha Psi (85 members): ran 6 firm info sessions and a resume night with 4 accounting firms; 31 members landed interviews that fall.
From resume to interview"Walk me through your resume."3,16
- 1Open with where you are now: school, major and year.
- 2Take 2 or 3 entries from your resume in order, one sentence each.
- 3Link each step to the next, so the story builds toward the service line.
- 4Close on why this service line at EY is the next step.
Tip: EY interviews are behavioral and pull from your resume. Know every bullet well enough to tell the story behind it.
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How long to hear back after the online application
EY processes each application on its own, so response times vary. You get an email confirmation, a recruiter contacts you if your qualifications match, and a decision usually comes quickly after the final interview.1,3,4
Oct 2025
FSO Audit Intern, Los Angeles
Through on-campus recruiting: two 30-minute interviews, a senior then a partner, all inside a month.16
Oct 2025
Capital Equipment intern, Atlanta
A HireVue and a skills test first, then a final round of one technical and two behavioral interviews, over 1 to 2 months.19
Feb 2025
Consulting, Core Business Group, New York
A discovery day led to an interview right away, then two pairs of back-to-back interviews; transcripts, then an offer within the month.17
Jan 2025
Summer Associate, FSO, New York
Recruiter call, HireVue, a partner screen, then a final round of four 30-minute interviews, all in about two weeks. The offer call came three days later.18
Jun 2024
Launch, Chicago
A screening call, then two 30-minute interviews with a senior associate and a director; about four weeks in all.15
EY-Parthenon says offer decisions typically come within a week of your interviews.9
Best guessMost US reports run from application to offer inside one or two months. If two weeks pass after you submit with no assessment email or recruiter contact, check your Yello status and your spam folder for the SHL email.
What happens after the online application
Online applicationYou are here
This page. Resume-based, on EY's Yello portal, with no more than two applications in six months.1,7
Skills assessment
An SHL assessment sent by email after you apply: three sections, one timed, typically 45 to 60 minutes, finished within 48 hours, one attempt.22,10
Recorded video, some roles
Some roles add a prerecorded video interview, where you record answers to questions sent in advance. It was a HireVue in New York FSO and Atlanta reports.3,18,19
First interviews
One or more phone, video or in-person conversations, mostly behavioral and about 30 minutes each: a partner screen in New York FSO, two back-to-back behavioral interviews in Consulting. Consulting and EY-Parthenon add case interviews.3,1,18,17,9
Final interview
EY's last round, often ending with a partner. In New York FSO it was four 30-minute interviews over about four hours; in Atlanta, one technical and two behavioral interviews, straight after the video and test. In Audit, the partner interview after the senior is the last one.4,18,19,16
Offer
Usually quickly after the final interview; EY-Parthenon typically within a week.4,9
Consulting and EY-Parthenon vs Assurance and Tax
The two halves of EY recruit weeks apart in the same fall, and on different leads to the summer. Plan around your service line, not the general "applications are open" line.
Fall 2026 window
Summer 2028, expected
Who it wants
Consulting Risk Technology: information systems or IT majors, GPA 3.2 or higher ideally.6
Assurance: an accounting degree and a plan to meet CPA educational requirements.7
FAQ
When do EY summer 2028 internship applications open?
It depends on the service line. For summer 2027, Consulting and EY-Parthenon accepted applications through Sep 22, 2026, so expect summer 2028 Consulting around September 2027. Accounting and Tax ran a window in fall 2026 and recruit further ahead, so that window may already have been the one for summer 2028 Assurance and Tax seats, and EY names January 2027 as their next opening. Check each posting's title for the summer it fills.1,20
How many EY jobs can I apply to?
No more than two within a six-month period. EY repeats the rule on its board and in its postings. If EY cannot consider you for one role, a recruiter may review you for others and get in touch.1,2,6
Does EY ask for a cover letter?
Treat it as optional and put your effort into the resume, which is what the review reads. Have an unofficial transcript ready: EY Consulting asked for one before making an offer in 2025.4,17
What GPA do you need for EY?
Consulting postings ideally want 3.2 or higher. Assurance postings put the weight on an accounting degree and a plan to meet your state's CPA educational requirements. Put your GPA on your resume, and your major GPA if it is higher.6,7,21
Is there a test after the EY application?
Yes, a skills assessment from SHL, sent by email from talentcentral@shl.com: three sections, one of them timed, typically 45 to 60 minutes, to finish within 48 hours of the email. You can take it only once in its validity period.22,10
Does EY sponsor visas for interns?
For most early-career roles, no: you must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship, now and in the future. EY lists a few exceptions, such as Japanese Business Services and Korean Business Network roles in Assurance and Tax and Quantitative Finance and Economics at EY-Parthenon.1,6
What can first and second years apply to at EY?
Expedition EY, a virtual program for students two or more years from graduation, with an interest form due in February. EY-Parthenon has run Emerging Leaders for sophomores, and EY has run Launch, a rotational program for freshmen to juniors. Ask your career center whether Launch runs for your year. Strong participants in Leadership at EY programs are invited to interview for an internship.11,12,13,14,20,5
Online application at other firms
Sources
Firm pages first, then dated candidate reports. Last checked Nov 4, 2026.
- 1EY: Early Careers application timelines and guidance
- 2EY: EY Careers frequently asked questions
- 3EY: Interview tips
- 4EY: Application and interview information
- 5EY: Student and entry-level programs
- 6EY (usearlycareers.ey.com): USA - Consulting - Risk Technology - Intern - Summer 2027
- 7EY (Yello): FY27 Archived_USA - Assurance - Audit - 360 Careers - Intern - Summer 2027
- 8EY (usearlycareers.ey.com): Early Careers job search, keyword "Intern" (Nov 4, 2026)
- 9EY: EY-Parthenon Strategy: Associate Program
- 10EY, via the Wayback Machine: Early Careers skills assessment, frequently asked questions (archived Sep 30, 2025)
- 11EY on WayUp: Expedition EY (Program)
- 12Cornell Career Services: Expedition EY 2026 · prep site
- 13University of Michigan, Happening @ Michigan: EY-Parthenon Emerging Leaders Sophomore Internship Info Session · prep site
- 14EY on WayUp: Launch Intern
- 15Candidate report on a public forum: Launch interview, Chicago (Jun 2024)
- 16Candidate report on a public forum: FSO Audit Intern interview, Los Angeles (Oct 2025)
- 17Candidate report on a public forum: Consulting Core Business Group interview, New York (Feb 2025)
- 18Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Associate, FSO interview, New York (Jan 2025)
- 19Candidate report on a public forum: Capital Equipment intern interview, Atlanta (Oct 2025)
- 20Extern: EY Internship 2027-2028: Programs, Deadlines & How to Apply · prep site
- 21Georgetown University Cawley Career Education Center: Resume Content & Formatting · prep site
- 22CasingLab: EY-Parthenon aptitude tests: EY Early Careers Skills Assessment (US) · prep site
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