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Scenario interviews help us assess your thought process, creativity, and comfort with ambiguity. At the same time, the scenarios represent real client engagements so they allow you to gain insight into the work we do.

How to use this tool:

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You will be presented with an example of a real-life business situation, along with a series of questions.

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Answer each question to the best of your ability, then check your work.

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At any time, you can access the business situation in the upper right corner.

Please note: This is not an assessment and we do not track your responses or results. You can practice as often as you like.

Scenario completion time: 15/20 min

Practice a scenario interview

Scenario completion time: 15/20 min

Use this tool to practice your skills and help you prepare for your upcoming scenario interview. While using this tool, you’ll find a combination of multiple choice and essay questions. Please keep in mind, during the scenario interview, you’ll have to talk through your answers instead of selecting a multiple choice answer or having the opportunity to type a response. So while this experience is a little different than what you’ll experience during your interview, these questions are intended to help you practice gathering your thoughts and prepare you to talk through how you solve a business problem.

What area are you interested in?

Analytics

Regulatory

Audit & Internal Controls - Internal Audit

Model Risk Management

Controllership

Forensic Analytics

Controls, Compliance & Finance

Mergers and Acquisitions

Accounting & Internal Controls - Internal Audit/IT&SA

Regulatory & Legal Support - Regulatory

Accounting & Internal Controls - Controllership

Cyber

Cyber & Strategic Risk

Hybrid Operate

Data Management Solutions

Technology

Technology Asset Management

C&SR - Extended Enterprise

Crisis & Resilience

Accounting & Internal Controls - IT&SA

C&SR - Strategy & Brand

Valuation

Capital Projects

Real Estate Valuation

How to approach a scenario interview

In addition to learning more about a career in Risk & Financial Advisory, we encourage you to consider the following approach when tackling a scenario interview:

Tip 1

Clear thinking

Make sure you understand the scenario presented by your interviewer

Tip 2

Practical judgement

Ask clarifying questions or additional questions if you feel you need more information before responding

Tip 3

Strategic framing

Develop a logical structure and identify assumptions; take notes while the scenario is being read to help you structure your thoughts and think through how you’d like to respond

Tip 4

Summary analysis

Summarize specific issues and findings; state your assumptions and the issues presented in the scenario

Tip 5

Final recommendations

Provide your final thoughts, recommendations, and answers to the question at hand

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We don’t believe that risk is simply managed—it is confronted. In Advisory, we do not take a defensive crouch. We move forward, defining the unknowns and framing the issues before our clients encounter them. Whether the challenge is cyber, transactional, regulatory, or internal controls, we help prepare clients to preempt the threat, define what’s vital, and aggressively secure it. So that they can keep pace, get back to the business at hand— and move on what matters.

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Risk & Financial Advisory

Practice a scenario interview

Scenario interviews help us assess your thought process, creativity, and comfort with ambiguity. At the same time, the scenarios represent real client engagements so they allow you to gain insight into the work we do.

How to use this tool:

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