By Andre Atallah, CEO of EP Advisory
Monitor Deloitte strategy analyst · London · September 2027 start
Closes Mon 19 Oct (may close early)Deadline was set for 19 Oct 2026Missed it? Your options
Short answer: Apply online now. The ad closes on Monday 19 October 2026, and Deloitte may close it early.This year’s ad has closed. The deadline was set for Monday 19 October 2026. The next cycle is likely to open in early October 2027. After the online form comes Deloitte’s online assessment, with behavioural, numerical and verbal questions. Then a Job Simulation adds written and video answers. The final stage is in person in London. You discuss a topic you researched with AI, then sit a skills and motivation interview.
Where are you now?
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Monitor Deloitte is Deloitte’s strategy practice. Its graduate analysts start in London in September 2027.
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Your route to an offer
Pick your stage and tick each step when done. Dates are Deloitte’s. Prep times are ours.
1. Apply: closes Monday 19 October 20261. Apply (deadline was set for Monday 19 October 2026)
One online form, about 15 minutes. Apply now. The ad closes on Monday 19 October and gives no time.This year’s ad has closed. The deadline was set for Monday 19 October. The next cycle is likely to open in early October 2027.
2. Online tests: reply within 4 weeks
Online assessment, then Job Simulation. Prep 1 to 2 weeks.
3. Final stage prep: two hours on one topic
Research one topic with AI, then prepare for the interview. Prep about 1 week.
4. Final day and offer: in person, in London
2.5 hours at Deloitte’s office. Prep 1 to 2 days.
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The role at a glance
A strategy analyst job in London, with rotations across Monitor’s teams. Where Deloitte is silent, we say so.
19 Oct
Closing date, may close earlyThis year’s deadline, now closed
Sep 2027
Start date, in London
2:1
Minimum degree, any subject
One
Application a year, across Deloitte
Hybrid
Office, home and client sites
Not published
Salary
What you do
Analyse data, develop insights and join client discussions.
How you learn
Strategy training with small-group case studies, plus a mentor.
Where these facts come from
- The role. The Monitor Deloitte ad: “We offer graduates rotations across our different teams”.
- Sectors. Monitor’s sectors include Consumer, Technology, Private Equity, Life Sciences and Financial Services (Deloitte’s Advisory page).
- Salary. Not published. Deloitte’s FAQ promises a “market-leading salary” but gives no figure.
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What Monitor Deloitte looks for
Deloitte scores 10 core skills across its early careers roles. Show each one with a real example.
Motivated & Committed
Why strategy and why Monitor, with facts.
Learning Oriented
A skill you learned fast.
Tech Curious
A tool you tried and what it changed.
Relationship Builder
Trust you built with a new group.
Effective Communicator
A complex idea you made simple.
Resilient & Adaptable
A plan that failed and how you recovered.
Focused & Efficient
A tight deadline you met.
Analytical
Data you turned into a decision.
Creative Problem Solver
A new fix for an old problem.
Cognitive Ability
Tested by the numerical and verbal modules.
What Monitor says, in its own words
- The work. “gathering and analysing data, developing clear insights, and contributing to high-quality deliverables”.
- Technology. “curiosity about its possibilities and the ability to focus on the opportunities that create genuine value is essential”.
- Every role. The ad says the 10 skills “are essential to all our roles in Early Careers”.
04/10Stage 1 · Apply
How to apply
Apply now. The ad closes on Monday 19 October 2026 and gives no time. Deloitte may close it early if demand is high.This year’s ad has closed. The deadline was set for Monday 19 October 2026. The next cycle is likely to open in early October 2027.
1
Fill the form
About 15 minutes, in one sitting
2
Keep your ID
Quote it when you contact Deloitte
3
Online assessment
Deadline comes by email
4
Job Simulation
Replies within 4 weeks
New for 2026-27
A fixed closing date. Last cycle, roles stayed open until filled.
Deloitte asks you to use AI for your topic research and to explain how you used it.
From the Monitor Deloitte ad and Deloitte’s assessment page, 14 October 2026.
More on the form and the one-application rule
- One application. The ad and Deloitte’s timelines page state “a strict one application per year policy across our Early Careers opportunities”. You cannot transfer it.
- The form. “complete your online application form in one session, as it won’t save your progress”.
- Emails. Add [email protected] to your safe senders.
- Your grades. If something affected your results, send evidence early.
- Adjustments. Ask early. Online tests can include extra time.
Your CV: do and don’t
Do
“Analysed a year of sales data for a student café and cut food waste by 15%”
Show analysis that led to a result. Give each role a number.
Don’t
“Passionate about strategy and problem solving”
A claim with no proof. Show the work instead.
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Missed it or not selected? Your options
- Other London strategy roles. Energy, Resources and Industrials Strategy (closes 19 October, 10:00 BSTdeadline was set for 19 October), Technology Strategy & Transformation (closes 23 Octoberdeadline was set for 23 October) and Risk & Controls Strategy & Transformation (closes 26 Octoberdeadline was set for 26 October). The one-application rule still applies.
- Penultimate year. The Technology Strategy & Transformation Summer Vacation Scheme runsran in London in June 2027. It closes on 23 October 2026.Its deadline was set for 23 October 2026. No Monitor scheme is listed.A Monitor summer scheme was open when we checked on 14 October 2026. Check Deloitte’s job search.Deloitte has announced a Monitor summer scheme. Check Deloitte’s job search for its dates.No Monitor summer scheme was open when we checked on 14 October 2026.
- First year. Spring into Deloitte: Advisory runsran in London on 1 April and 2 April 2027. It opens on 9 November 2026.It opened on 9 November 2026. It closes once places are filled.
- Next year. Advisory roles opened on 6 October 2025 and 5 October 2026. So expect early October 2027, though this is not confirmed.They are likely to open again in early October 2027. Check Deloitte’s timelines page for the new dates. Deloitte says “you’re welcome to reapply”.
05/10Stage 2 · Online tests
The Deloitte online tests
Two online stages, both built for Deloitte by Cappfinity. You hear back within four weeks of each.
Immersive Online AssessmentAbout 65 minutes
Welcome and Integrity · Behavioural · Numerical · Verbal
Job SimulationAbout 45 to 60 minutes
Ranking · Best response · Written · Video
Deloitte says: the feedback report after each stage “isn’t the outcome”.
About 35 min
Behavioural, untimed
About 12 min
Numerical, speed counts
About 12 min
Verbal, speed counts
“There’s no overall time limit”. But in numerical and verbal, “the time you take will impact your score” (assessment page).
Step through Deloitte’s online tests
Numerical: speed counts
Read the instructions
The test opens with instructions. In the practice version the clock counts the time you take rather than counting down, and speed counts towards your score. Employers set their own version, so yours may differ.
Rank the options
Work out the answer from a table, then drag the options into order. A Time Taken clock runs at the top.
Type the answer
Some questions have no options. Work out the figure from the chart and type it into the answer box.
Your moves
- Keep a calculator, pen and paper to hand, as Deloitte recommends.
- Check each answer before you press submit. You cannot go back.
Verbal: speed counts
Match the reply to a message
Each module tests a different verbal skill. Here you drag each reply under the message it best answers, judging only the style. Employers set their own version, so yours may differ.
Complete the text
A short passage has gaps. Choose the right word for each gap from a small drop-down list.
Correct the paragraph
A short notice contains spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. Click into the paragraph and fix them.
Rank the replies
Read how a team replied to an idea. Drag the five replies into order, from most positive to least positive.
True, false or can’t say
Read a short passage. For each statement, choose True, False or Can’t say from a drop-down, based only on the passage.
Your moves
- For true, false or can’t say, use only what the passage states.
- Read the whole paragraph before you fix errors.
Behavioural: untimed
The written screen belongs to the Job Simulation. These screens follow Cappfinity’s practice player, so Deloitte’s real screens may look a little different.
Read the welcome page
A welcome page explains the assessment and gives a few tips. Press Continue to start. Employers set their own version, so yours may differ.
Rank the responses
A short work scenario comes with four possible actions. Drag them into order, from the one you would most likely take to the least likely.
Move the slider
Some questions ask where you sit between two views. Drag the handle along the scale, and a box above it shows what you picked.
Pick the best response
A scenario comes with four responses. Pick the one you think is most appropriate, then save and go on.
Write your answer
Some questions ask for a written answer. These can be timed, and a counter shows how many characters you have left.
Your moves
- “Go with your gut instinct”, as Deloitte’s recruiters advise.
- Type every word yourself. Pasting is blocked and there is no spellcheck.
Video: Job Simulation
The Job Simulation also asks for recorded video answers. We do not draw these screens.
- First a set-up clip, which you can record again.
- Each question gives you time to prepare.
- Answer in English. Assessed answers cannot be re-recorded.
Your moves
- Try the Candidate Zone’s practice Job Simulation first.
- Tell your housemates, to avoid what Deloitte calls “a cameo appearance”.
Our own simplified drawings of Cappfinity’s practice screens, not screenshots. Numbers on them are examples. Deloitte’s version may differ.
For more on reasoning questions, see our tips for psychometric tests.
The rules: allowed and banned
Allowed
- A calculator, pen and paper
- Breaks, within a 5-hour cap
- Practice in the Candidate Zone
- Adjustments, if you ask early
Banned
- AI tools, in either online stage
- Help from anyone else
- Pasting text into written answers
- Sharing questions, including with AI
From Deloitte’s integrity page. Deloitte has “measures in place to detect AI-generated or AI-assisted responses”. It “may also report this to your educational institution”.
On the day: integrity, order and going back
- Integrity first. You record an integrity statement on camera first. The three modules then go in any order.
- No going back. “Once you have submitted your answer to a question, you cannot then go back and change it”. Cappfinity’s free demo has a Previous button. Deloitte’s real test does not.
- Time cap. “We have set a maximum time limit of 5 hours, which allows for ample breaks”.
Go further: the best outside help
Our own picks, checked on 14 October 2026. We are not linked to any of these sites and earn nothing from them.
From Deloitte
- Deloitte’s Candidate ZoneDeloitte · free account neededDeloitte’s own practice for both online stages. Start here.Free
Practise
- Cappfinity’s Preparation HubCappfinity, the test maker · no account neededExplains each question type in plain words.Free
- Cappfinity’s practice demosCappfinity · no account neededShort demos. Skip critical reasoning, which Deloitte does not use.Free
- Capp-style verbal sample testAssessmentDay · guide updated Sep 2026 · no account neededMore verbal questions in the same five types.Free
- Capp-style numerical sample testAssessmentDay · no account neededExtra numerical practice.Free
Watch
- One Capp-style numerical question, solvedAssessmentDay on YouTube · Jun 2018 · 3 minOlder, but the method still works.Free
- How to correct a paragraph, step by stepAssessmentDay on YouTube · May 2019 · 4 minThe fix-the-errors verbal type, sentence by sentence.Free
Skip answer solvers and paid insight packs. Deloitte bans AI in its tests and says paid insights “may be misleading or inaccurate”.
Next: build your speed on numbers and words with our guide to psychometric and logic tests.
06/10Stage 3 · Interviews
The topic discussion and interview
Two exercises, on one in-person day in London. Monitor managers, directors and sometimes partners assess you.
Topic discussionA 30 to 45 minute session
About 15 minutes of your findings · Then questions · No slides
Skills and motivation interviewAbout 50 minutes, up to an hour
Motivation · Past examples · Scenarios · Values
Deloitte asks you to use AI for your topic research and to explain how you used it. AI is banned in the interviews themselves.
Deloitte: “Our assessors are here to get the best out of you, they are not trying to trip you up” (assessment page).
Your mandatory preparation and the timings
- The task. Pick one of Deloitte’s topics and spend up to two hours on it. “you don’t need to prepare slides”.
- What to explain. Why you chose it, your approach, and how you used AI and “what value it added”.
- Timings. Deloitte’s pages give “around 30-40 minutes” and “around 45 minutes” for the session. The Discussion Guide caps your findings at 15 minutes. The interview is “around 50 minutes”, or “up to an hour” in the Interview Guide.
- Optional. An Analysis Template and a worked example.
How to answer: Deloitte’s own frames
The topic discussion
Deloitte’s Discussion Guide suggests this shape for your 15 minutes. It says there is “no right way”.
1
Introduce
2 min: purpose and key points
2
Implications
4 min: positive and negative
3
Opportunities and risks
4 min: both sides
4
For Deloitte
3 min: business opportunities
5
Conclude
2 min: why it matters
Follow-ups to rehearse
What research did you come across that you decided to discount?How did you use AI, and what did it add?How did you test your thinking?
Deloitte adds: “If you don’t know an answer, it’s okay to say so.”
Past examples
Deloitte’s guide says STAR “only works when talking about a previous example”.
Situation
Set the scene in one or two lines.
Task
What you had to achieve.
Action
What you did, not the team.
Result
What changed, with a number.
Motivation
Deloitte’s guide names three areas, plus your own questions.
The area
Why strategy, and why Monitor.
The firm
What you know about Deloitte.
Your career
How your goals fit its work.
Your questions
What you want to know about the role.
Deloitte says it is “not expecting you to be an expert”.
See our guides on how to pass a job interview and the toughest interview questions.
Practise: one question at a time
Motivation questions
Topics from Deloitte’s Interview Guide. Answers are ours.
The area
Why do you want to join Monitor Deloitte?
What they’re testing: that you know what Monitor does.
Show a strong answer
- Name one Monitor sector that drew you in. Link it to something you have done.
The firm
Why Deloitte, and not another firm?
What they’re testing: real research, not a slogan.
Show a strong answer
- Use one thing you read or heard from Deloitte, and say why it mattered.
Your career
What do you want to learn in your first two years?
What they’re testing: that you know the role.
Show a strong answer
- Name one thing the ad offers, such as its strategy training, and why it fits.
Your questions
“What aspects of the role and responsibilities do you want to know more about?”
From Deloitte’s Interview Guide
Show a strong answer
- Ask about the rotations, not facts the ad already gives.
Past example questions
The first card is Deloitte’s own. The others are ours.
Past example
“Tell me about a time you had to work collaboratively with others to achieve a goal”
Deloitte’s own example question
Show a strong answer
- Use STAR. Focus on your part and end with a number.
Values
How do you support the people around you?
What they’re testing: Deloitte’s value of looking out for each other.
Show a strong answer
- Name one habit, then a time it helped someone.
Analytical
Tell me about a time you turned data into a decision.
What they’re testing: analysis that leads somewhere.
Show a strong answer
- The data, the insight, the decision and the result.
Scenario and topic questions
The first two follow Deloitte’s guides. The third is ours.
Scenario
You built a new way for your team to report project progress. How would you present it to colleagues?
Based on Deloitte’s example question
Show a strong answer
- This is not STAR. Say who is in the room, what they care about and how you would take feedback.
Topic
“What research did you come across that you decided to discount?”
From Deloitte’s Discussion Guide
Show a strong answer
- Name one source and why you dropped it: too old, too small or one-sided.
AI
How did you use AI, and what value did it add?
What they’re testing: judgement with AI, not just use of it.
Show a strong answer
- What you asked it, what you checked elsewhere and one thing it got wrong.
Your story bank: a worksheet to print or copy
Two STAR stories per skill. Cognitive Ability is tested online.
| Skill | Story 1 | Story 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Motivated & Committed | ||
| Learning Oriented | ||
| Tech Curious | ||
| Relationship Builder | ||
| Effective Communicator | ||
| Resilient & Adaptable | ||
| Focused & Efficient | ||
| Analytical | ||
| Creative Problem Solver |
Go further: the best outside help
Our own picks, checked on 14 October 2026. We are not linked to any of these sites and earn nothing from them.
From Deloitte
- Deloitte’s Interview GuideDeloitte · PDF · updated Oct 2026 · no account neededThe question types, one example of each and Deloitte’s tips.Free
- Deloitte’s Topic Discussion GuideDeloitte · PDF · 2025 · no account neededHow to turn two hours of research into a short two-way discussion.Free
- Monitor’s teams and sectorsDeloitte Careers · no account neededUse Monitor’s own words in your motivation answers.Free
Watch
- Deloitte’s final stage overviewDeloitte · Oct 2025 · large video file, about 300 MBDeloitte’s own walk-through of the final stage, with captions.Free
07/10Stage 4 · Final
The final stage day and your offer
The final stage lasts 2.5 hours, at Deloitte’s London office.
Travel
A prepaid card for up to £150 arrives at least three days before. Wait for it before you book.
Arrive
Arrive 10 minutes early. Bring “paper and a pen”, plus notes to prompt you if you want.
Scoring
You are “benchmarked against criteria and skills, not other candidates on the day”.
Outcome
Deloitte sends feedback in the Candidate Zone, its “most detailed report to date”. It does not say how long a reply takes.
Offer checks and joining
- Checks. Your official degree results, plus Personal Independence checks.
- Timing. “We allow one month between your course completion date and your Deloitte start date”.
- Hotels. Not covered unless agreed in advance (travel guide). Its final stage checklist covers the rest.
Key dates: September 2027 intake
6 Oct 2025
Last cycle’s Advisory roles opened, rolling
5 Oct 2026
Advisory graduate roles opened
19 Oct 2026
Open now. Closing date, no time given
19 Oct 2026
Applications were due
Each online stage
Reply within four weeks
Each online stage
Reply within four weeks
Sep 2027
The programme starts
08/10
Visa sponsorship
Our reading: if you need a visa, you need a Student visa for this London role. Deloitte then sponsors a Skilled Worker visa, with conditions.
Deloitte’s sponsorship page says your Student visa must be “valid within 3 months of your start date”. You “must be back in the UK by the beginning of August”.
More on each visa rule
- Who cannot apply. Anyone who has “previously spent time on a Skilled Worker or Graduate visa”.
- Rule changes. Deloitte may “revoke offers of employment” if Home Office changes make sponsorship unviable.
- Graduate visa. It lasts “2 years if you apply on or before 31 December 2026” and “18 months if you apply on or after 1 January 2027” (GOV.UK).
Need sponsorship? See our guides to UK companies that sponsor visas and staying in the UK after studying. This is general information, so check GOV.UK.
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Key takeaways
Before you apply
- Apply now. The ad closes on Monday 19 October 2026, and Deloitte may close it early.This year’s ad has closed. The deadline was set for Monday 19 October 2026. The next cycle is likely to open in early October 2027.
- Deloitte allows one application a year across its early careers roles.
- The online assessment has behavioural, numerical and verbal parts. Speed counts in the last two.
- The Job Simulation adds written and video answers, with no pasting and no re-records.
- Deloitte asks you to use AI for your topic research and to explain how you used it.
- The final stage is in London: a topic discussion, then an interview.
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Frequently asked questions
When does the Monitor Deloitte graduate programme close?
Monday 19 October 2026, with no time given. Deloitte may close roles early if demand is high, so apply now.This year’s ad has closed. The deadline was set for Monday 19 October 2026. The next cycle is likely to open in early October 2027.
What degree do I need for Monitor Deloitte?
At least a 2:1 in any subject. You must have graduated by September 2027.
Can I apply to more than one Deloitte role?
No. Deloitte has a strict one application per year policy across its early careers roles. You cannot transfer it to another role.
What online tests does Deloitte use?
An Immersive Online Assessment with behavioural, numerical and verbal modules, about 65 minutes. Then a Job Simulation with ranking, written and video answers, about 45 to 60 minutes.
Can I use AI in the Monitor Deloitte process?
Not in the online tests or the interviews. Deloitte asks you to use AI for your topic research and to explain how you used it.
Is there a case interview at Monitor Deloitte?
Deloitte lists no case interview for its UK graduate final stage. You have a topic discussion and a skills and motivation interview.
Does Monitor Deloitte sponsor visas?
This London role accepts Student visa holders. Deloitte sponsors a Skilled Worker visa if your Student visa is valid within 3 months of your start date. It cannot accept anyone who has held a Skilled Worker or Graduate visa.
