Practise your EY interview
Give your strengths a concrete example. Practise explaining how you protected quality, worked with colleagues and learnt from a different perspective. Use the questions below, then rehearse your answers out loud with Bossed.
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Your strengths, professional judgement and working with clients and colleagues.
5 questions to practise out loud
Understand what each question explores, then build an answer from your own experience.
- 01
Tell me about keeping the quality of your work high when priorities changed.
Tell me about keeping the quality of your work high when priorities changed.
What this explores · Practises professional judgement under pressure.
What to includeThe change, your checks and how you communicated revised expectations.
- 02
What interests you about this service line at EY?
What interests you about this service line at EY?
What this explores · Practises informed motivation.
What to includeThe work involved, what you have explored and a relevant strength.
- 03
Describe a time a colleague helped you see a problem differently.
Describe a time a colleague helped you see a problem differently.
What this explores · Practises collaboration and curiosity.
What to includeThe different perspective and how it improved the work.
- 04
What control have you helped improve?
What control have you helped improve?
What this explores · Looks for prevention as well as correction.
What to includeThe recurring risk, the new check and evidence that it was used.
- 05
Tell me about feedback on your workpapers or analysis.
Tell me about feedback on your workpapers or analysis.
What this explores · Tests review habits and development.
What to includeWhat the reviewer could not follow and how you improved the audit trail.
See how an answer can take shape
See how specific feedback sharpens an interview answer. Then put your own experience to the test.
Tell me about keeping the quality of your work high when priorities changed.
A deadline moved forward while I was checking a report. I agreed the essential sections with the reviewer, flagged what still needed confirmation and completed those checks first. We sent a clear update about the remaining section rather than leaving the recipient to assume the whole report was final.
Skill scores
What to strengthen
You communicate limits responsibly. Add the result and how you prevented a similar surprise next time.
Prepare clear examples of your strengths
EY’s US guidance describes phone, video and in-person conversations, including advice for live and prerecorded video interviews. Use your local recruiter’s instructions for the stages that apply to you.
- Know why the service line fits your interests.
- Use specific examples rather than lists of strengths.
- Practise a concise introduction and questions for the interviewer.
EY: interview tips · Checked 5 September 2026. Bossed is an independent practice tool.
How Bossed helps you prepare
Find your strongest example
Research the EY service line and prepare examples of quality, collaboration and learning. Keep your motivation specific to the role you applied for.
Say it out loud
Explain the situation, your decision and the result in one short story. Say it without reading, then practise a follow-up about why you chose that approach.
Make the next answer clearer
Rehearse in a Bossed spoken session and use the feedback to improve one thing: your opening, your explanation or the evidence behind your result.
See what to work on next
See where your answers need work across four skills and focus your next session. Build stronger examples, clearer explanations and more convincing answers.
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How to prepare your examples and get the most from your practice.
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