Deloitte Job Simulation: Your Guide to Ace It!

The Deloitte Job Simulation is a versatile timed assessment that lasts 40 minutes and combines video questions, writing responses, and competency-based SJTs. Composed in the HireVue style, it is Deloitte's second stage of the hiring process after passing the Deloitte Online Immersive Assessment. It is usually given to interns and entry-level position candidates.

Keep in mind that this assessment is not a walk in the park. Similar to the HSBC Job Simulation, the most challenging aspect is not necessarily handling data or doing accountancy work per se but rather showing that you know how to organize your workflow and follow through with a task to its conclusion.

To do all this to Deloitte's contentment, you should deeply understand their core values, practise writing flawless emails to your colleagues, articulately express your professional opinion, and understand what is behind each question.

Don't worry; we are here to help.

The Job Simulation assessment is comprised of 4 sections or stages. The first is not graded; it consists of several basic prompts about your hobbies and commitment to taking the assessment ethically, to which you must record a video response. The purpose of this is to test your equipment.

The three additional sections are:

• Welcome to the Team - During this section, you will be welcomed as a new recruit and introduced to your first assignment.
• The Project's Progress - In this section, you will skip ahead to the nitty-gritty, the main part of the assignment.
• Finizlizing Your Recommendations and Final Steps - This section simulates the last steps of completing the assignment.

Each of these three sections consists of five questions. Before answering any questions, though, you will have to read, view, or listen to a list of resources.

At the start of each section, before answering the actual questions, you will have to review a list of up to seven resources relevant to that section. These are intended to fill you in on the relevant information and inform your responses.

Resources come in different formats:

• A recording of a voicemail message from a manager or colleague
• A recording of a video conference with coworkers or clients
• Emails
• A screen grab of your team's group chat
• Charts, graphs, and tables showing relevant data such as cash flow or balance sheets.
• Your team members' calendars

Once you finish going over the resources, you can proceed to answer the questions. You will still be able to see the resources, except for when answering a video question. In that case, the only resources displayed to you, if any, will be the ones relevant for your answer.

Now that you know how the test is structures, let's dive into the three question types that will appear on all test sections.

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Regardless of the section you're on, the questions all fall into one of three formats, each requireing unique preparation. 

The video questions are the closest to a real-life interview you will encounter on the Job Simulation. They differ because there is no person on the other side of the screen, and you have to record your answers to pre-written questions. This is called a pre-recorded interview. Don't worry, though; you will get practice time, and you will be able to watch your practice recording before the actual take.

Your response can be up to 2 minutes long and no shorter than 30 seconds.

The video questions will be slightly different in each of the test's sections. They will deal with three main subjects:

• "Tell us about yourself": You will be asked to introduce yourself to your colleagues as if you were on a video call with them. Only you will be talking to a camera, and you will have to imagine the people on the other side to bring the best out of you and sound charismatic and pleasant.
• "What do you think about... ": These can be your thoughts about the importance of collegiality or transparency in a workplace.
• "What's your response to...": This is a more professional question to assess your analysis capabilities. You need to respond to a document containing business information or an email from a customer.

Like other question types, the video questions will relate back to the resources you have reviewed before the questions.

A typical video question will look like this:

 Be sure to dress appropriately, maintain good posture, and radiate professionalism. These will prove no less important than the content of your response.

Deloitte Job Simulation Video Questions Main Challenge and Solution

These questions simulate writing an email to a colleague. For example, you may be asked to summarize your findings from a business report you just analyzed or to explain your problematic behavior to your boss.

You will have 1500 characters to compose your response to the prompt.

This is a great question type since it best simulates what your actual work at Deloitte will look like and allows you to demonstrate your authentic character to the assessors.

However, writing excellent reports and emails is usually not something a person is born with; it is an acquired skill polished with many hands-on experiences and practice. Since you probably don’t have a whole lifetime to prepare, here are further elaborations and tips to help you write an outstanding email.

Deloitte Job Simulation Written Responses Main Challenge and Solution 

The situational judgment questions are in a most-least ranking format. Your prompt will be in the form af a dilemma, based on the resources in that section. You will be presented with five different courses of action and need to rank those options from your most to your least preferable.

The job simulation's behavioral questions directly connect to the rest of the occurrences and test questions. For example, you may be asked about an incident initiated on the former question, which has now been turned and developed. As is customary for situational judgment, the questions will relate to your preferred reactions to a work-related dilemma or your feelings about a complex situation.

Deloitte Job Simulation SJT Ranking Main Challenge and Solution

 Do you have a questions about the preparation pack? Feel free to send us an email.

The Deloitte recruitment process is rather lengthy and considered very challenging, as expected from one of the biggest firms worldwide. It usually includes four stages:

1. Online Application
2. Immersive Online Assessment
3. Job Simulation (You're here)
4. Final Stage Assessment​