Deloitte HireVue Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
Deloitte uses an on-demand HireVue video interview as a first-round interview for student and graduate roles. These are the questions candidates report, grouped by type, with how to answer them.
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How the Deloitte HireVue works
Deloitte HireVue questions candidates report
16 questions from Deloitte HireVue interviews. Prepare a story for each type rather than a script for each question.
Motivation and fit
Tell me about yourself.
Software engineering, Canada
Why do you want to work at Deloitte?
Software engineering, Canada
Why Deloitte, and why this service line specifically?
Internship
Walk me through your CV. What’s the one thing you’d highlight and why?
Why does this role fit your skills? Name one concrete proof.
Internship
Teamwork and leadership
Describe one achievement you’re really proud of.
Graduate, New Zealand
Tell me about a time when you led a team through a difficult situation.
Describe a situation where you had to manage a conflict within a team.
Tell me about a time you worked in a team where you were not the expert.
Internship
Tell me about a time you had to deliver something under a tight deadline.
Tell me about a time you identified a problem and took the initiative to solve it.
Ambiguity and setbacks
Tell me about a time you had to deal with ambiguity or an unclear situation.
Tell me about a time you delivered through ambiguity, with a result you can put a number on.
Internship
Tell me about a time you made a mistake. What did you do about it?
Tell me about a failure and the system you built afterwards.
Internship
Commercial awareness
What is a business trend affecting Deloitte’s clients, and what is your view on it?
Internship
How to answer Deloitte HireVue questions
Build “Why Deloitte” on the shared values
Deloitte publishes five shared values: lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. Pick the one that matches something you have actually done, and say how it would show up in the service line you applied to. A value with no story behind it sounds recited.
Name the service line and the role
Several reported questions ask why this service line and why this role, not just why Deloitte. Say what the team does for clients, what a first-year joiner there works on, and the one skill of yours that fits it, with proof.
Put a number on the result
Deloitte describes collaboration as “teaming across businesses, geographies, and skills” for measurable impact, and one reported question asks for a result you can quantify. End team and ambiguity answers with what changed: time saved, a grade, money raised, people reached.
Show care when you were not in charge
“Take care of each other” means respect, fairness, development and well-being, in Deloitte’s words. For the team questions, especially the one where you were not the expert, say how you learned from others and helped them, not only what you delivered.
Own the mistake, then show what you changed
Deloitte says it has earned trust by “acting ethically and with integrity”. For mistake and failure questions, say plainly what went wrong and your part in it, how you put it right, and the habit or check you kept using afterwards.
Take a side on one client trend
Internship candidates report a question on a trend affecting Deloitte’s clients. Prepare one trend, such as AI adoption or a new regulation, and say what it means for clients and what Deloitte could help them do about it. Give a view, not a summary.
Tips for recording your answers
- Use the practice questions. Deloitte Canada recommends them, and they are your chance to check camera, sound and framing.
- Test your technology before you start, and close anything that could make a noise.
- Choose a neutral background and a quiet room, as Deloitte suggests.
- Use the thinking time to note three words: the situation, what you did and the result.
- Aim to finish in about 90 seconds if you have two minutes, so the timer never cuts off your result.
- Look at the lens, not your own picture, with the camera at eye level.
Frequently asked questions
Does Deloitte use HireVue?
Yes. Deloitte Canada sends an on-demand HireVue video interview as the first-round interview for student and new graduate roles, and Deloitte UK uses HireVue for some professional hires. Candidates also report it in other countries.
How many questions are in the Deloitte HireVue?
Deloitte does not publish a number. Candidates report between three and six questions, depending on the role and country.
How long do you get to answer Deloitte HireVue questions?
Deloitte does not publish timings. A 2025 graduate candidate reported one minute to prepare and two minutes to answer each question.
What questions does Deloitte ask in the HireVue?
Mostly motivation and behavioural questions: tell me about yourself, why Deloitte and why this service line, teamwork, leading through difficulty, ambiguity and mistakes. Internship candidates also report a question on a business trend affecting clients.
What happens after the Deloitte HireVue?
At Deloitte Canada, selected candidates move to second-round interviews, held virtually, on campus or in an office. These can include behavioural and case interviews, and some roles add an online assessment.
Practise for the Deloitte HireVue
Our AI interview practice uses the same one-way format: five questions on screen, 60 seconds to prepare, then up to a minute to answer on camera. Choose the finance focus and the questions lean towards finance, with feedback on relevance, clarity and structure and on what finance assessors look for, such as commercial awareness and integrity. You also get a model answer to your weakest question.
The questions are ours, not Deloitte’s. Start answering before the 60 seconds are up to match a shorter thinking time, and since practice lets you re-record, do one session in a single take.
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