EY HireVue Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
EY runs its recorded digital interviews on HireVue. These are the questions candidates report, grouped by type, with how to answer them.
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How the EY HireVue works
EY HireVue questions candidates report
15 questions from EY HireVue interviews. Prepare a story for each type rather than a script for each question.
Motivation and career
Why EY specifically, and why this service line over the others?
What energises you about this kind of work?
Describe how you see your career path over the next five years.
Strengths
When are you at your best? Give one example.
Describe what you think are your top three strengths and why.
What is a strength you rely on under pressure, and where does it let you down?
Tell me about your most valued professional accomplishment.
Behavioural
Tell me about a time you had competing priorities and limited resources. How did you decide what to focus on?
Describe a situation where you had to deliver high-quality work under a tight deadline.
Tell me about a time when you took the initiative as a leader.
Tell me about a time you faced uncertainty and how you handled it.
Tell me about a time you improved how a team worked, not just what it produced.
Tell me about work you did that served something beyond yourself.
Communication and trust
Tell me how you approach explaining complex things in simple terms.
Describe a time when you needed to build trust with someone you work with. How did you do that?
How to answer EY HireVue questions
Connect “Why EY” to the purpose
EY’s purpose is “Building a better working world.” Say what that means in the service line you chose (Assurance, Consulting, Strategy and Transactions or Tax), and give one thing you have done that points the same way. Then say why that service line and not the others, since the reported question asks both.
Answer strengths questions with evidence and an edge
Several reported questions are strengths-based: when you are at your best, what energises you, a strength you rely on under pressure. Name the strength, give one moment that proves it, and for the pressure question say honestly where it can let you down and what you do about it.
Show teaming, not a solo trophy
One of EY’s values is “People who demonstrate integrity, respect, teaming and inclusiveness.” In the team and leadership answers, say what you did and also how the group worked better because of it. The question about improving how a team worked, not just what it produced, asks for exactly this.
Show you did the right thing
Another EY value is “People who build relationships based on doing the right thing.” For the trust question, pick a story where you kept a promise, admitted a problem early or gave credit, and say how the relationship changed.
Lead with courage in initiative answers
EY also looks for “energy, enthusiasm and the courage to lead.” In the initiative and uncertainty questions, make clear you acted before being told to, what risk you took, and what you learned.
Tips for recording your answers
- Use the practice question to check camera, sound and framing before the real ones start.
- Treat every answer as your only take.
- Use the 30 seconds to note three words: the situation, what you did and the result.
- Aim to finish in about 90 seconds, so a two-minute limit never cuts off your result.
- Look at the lens, not your own picture, with the light in front of you.
- Set aside about 45 minutes somewhere quiet, as the interview itself is reported to take around 30.
Frequently asked questions
Does EY use HireVue?
Yes. EY runs its digital interviews, CodeVue coding tests and some cognitive assessments on HireVue, and publishes a privacy notice for the tool.
How many questions are in the EY HireVue?
EY does not publish a number. Candidates report three to five questions in an interview of about 30 minutes.
How long do you get to answer EY HireVue questions?
Candidates report 30 seconds to think and up to two minutes to answer each question.
Can you retake answers in the EY HireVue?
Candidates report no retakes on the real questions. A practice question usually comes first, so use it to settle in.
What questions does EY ask in the HireVue?
Why EY and why your service line, strengths questions such as when you are at your best, and behavioural questions on priorities, deadlines, leadership, uncertainty and building trust.
Practise for the EY 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 EY’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.
Your first session is free with a free account. After that, Interview Access is £5 once for up to 20 sessions, with no subscription.