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EY HireVue Interview: Questions, Format, and a Worked Answer

What the EY HireVue looks like (4 to 6 questions, 30 seconds to think, up to 2 minutes to answer), what EY is screening for, the questions candidates report, one worked answer timed to the clock, and a three-day prep plan. Practice the first question free at the top of the page.

2026-09-15 · 7 min read

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Tell me about a time you stepped up to lead when nobody asked you to.

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What the EY HireVue looks like

EY uses a HireVue video interview for many of its student and early-career programs. Candidates report 4 to 6 questions with 30 seconds to think and up to 2 minutes to answer. Scored questions cannot be re-recorded.

EY's questions lean on teaming, integrity, and the energy to lead, which are the words in its published values. This page has the reported questions, what each is testing, and a worked answer timed to the window.

Questions4 to 6
Time to think30 seconds
Time to answerup to 2 minutes
Retakesnone on the scored questions
When it comesafter the application and online assessment, before live interviews
Who gets itstudent, internship, and early-career programs across assurance, consulting, tax, and strategy

What candidates report for early-career screens. EY can change the bank by role and by year.

The clock and the format are the same HireVue product every employer uses. The timing guide covers what happens when the timer runs out, and how HireVue scoring works covers what the recording is scored on.

What EY is screening for

EY describes its people as those who demonstrate integrity, respect, teaming, and inclusiveness; who have the energy, enthusiasm, and courage to lead; and who build relationships based on doing the right thing. The reported questions test each of those.

  • Teaming. A time you made a group work better than it was working.
  • Integrity. A call you made the honest way.
  • Courage to lead. Stepping up when nobody asked you to.
  • Building relationships. Trust you earned with a client, teammate, or manager.
  • Motivation for EY. A reason specific to the service line and its work.

Build one story for each line above. Every question below is asking for one of them.

EY HireVue questions candidates report

These are the questions candidates report from recent EY screens, with the competency each one is built to test. Your set will be a mix of these and close variants.

  1. Tell me about a time you stepped up to lead when nobody asked you to. (Courage to lead)
  2. Why EY, and why this service line? (Motivation)
  3. Describe a time you built trust with someone who did not trust you at first. (Relationships)
  4. Tell me about a time you worked in a team with a difficult member. (Teaming)
  5. Describe a time you had to choose between two right answers. (Judgment, integrity)
  6. Tell me about a time you had to manage several priorities with a fixed deadline. (Prioritization)

For the shape of each answer type, see HireVue interview questions by format. For the answer structure itself, the STAR method guide has worked examples.

A worked answer, timed to the clock

Question: "Describe a time you built trust with someone who did not trust you at first."

"When I joined the campus radio station as the new finance officer, the station manager had been burned by the last person in the job, who lost track of about a thousand dollars. She checked every purchase I made for the first month. I did not push back. I set up a shared sheet where every dollar in and out was visible to her the same day, and I sent her a one-line summary every Friday whether she asked or not. By the end of the semester she stopped checking, and in the spring she asked me to present the budget to the student union myself. Trust came from making everything visible before she had to ask."

Why it scores: A realistic starting point, no defensiveness, two concrete habits, and a clear sign the trust was earned. About 55 seconds spoken.

How to prepare for the EY HireVue in three days

Specific to EY:

  • Prepare a relationship story. EY asks about trust more than most firms, and most candidates only prepare teamwork stories.
  • Say the service line in the "why" answer. Assurance and consulting are different jobs.
  • Keep the "courage to lead" story about a moment you acted, not a title you held.

For any HireVue:

  1. Day 1. Write one story per competency in the list above. Two or three sentences each: the situation, what you decided, what happened.
  2. Day 2. Say each story out loud on a two-minute timer. Most people run long the first time. Cut until each one ends on the result with time to spare.
  3. Day 3. Run the reported questions cold, in one sitting, no notes. Then set up the room: quiet, camera at eye level, light on your face, wired internet if you have it.

The full setup checklist and a five-day version of this plan are in the main HireVue guide.

Other companies that use HireVue

Company guides in this series, each with the reported questions and a worked answer:

Next step

Read the full HireVue guide with the 5-day prep plan

Frequently asked questions

How many questions are in the EY HireVue?

Candidates report 4 to 6 questions. Each one gives you about 30 seconds to think and up to 2 minutes to answer. There is usually an unscored practice question first.

Can you redo a question on the EY HireVue?

Candidates report none on the scored questions. Record each answer as if it is the only take, because it is.

When does EY send the HireVue link?

It comes after the application and online assessment, before live interviews. The invite carries a deadline, often three to seven days. Do it early in the window so a technical problem does not cost you the slot.

Does EY use games or other assessments with the HireVue?

Some EY programs pair the video interview with an online assessment before it. The invite lists every step. Treat the video interview as its own round and prepare behavioral stories for it.

What is the best way to practice for the EY HireVue?

Answer the reported questions out loud on a timer, watch or listen back, fix what you notice, and go again. The free tool at the top of this page asks the first question with the same think time and answer clock and scores your answer. No account needed for the first round.

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Last updated: 2026-09-15