Ace the Deloitte Test and Get your Desired Job: Top Tips

by Jenn

When you say ‘I want to join Deloitte’, it is very likely that a lot of people will turn their heads to look at you at the mention of one of the most established financial consultation, auditing, and advisory firms in the world.

Unfortunately, it is very likely that the reason why these people are looking at you is because they think that you’re either out of your mind or that it is way out of your league.

Due to the fact that it has a reputation to uphold and that it only wants the best of the best to join its ranks, the company requires every applicant to take the Deloitte test as part of its rigorous hiring process.

Ace the Deloitte Test and Get your Desired Job: Top Tips

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If you are unfamiliar with it, know that the hiring manager in charge of your application will not give you any slack or special consideration if you did not pass Deloitte assessment expectations, especially if the job position that you are applying for has a lot of competition.

Considering the fact that a lot of jobseekers out there are waiting for a job opening for Deloitte, sometimes for months or years on end, this is very likely the case.

So, if you really want to have a good chance of landing that dream job of yours, you will not only need to prepare to pass the Deloitte assessments to get a high enough score to stand out from the rest of the applicants but also to present yourself as someone who already looks and acts like one of their employees.

Let’s take a look at a number of tips and tricks that can improve chances of being hired.

  1. Sharpen your deductive reasoning skills!

Unlike your conventional verbal reasoning test, the one utilized in the Deloitte assessment does more than just measure your reading comprehension skills because it also tests your ability to think critically.

This is because you will be provided with a paragraph-long passage along with a conclusion.

From here, you will need to analyze if the conclusion is fundamentally true, false, or if there is not information to confirm or deny its accuracy.

Due to this portion of the Deloitte test being timed, a lot of applicants panic and select the wrong answer because they were in a hurry.

Although it may be difficult for some, the best way to tackle this test is to read the conclusion first before going over the passage. This will allow you to save time because you’re already reading through the text to find any discrepancy between it and the conclusion. 

Why is this so? Well, more often than not, the key sentence or detail needed to say if the conclusion is true, false, or has incomplete information is typically located within the first three sentences.

Of course, for those with good memorization or short-term memory skills, you are more than free to read the question chronologically if that method is easier for you.

  1. Be more familiar with charts, tables, and other types of graphical data sets

Even if you’re good with calculations, this will not be enough because the numerical test of the Deloitte assessment mainly focuses on word problems that are linked to charts, tables, and other graphical data sets.

Apart from being good with calculations, you will need to know how to gather, analyze, and interpret information presented in a graph, chart, or statistical data set.

Some of these data sets will be your standard pie, line, and bar graphs, while others will be unconventional like mosaic, population, spider charts, and many others.

To make things worse, these charts will have numerous figures and a lot of information to process, causing the test-taker to get confused and overwhelmed with how much they have to do just to answer a single question.

Ace the Deloitte Test and Get your Desired Job: Top Tips
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Since time will be of the essence for you, the best way to do this is to read up and study every type of graph or chart there is as well as how to figure out the best way to extract information from them.

For some, it would be a good investment to look up a Deloitte practice test because a number of these mock exams contain most of the charts that can appear in the actual thing.

Some of these even contain shortcuts or an in-depth explanation how to solve them as fast as possible.

  1. Read up on the core values of Deloitte

Why? Well, it’s because the answers of the Situational Strengths Test are linked to it.

This part of the Deloitte test is nothing more than a situational judgement test designed to see if you are someone that has the traits necessary to act like they are a good representative of the company itself.

That’s right, it’s not enough that you are competent or can perform the tasks that are expected of you in the position that you want to apply in, it is also vital that you do so in a way that is expected of a Deloitte employee.

This is because you will be presented with a number of passages containing a workplace scenario that a Deloitte employee encounters on a regular basis. 

From here, you will need to select which of the provided choices is the best and worst courses of action to take.

What makes this exam tricky is because it will contain more than one ‘good’ and ‘bad’ choices. In order for you to figure out which of these are the ones to choose, you need to understand the core values of Deloitte, these being:

  • Serve with integrity
  • Lead the way
  • Take care of each other
  • Foster inclusion
  • Collaborate for measurable impact

Most applicants would select the choice that they deem as ‘the best’ and ‘the worst’ and then move on to the next question. 

Ace the Deloitte Test and Get your Desired Job: Top Tips
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Unfortunately, this would only cause you to lose points because whatever course of action you think is the best because it would be the case in your previous company would only be the ‘second best’ one according to the standards of Deloitte.

This also goes the same for the job simulation as well as the final interview stage of the Deloitte assessment: it is not enough that you can give a ‘good’ answer, but one that is in line with the values of the company.

Remember, the hiring managers of Deloitte aren’t just looking for someone to fill an available position. There are a lot of applicants out there with the qualifications and the skill to do so, but there only a few of them that can emulate the work ethic and principles that makes them stand out from other firms, and you should do your best to present yourself as such.

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