PwC online assessment and selection process

What candidates face when they apply to PwC, stage by stage. Checked 2026-10-05; confidence medium. Processes change by office and year: your invitation email is the final word.

Stages

• SHL behavioural profile plus timed Verify Numerical Reasoning, Verify Inductive Reasoning and Verify Deductive Reasoning
• SHL on-demand video interview
• Virtual assessment centre, then senior-leader interview

Test provider: SHL

What is tested: personality, numerical, logical, video interview

Video interview: about 5 questions, 30 s to prepare, 2 min per answer, no retakes.

UK process.

The online test

Test	Provider	Measures	Length
Verify Numerical Reasoning	SHL	Numerical reasoning	18 min, 10 rounds
Verify Inductive Reasoning	SHL	Abstract reasoning	18 min, 15 rounds
Verify Deductive Reasoning	SHL	Deductive reasoning	set by the employer

How to prepare

• Do SHL’s free practice tests first, so the interface is not new on the day.
• Practise each test above under real timing. Practise these in Agisse — invite-only beta.
• Record yourself answering three motivation and strengths questions in the time limits above; watch one back.

Sources

• PwC process guide (candidate report)