BDO Graduate Scheme 2026

Do you know if they’ll release more roles or are the roles posted all of the available ones?

Just making this as I haven't seen one made yet. Has anyone received the link to the assessment yet?

Did you apply for the graduate scheme aswell? I am still yet to receive an email at all from them.

Yes, I applied for the Graduate Programme. I got the link for the assessment four minutes after applying

Thats quite annoying it's Arctic Shores though, I never seem to do any good in those ones

KPMG is using SHL this year too

Have you done BDO UK LLP's assessment? Do you know what mini games come up

Have you done BDO UK LLP's assessment? Do you know what mini games come up

Actual joke of an assesment this year, it was the balance game, faces, lock, pattern and the shape game?

I passed the online assessment, need to do the video interview now. Icl the online assessment was super weird, idk how it relates to the role but ill take it over the timed numerical tests the other companies have used, i keep failing those ones

By “super weird” what do you mean ? Can you elaborate a bit please as it would be most helpful - thx.

Like instead of situational, verbal reasoning or numerical assessments like most companies do, I instead did the pattern recognition of shapes (not that weird but the format it was done was unusual), do a directional test based on speed (do it in less than 2 seconds) which the only reason I think i passed that was because i have taken part in actual psychology studies as a participant and I did that loads of times. Another was recognising the emotions on AI generated people faces and you had 7 seconds to respond, ngl thought id failed that because im terrible at recognising facial emotions especially with how small the chances in expression were.
The weirdest and hardest by far has to be the prediction test. About 100 questions and 3 seconds to answer each one, the first 10 or so are defo guesses because u cant actually get them correct from the get go and even if you did memorise the patterns that correspond with day and night its not 100% guaranteed that that will be the correct answer as its only right maybe 8/10 times. So its a section where u can get the answer right and its actually wrong prediction method, get the answer wrong but used correct memorisation and prediction method or you can get it right and be right but thats not always guaranteed

If you don’t mind me asking were these the “games” (or similar) you was tested on OR are you assuming it will be these. What’s been the experience of other people doing the initial online assessment for Summer’26 intake.. is it Arctic games or a typical SJT/numerical assessment?

Like instead of situational, verbal reasoning or numerical assessments like most companies do, I instead did the pattern recognition of shapes (not that weird but the format it was done was unusual), do a directional test based on speed (do it in less than 2 seconds) which the only reason I think i passed that was because i have taken part in actual psychology studies as a participant and I did that loads of times. Another was recognising the emotions on AI generated people faces and you had 7 seconds to respond, ngl thought id failed that because im terrible at recognising facial emotions especially with how small the chances in expression were.
The weirdest and hardest by far has to be the prediction test. About 100 questions and 3 seconds to answer each one, the first 10 or so are defo guesses because u cant actually get them correct from the get go and even if you did memorise the patterns that correspond with day and night its not 100% guaranteed that that will be the correct answer as its only right maybe 8/10 times. So its a section where u can get the answer right and its actually wrong prediction method, get the answer wrong but used correct memorisation and prediction method or you can get it right and be right but thats not always guaranteed

do you have any advice for the balance task at the start? flopped that bad