How FTI Consulting Interviews in 2026: Process, Sample Questions & What They Score

Apply through the global careers site (Early Talent hire type) to a role in a specific practice. FTI advises reading the job descriptions to pick the career area that fits best. In the UK path, some segments send application questions along with the online assessment invite, and Glassdoor graduates describe them as motivational. Response time varies by practice, office and season. Two US intern reports say attending FTI's IMPACT early-access program gave them priority.

FTI's outline lists a pre-recorded video interview that assesses communication skills and motivation; it does not name the vendor, and candidate reports call it HireVue. WSO reports describe two questions, typically why FTI plus a team experience, tell me about yourself, or why restructuring. Not every office or segment uses it: the UK path described by FTI recruiters in TargetJobs has a live telephone or video first-stage interview instead, which some segments skip.

FTI describes assessments of role-relevant skills, such as numerical and written abilities. UK sources describe verbal, logical and numerical reasoning tests, with a technical test for Technology and a written assessment for Strategic Communications. In the UK path described by FTI recruiters these come before the first-stage interview, whereas FTI's global outline lists the video interview first. Use varies by office and practice. The US WSO reports mostly do not describe this stage, though a few tag a personality test or skills test without saying what it was.

In CF&R and similar practices it is usually virtual and one-on-one with a senior director or SMD. Two Economic Consulting reports describe two interviewers instead (an analyst or senior analyst with a manager, or two senior consultants). It is mostly behavioral: tell me about yourself, why FTI, why this practice, resume walk-through. Two restructuring reports mention an unexpected easy technical, such as liquidity management. Two reports mention time for the candidate's questions: about 10 minutes at the end of a 30-minute Teams slot, and, in an older forum thread about Economic Consulting, whatever remained of a 45-minute slot after 15 to 20 minutes of behavioral questions. Time to the superday varies in reports: right after, about one week, about two weeks.

Interviewers are directors, senior directors and SMDs. Content is mostly behavioral, with some technicals: three-statement mechanics, bad debt, debt financing and write-downs, cap tables and liens. Two reports (an OCFO intern and a Data and Analytics intern) add a case study handed out on the day with no advance information. Economic Consulting reports describe a shorter final round, such as one 30-minute round with two managers or directors, rather than 3 to 4 back-to-back interviews. Two prep guides say 3 to 6 interviews, and two prep guides mention possible networking with FTI staff or an informal lunch; no candidate report in these sources confirms the lunch.

Described as the final stage of the UK path, usually at a London office. It includes a second and possibly a third interview with senior segment members, plus segment-specific exercises. For economic and financial consulting: a group exercise and a case-study interview. For strategic communications: a group exercise and another written assessment. One London report describes a group case study, one interview with two junior staff, one with a director or partner, and a market-sizing question. The TargetJobs article is an FTI advertising feature from 2023. Length varies by segment.

regional variant

Glassdoor's company average across about 1,400 submissions is roughly 30 days, covering all job titles and levels, with large spread by role. Senior and lateral roles can take much longer. WSO intern reports cluster at under 1 month to 1-2 months. One guide says a few weeks to a couple of months.