Explicit AI rules draw a boundary around candidate-owned work

SIG-108 · McKinsey & Company

McKinsey encourages responsible AI use for resume polishing, interview practice and concept preparation, while prohibiting real-time AI interview answers.

Global · Interviewing · SRC-072

SIG-109 · McKinsey & Company

McKinsey Solve must be completed independently without applications, websites, AI tools or pre-prepared notes unless an approved accommodation applies.

Global · Solve · SRC-073

SIG-111 · UBS

UBS permits AI assistance with application documents where the content genuinely reflects the candidate's own skills, experience and understanding.

Global · Applications · SRC-074

SIG-112 · UBS

UBS requires assessment tasks to be completed independently and prohibits AI assistance.

Global · Assessments · SRC-074

SIG-113 · UBS

UBS prohibits AI-generated responses in recorded or virtual video interviews and prohibits AI recording, transcription or analysis of interviews.

Global · Interviews · SRC-074

SIG-118 · PwC

PwC UK prohibits unauthorised AI or third-party assistance in assessment responses and states it does not use AI to assess Early Careers candidate performance.

United Kingdom · Early Careers · SRC-076

SIG-120 · Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance London assessment days are normally in person and list case or commercial interviews, written work and group exercises for Training Contract and SPARK routes.

United Kingdom · London Training Contract and SPARK · SRC-078

SIG-172 · Deloitte

Deloitte UK permits responsible AI use in preparation, including researching a final-stage assessment topic and practising interviews, while requiring interview responses to be based on the candidate's own experiences and to remain authentic.

United Kingdom · Early Careers selection process · SRC-111

SIG-173 · Deloitte

Deloitte UK states that AI must not be used when completing its online assessments, including the Immersive Online Assessment, OneStop and Job Simulation, which must be completed independently and without AI assistance.

United Kingdom · Early Careers online assessments · SRC-111

SIG-174 · Deloitte

Deloitte UK states that AI must not be used during interviews, whether in person or virtual, and that interviews must be completed without AI assistance.

United Kingdom · Early Careers interviews · SRC-111

SIG-177 · HSBC

HSBC states that candidates may use generative AI to research HSBC and roles, help structure a CV or application where the content accurately reflects their own experience and skills, prepare for interviews, and organise or draft ideas where the final submission remains genuinely their own.

Global · Recruitment process · SRC-113

SIG-178 · HSBC

HSBC states that candidates must not use generative AI to generate responses during live or recorded interviews and must not submit work they cannot personally explain, validate or replicate if asked during recruitment.

Global · Recruitment interviews · SRC-113

SIG-180 · BCG

BCG explicitly permits thoughtful candidate use of generative AI for application support, including brainstorming, structuring a resume or responses, finding sources and practising interview questions, while requiring the candidate's authentic voice, experience and judgement to remain their own.

Global · Recruitment process · SRC-115

SIG-181 · BCG

BCG states that applications are reviewed by experienced recruiters, AI is not used to make hiring decisions, and hiring decisions remain with people; BCG also describes limited employer-side AI support including job recommendations and drafting interview questions.

Global · Recruitment process · SRC-116

SIG-182 · A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman states that candidates may use AI responsibly to complement rather than substitute their skills, including refining CVs, applications and written responses, while requiring honest representation of skills and experience.

United Kingdom · Early careers recruitment · SRC-117

SIG-183 · A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman's London early-careers FAQ states that it does not use AI at any point during its recruitment process and that all assessments and decisions are made by its team.

London · Early careers recruitment · SRC-118

WGI-AI-REVIEW-CC-20260919 · Clifford Chance

The official How we hire page expressly prohibits AI use in the Watson Glaser test. This supports a named-stage restriction, not an inference about every assessment.

United Kingdom · London early careers: Watson Glaser · Official source

WGI-AI-REVIEW-AOS-20260919 · A&O Shearman

The candidate charter asks that applications and assessments reflect the candidate's own thinking, experience and abilities. This is a candidate-owned-performance requirement, not a blanket AI ban.

Global candidate charter; applied here to UK comparison · Applications and assessments · Official source