{
  "id": "WGI-FIND-001",
  "title": "Explicit AI rules draw a boundary around candidate-owned work",
  "denominator": 8,
  "numerator": 8,
  "institutions": [
    "McKinsey & Company",
    "UBS",
    "PwC UK",
    "Clifford Chance UK",
    "Deloitte UK",
    "HSBC",
    "BCG",
    "A&O Shearman UK"
  ],
  "finding": "All eight institutions in the reviewed AI-policy subset publish an explicit boundary or control around candidate or employer AI use in recruitment. Seven of the eight explicitly protect at least one assessment or interview context through an AI restriction or candidate-owned-performance requirement; BCG is not included in that stage-specific numerator because the reviewed guidance does not establish a blanket live-assessment prohibition.",
  "scope": "Defined official-source AI-policy subset reviewed through 13 September 2026",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-108",
      "institution": "McKinsey & Company",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Interviewing",
      "observation": "McKinsey encourages responsible AI use for resume polishing, interview practice and concept preparation, while prohibiting real-time AI interview answers.",
      "observed": "2026-09-12",
      "source_id": "SRC-072",
      "source_url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/interviewing",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-109",
      "institution": "McKinsey & Company",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Solve",
      "observation": "McKinsey Solve must be completed independently without applications, websites, AI tools or pre-prepared notes unless an approved accommodation applies.",
      "observed": "2026-09-12",
      "source_id": "SRC-073",
      "source_url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/mckinsey-digital-assessment",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-111",
      "institution": "UBS",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Applications",
      "observation": "UBS permits AI assistance with application documents where the content genuinely reflects the candidate's own skills, experience and understanding.",
      "observed": "2026-09-12",
      "source_id": "SRC-074",
      "source_url": "https://www.ubs.com/global/en/careers/search-jobs/faq/ai-usage.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-112",
      "institution": "UBS",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Assessments",
      "observation": "UBS requires assessment tasks to be completed independently and prohibits AI assistance.",
      "observed": "2026-09-12",
      "source_id": "SRC-074",
      "source_url": "https://www.ubs.com/global/en/careers/search-jobs/faq/ai-usage.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-113",
      "institution": "UBS",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Interviews",
      "observation": "UBS prohibits AI-generated responses in recorded or virtual video interviews and prohibits AI recording, transcription or analysis of interviews.",
      "observed": "2026-09-12",
      "source_id": "SRC-074",
      "source_url": "https://www.ubs.com/global/en/careers/search-jobs/faq/ai-usage.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-118",
      "institution": "PwC",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "Early Careers",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-12",
      "source_id": "SRC-076",
      "source_url": "https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/early-careers/applying/assessment-selection-process.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-120",
      "institution": "Clifford Chance",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "London Training Contract and SPARK",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-12",
      "source_id": "SRC-078",
      "source_url": "https://jobs.cliffordchance.com/how-we-hire-london",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-172",
      "institution": "Deloitte",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "Early Careers selection process",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-111",
      "source_url": "https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/careers/early-careers/integrity-guidance.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-173",
      "institution": "Deloitte",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "Early Careers online assessments",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-111",
      "source_url": "https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/careers/early-careers/integrity-guidance.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-174",
      "institution": "Deloitte",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "Early Careers interviews",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-111",
      "source_url": "https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/careers/early-careers/integrity-guidance.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-177",
      "institution": "HSBC",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Recruitment process",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-113",
      "source_url": "https://www.hsbc.com/careers/application-hints-and-tips",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-178",
      "institution": "HSBC",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Recruitment interviews",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-113",
      "source_url": "https://www.hsbc.com/careers/application-hints-and-tips",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-180",
      "institution": "BCG",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Recruitment process",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-115",
      "source_url": "https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/careers-in-ai/using-ai-application-process",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-181",
      "institution": "BCG",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Recruitment process",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-116",
      "source_url": "https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/careers-in-ai/responsible-ai-in-hiring",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-182",
      "institution": "A&O Shearman",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "Early careers recruitment",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-117",
      "source_url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/how-to-use-ai-responsibly-application-process",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-183",
      "institution": "A&O Shearman",
      "market": "London",
      "programme_or_route": "Early careers recruitment",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-118",
      "source_url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/early-careers-london",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-16"
    },
    {
      "evidence_id": "WGI-AI-REVIEW-CC-20260919",
      "institution": "Clifford Chance",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "London early careers: Watson Glaser",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-19",
      "source_url": "https://jobs.cliffordchance.com/how-we-hire-london",
      "signal_id": "WGI-AI-REVIEW-CC-20260919",
      "source_id": null,
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-19"
    },
    {
      "evidence_id": "WGI-AI-REVIEW-AOS-20260919",
      "institution": "A&O Shearman",
      "market": "Global candidate charter; applied here to UK comparison",
      "programme_or_route": "Applications and assessments",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-19",
      "source_url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/candidate-charter",
      "signal_id": "WGI-AI-REVIEW-AOS-20260919",
      "source_id": null,
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-19"
    }
  ],
  "prevalence_warning": "Do not generalise 8/8, or the stage-specific 7/8 result, to all selective employers. The seven protected-stage policies must not be reported as seven blanket AI bans. Published rules do not establish actual enforcement or hiring effects.",
  "updated": "2026-09-19",
  "supporting_sources": [
    {
      "evidence_id": "WGI-AI-REVIEW-CC-20260919",
      "institution": "Clifford Chance",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "London early careers: Watson Glaser",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-19",
      "source_url": "https://jobs.cliffordchance.com/how-we-hire-london"
    },
    {
      "evidence_id": "WGI-AI-REVIEW-AOS-20260919",
      "institution": "A&O Shearman",
      "market": "Global candidate charter; applied here to UK comparison",
      "programme_or_route": "Applications and assessments",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-19",
      "source_url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/candidate-charter"
    }
  ],
  "canonical_url": "https://whogetsin.com/findings/wgi-find-001",
  "source_records": [
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-072",
      "url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/interviewing",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-16",
      "scope_note": "McKinsey & Company official surface; final URL https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/interviewing; text SHA-256 a946aed76b29b75d8a0b7d5d0f1136845536fe74174dd2378825e649917464d8"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-073",
      "url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/mckinsey-digital-assessment",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-12",
      "scope_note": "Global Solve assessment"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-074",
      "url": "https://www.ubs.com/global/en/careers/search-jobs/faq/ai-usage.html",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-12",
      "scope_note": "Global candidate AI-use rules"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-076",
      "url": "https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/early-careers/applying/assessment-selection-process.html",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-12",
      "scope_note": "UK Early Careers"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-078",
      "url": "https://jobs.cliffordchance.com/how-we-hire-london",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-12",
      "scope_note": "London early careers"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-111",
      "url": "https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/careers/early-careers/integrity-guidance.html",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "scope_note": "Deloitte UK Early Careers candidate AI preparation and protected assessment/interview boundaries"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-113",
      "url": "https://www.hsbc.com/careers/application-hints-and-tips",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "scope_note": "HSBC candidate-facing generative-AI guidance covering acceptable preparation/application support and prohibited live or recorded interview response generation"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-115",
      "url": "https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/careers-in-ai/using-ai-application-process",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "scope_note": "BCG candidate-facing guidance on permitted generative-AI support and candidate-owned authenticity"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-116",
      "url": "https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/careers-in-ai/responsible-ai-in-hiring",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "scope_note": "BCG official description of employer-side AI support and explicit human-led hiring decisions"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-117",
      "url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/how-to-use-ai-responsibly-application-process",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-16",
      "scope_note": "A&O Shearman official surface; final URL https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/how-to-use-ai-responsibly-application-process; text SHA-256 b400c4cdc0dd9e014ff52a862893b77c62252cc43921259218e2e206ba907598"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-118",
      "url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/early-careers-london",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-16",
      "scope_note": "A&O Shearman official surface; final URL https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/early-careers-london; text SHA-256 8fa422d9a1474cd3a5589474b4570065413b2b95184d2cc20a99656f55cbf1e8"
    },
    {
      "source_id": null,
      "url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/candidate-charter",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-19",
      "scope_note": "Applications and assessments"
    }
  ],
  "citation": "Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), Explicit AI rules draw a boundary around candidate-owned work, revised 2026-09-19, https://whogetsin.com/findings/wgi-find-001"
}