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
WGI-FIND-001 · governed finding
Explicit AI rules draw a boundary around candidate-owned work
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.
What does the finding establish?
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.
Numerator / denominator: 8 / 8
Reviewed scope: Defined official-source AI-policy subset reviewed through 13 September 2026
Which evidence supports it?
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
What must not be inferred?
Do not generalise 8/8, or the stage-specific 7/8 result, to all selective employers.
How should it be cited?
Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), Explicit AI rules draw a boundary around candidate-owned work, revised 14 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/findings/wgi-find-001/