SIG-110 · McKinsey & Company
McKinsey states Solve performance is considered with the rest of the application and other assessments.
Global · Solve · SRC-073
WGI-FIND-002 · governed finding
Human judgement remains visible after digital selection stages
All seven institutions in the reviewed subset with explicit post-digital or hiring-decision evidence retain stated human judgement, human review, a live assessor interview or an assessment centre/Super Day rather than delegating the final decision to AI.
What does the finding establish?
All seven institutions in the reviewed subset with explicit post-digital or hiring-decision evidence retain stated human judgement, human review, a live assessor interview or an assessment centre/Super Day rather than delegating the final decision to AI.
Numerator / denominator: 7 / 7
Reviewed scope: Defined official-source human-review subset reviewed through 13 September 2026
Which evidence supports it?
SIG-115 · UBS
UBS states that people make decisions around pre-recorded interview submissions rather than AI.
Global · Graduate Talent Program · SRC-075
SIG-117 · PwC
PwC UK states on-demand video interview answers are recorded and subsequently reviewed by an assessor.
United Kingdom · Early Careers · SRC-076
SIG-175 · Deloitte
Deloitte UK's Early Careers final-stage assessment is published as in person for Graduate, Entry Level Apprentice, Industrial Placement and BrightStart applicants, and virtual for Summer Vacation Scheme applicants.
United Kingdom · Early Careers final-stage assessment · SRC-112
SIG-179 · HSBC
HSBC's current student and graduate application guide publishes a three-step process of online application, a 90-minute online assessment and a three-hour assessment centre, called Super Days in the US; insight and work-experience programmes usually use an online interview at stage three instead.
Global · Students and graduates · SRC-114
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-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
SIG-186 · A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman's London training-contract process explicitly places two one-to-one interviews after the online application and online experience, providing current official evidence of human assessment after digital stages.
London · Training Contract · SRC-119
What must not be inferred?
This describes the reviewed subset only; it is not a prevalence estimate for elite employers.
How should it be cited?
Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), Human judgement remains visible after digital selection stages, revised 14 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/findings/wgi-find-002/