{
  "id": "WGI-FIND-002",
  "title": "Human judgement remains visible after digital selection stages",
  "denominator": 7,
  "numerator": 7,
  "institutions": [
    "McKinsey & Company",
    "UBS",
    "PwC UK",
    "Deloitte UK",
    "HSBC",
    "BCG",
    "A&O Shearman UK"
  ],
  "finding": "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.",
  "scope": "Defined official-source human-review subset reviewed through 13 September 2026",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-110",
      "institution": "McKinsey & Company",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Solve",
      "observation": "McKinsey states Solve performance is considered with the rest of the application and other assessments.",
      "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-115",
      "institution": "UBS",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Graduate Talent Program",
      "observation": "UBS states that people make decisions around pre-recorded interview submissions rather than AI.",
      "observed": "2026-09-12",
      "source_id": "SRC-075",
      "source_url": "https://www.ubs.com/global/en/careers/early-careers/graduate-talent-program.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-117",
      "institution": "PwC",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "Early Careers",
      "observation": "PwC UK states on-demand video interview answers are recorded and subsequently reviewed by an assessor.",
      "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-175",
      "institution": "Deloitte",
      "market": "United Kingdom",
      "programme_or_route": "Early Careers final-stage assessment",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-112",
      "source_url": "https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/careers/early-careers/early-careers-assessment.html",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-179",
      "institution": "HSBC",
      "market": "Global",
      "programme_or_route": "Students and graduates",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-114",
      "source_url": "https://www.hsbc.com/careers/students-and-graduates/application-guide",
      "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-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": "2026-09-13"
    },
    {
      "signal_id": "SIG-186",
      "institution": "A&O Shearman",
      "market": "London",
      "programme_or_route": "Training Contract",
      "observation": "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.",
      "observed": "2026-09-13",
      "source_id": "SRC-119",
      "source_url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/london-training-contract",
      "source_retrieved": "2026-09-13"
    }
  ],
  "prevalence_warning": "This describes the reviewed subset only; it is not a prevalence estimate for elite employers.",
  "canonical_url": "https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/findings/wgi-find-002/",
  "updated": "2026-09-14",
  "source_records": [
    {
      "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-075",
      "url": "https://www.ubs.com/global/en/careers/early-careers/graduate-talent-program.html",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-12",
      "scope_note": "Graduate Talent Program; regional variation retained"
    },
    {
      "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-112",
      "url": "https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/careers/early-careers/early-careers-assessment.html",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "scope_note": "Deloitte UK Early Careers final-stage modality and job-specific academic screening"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-114",
      "url": "https://www.hsbc.com/careers/students-and-graduates/application-guide",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "scope_note": "HSBC students and graduates three-stage application architecture, including online assessment and assessment centre/Super Day distinction"
    },
    {
      "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-118",
      "url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/early-careers-london",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "scope_note": "A&O Shearman London early-careers FAQ on employer AI use, human decisions and one-application-per-cycle rule"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "SRC-119",
      "url": "https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/london-training-contract",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-13",
      "scope_note": "A&O Shearman London training-contract selection architecture and human interviews after digital assessment"
    }
  ],
  "citation": "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/"
}