FTI Consulting

The firm states the exact sequence varies by country, region and hiring team; UK 2026 postings advertise the final stage as an in-person assessment day combining a competency-based interview, a group exercise and a senior-manager interview. Because round count and case format are not standardised across the firm, a candidate applying into multiple FTI geographies is preparing for a different sequence in each – the recorded video and online tests are the front-loaded hurdles to clear before the longer-loop stages take up calendar time.

FTI's early-careers hub lists distinct programs by geography:

• United Kingdom: Summer Internship Program (8 weeks; the 2026 cohort ran 6 July to 28 August), Placement Year Internship Program (12 months), and a Graduate Program hiring full-time into a specific practice.
• United States: an IMPACT pre-internship for rising juniors (graduation dates December 2028 to August 2029), an 8 to 10-week Internship Program (graduation December 2027 to August 2028), and an entry-level Consultant role for graduating seniors.
• Australia: Winter Internship (4 to 6 weeks, May to July) and a Graduate Program starting each February, both feeding the Graduate Development Program.
• Asia: an Internship Program of 6 to 24 weeks starting January to June or August to October, plus a Graduate Consultant track.
• Spain: a 6-month Internship Program starting January to March or September to October, and a Graduate Consultant track.
• France, Germany: a 6-month Internship Program starting January to March or September to October, and a Graduate Program.
• Middle East: Summer Internship Program (8 weeks) and a Graduate Program hiring full-time into a specific practice.
• Additional countries: openings on an ad hoc basis.

Hires are made into a named practice – Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Economic Consulting, Technology or Strategic Communications – so a single FTI application commits to both a geography and a practice up-front, narrowing the role search rather than entering a general consulting pool.

The firm's 2025 results release reports $3.80 billion of revenue across Corporate Finance & Restructuring (41%), Forensic and Litigation Consulting (20%), Economic Consulting (19%), Technology (10%) and Strategic Communications (10%), with 8,118 employees in 32 countries and territories at year-end 2025. The firm's external recognition concentrates on restructuring: FTI was named Global Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year at the 2025 Turnaround Atlas Awards for the tenth time, and its awards page records 37 professionals leading the 2026 Lexology Index Restructuring & Insolvency Advisers list, including five named Global Elite Thought Leaders. FTI reports advising 99 of the world's top 100 law firms, 85 of the Fortune Global 100 and 82 of the top 100 PE firms on the PEI 300. Because hires go directly into a named practice rather than a general consulting pool, the choice of segment at application matters as much as the choice of geography – an early-career role in Corporate Finance & Restructuring and one in Strategic Communications at the same office are materially different career starts.