Hi all,

Would like some tips from those who have gone through (or have friends who have gone through) interviews@Accenture.

1. What's the process like? How many rounds of interviews do we have to go through before getting an offer?
2. Any aptitude or technical tests? Is the technical test hands-on or paper test? As in they give you a paper with 50 questions for you to do on the paper or put you in a room with a computer for you to code?
3. What kind of technical questions do they usually ask for people in .NET field? Some example/type of questions?


Thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by wling: Mar 19 2006, 07:45 PM

i assume you're applying for technical position?
3 interviews for experienced people.

1- phone interview to ask your expected pay, notice period, and some basic stuff.

2- interview with senior manager. will last about 1 hour or more, with questions ranging from unit testing, technology questions, scenarios, etc. Basically about everything in terms of technical.

3- interview with dept head. he/she will let you know about what you're going to do, what they can pay you, etc. Just to meet up with you.

If not wrong, fresh grad might need to go through more interviews.

yeah, for experienced technical position with .NET skillset. I suppose the 2nd session is the most important that will determine whether you get it or not.

unkn0wn, from your description, does that mean the whole process is all verbal interviews? Or will there be hands-on as in they give a scenario, then you have to program the solution on a laptop or write it on a whiteboard or something?

everything is in verbal interviews. the questions are quite detailed. u need to know your stuff in order to answer those. that was last time. i'm not very sure about the current trend.

all the best.

p/s........technical position in accenture, your starting pay will be quite low. so be prepared.

be aware of the working hours tho...

yea, u have to work extremely long hrs though u get to claim bit bit of allowance

i tot accenture offering rm14 per hour for OT? for programmer
not that sure, jz heard from fren b4...

correct me if i am wrong...

woah... your nick! does it represent your name like mine does?

Looks like you work in many firm or went for many interviews before.

normally after the phone interview, how long you need to wait for the second interview, if you are shortlisted ?

depends. sometimes 2 weeks, sometimes 3 months. LOL. depends on their needs.

mner, its good to go for interviews once in a while to check your value in the market don't u think so?

There are actually two directions, if you are entering for a technical position such as a programmer then I am not too sure but if you are entering as an analyst under the consulting workforce the interview process is as follows.

1. Interview with manager
2. Interview with senior manager
3. Interview with senior executive

Usually the questions they ask are not that technical related. They are very thorough in their questioning so be prepared. They would expect you to have very good communication skills and be precise and deep in your answers. The last interview with the senior executive can be anything under the sun so it really depends on your luck.

For example, a simple question like, "Explain a situation you were in before where you had a hard deadline". You can give a very simple and broad based answer and mention that you called a few people to discuss etc etc. Then they will ask you what you said during that phone conversation and how did it impact the project/situation or how the end receiver of your call would react to the situation.

Remember to ask as many questions and do your homework. Check out the other interview sections of this forums. If you carefully study it and work with it, you shouldn't have any problems. It is also good to rehearse explaining certain situations you have been in.

The very common situations are:
- When you showed leadership qualities
- Hard deadline
- Had to work with a difficult member of the team





This post has been edited by Mavik: Mar 21 2006, 04:49 PM

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

Though i have a few more enquiries. Will they make an offer during the 3rd interview? Or they will call and let you know that you're successful later on? If so, how long do you have to wait after the 3rd interview for an offer? A week or so?

depends on how much they need your service. if they're desperate, they will even buy you out from ur current company

wah.. accenture got very high pay 1 wo..
good luck wling

u mean the consulting got very high pay as far as i know, the IT dept is still ok, the pay is not very high.

Sometimes it really depends on how well do you do during your 2nd interview. If you did very well then by the 3rd interview you would get a confirmation. But there are cases whereby people failed it during the 3rd interview.

Have you completed your 3rd interview? If you attend any interview and don't get a reply in a week's time, just give them a call and ask about your application.

yes.. fresh grad consulting got 3.5k le
IT also wont less than 3k

I don't think they give fresh grads RM3.5k anymore.

fresh grad consulting now is 3k
IT fresh grad is 1.9k (a year ago).

i got friends working in both departments

This post has been edited by unkn0wn: Mar 31 2006, 05:19 PM