Accenture Consultant Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Applied to on-campus posting and was invited for an on-campus interview in October.

First interview: On-campus interview with a manager. Relatively easy questions such as: Why Accenture, why consulting, what does SI Analyst do, previous work experience, and extracurricular activities.

Second interview: Phone interview with a senior manager. About 4-5 behavioral/situational questions. After your answer, they will ask additional followup questions to get more details.

Final interview: On-site interview with 2 senior managers. Each interview was 45 minutes and was a mix of the first two interviews. Several casual questions such as: why Accenture. And several behavioral. All in all, this had a casual setting and the conversations were built off of your questions.

The entire process was very lengthy (3-4 months) but included Thanksgiving, and Xmas holidays.

Negotiation Details – Didn't negotiate

Interview Details – Applied through university career website. Accepted for a 1:1 30 minute interview. I did not connect with the interviewer . He acted disinterested and seemed to be waiting for me to give a pitch rather than asking questions to guide the conversation. 10 minutes in he was already talking about what I should do to reach the second round "next time".

To be honest, I wasn't sold on the position going in and had not prepared as stringently as I usually do.Still, the cold and aloof interviewer did not help.

Interview Details – The interview process was very slow, with one on campus interview and one on site session with multiple interviews. This was for the San Francisco office. After the final interview, it took over a month for decisions to be made. Interview process was purely behavioral, and the 3 that interviewed me (one on campus, two on site) were all very friendly and easy to talk to.

Interview Details – 3 rounds-

1- On campus, 1-1 interview with an HR rep. Very laid back
2- On the phone, 1 hour, in depth, behavioral & situational questions
3- In the office all day, with several different interviewees. Really ask you about yourself, what you want to do, and your resume.

Negotiation Details – I didn't negotiate- very generous salary considering I'm just graduating college

Interview Details – Long interview process - 5 people - all phone never face to face - very significant background check - do not lie or you will be fired! Just be honest.

Negotiation Details – Easy

Interview Details – Recruited through a conference. On-site screening interview ( 20 min) with a few behavioral / why accenture questions. 2nd round phone interview - 1 hour: behavioral. 3rd round office visit: 1 hour presentation followed by to interviews with senior managers.

Overall straightforward and easy if you know how to engage well with a person and know what to say for the behavioral questions.

Reason for Declining – Wanted to pursue something more aligned with my degree.

Interview Details – I applied online to an experienced hire position: Accenture Management Consulting Development Program (MCDP) Business Analyst: Talent and Organization (T&O). This is an experienced hire position rather than the MCDP entry level.

A few weeks after my application, I was contacted by the job posting's recruiter via email to schedule a phone screen. I responded a convenient time for a 30-45 phone screen. There is a time gap of between 1-2 weeks for each of the following interview process steps:

1. A recruiter phone screen about resume, background, experience, skills the why Accenture
3. A manager from the T&O service line conducted a 1 1/2 hour interview: 45 minutes for experience/resume/scenario and another 45 minutes for a case interview.
3. A two hours in-person interview with a manager and a senior manager. The former conducted the case interview and the latter conducted the final confirming (sanity check) interview.

Overall, it was a very positive interview and I felt the communication via the recruiter throughout the process was professional, throughout and informative.

Interview Details – I applied through my university's career services because Accenture recruits at my school. Each of the interviews were 1-on-1.

I was given a first round on-campus interview through career services. It was a brief 20 minute interview with an HR recruiter about my experiences as an undergraduate student. I was asked about what organizations I was a part of and what jobs/internships I had held as an undergraduate. Those two categories were distinct. I talked about my involvement and leadership with my organization at school. And I talked about the jobs/internships I had held. I mostly included stories of times I had dealt with situations similar to those I would encounter working with Accenture.

I was notified of the next round within the next week. The second round was also on campus, but this time with a manager level executive. This interview was longer, around 45 minutes. I was asked about how I would deal with certain situations and I used my experiences (from my resume) to exemplify how I would deal with those situations. Most of them included "Tell me about a time you had a lot on your plate" or "Tell me about a time you were part of a group and members were difficult to cooperate with".

Within a week of that interview, I was notified of my acceptance for the third round interview. This interview was in their local office closest to my university. This was an exit interview with an office visit. The beginning of this visit consisted of a PowerPoint presentation consultants. The next part consisted of two interviews with manager level executives. The questions were similar to the questions asked during the second round. Each interview was around 45 minutes.

During the third round, there were around 8 students in the morning session and 8 students in the afternoon session that were scheduled. I'm not sure how many of them were given the job. During this round, the executives stressed the willingness to travel for the job.

I finally received an offer call after having waited well over a month. During my 1st interview, I was asked which office I would like to work out & I specified the New York City office. I was surprised but very happy to have received an offer through the NYC office. The entire interviewing & recruiting process lasted 2 months.

They're looking for people who are intelligent, but also personable. If you're able to talk about your experiences with confidence and relate them to situations you'll encounter as an SI Consultant, you'll do well in the interviews.

Negotiation Details – As an undergraduate student, I was very impressed with the base salary offer they made.

Interview Details – The first and Second rounds are on-campus interview. The third round is on-site.