Accenture Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – The interview process Consisted of 3 rounds

My recruiter was great and knowledgeable, she updated me on the process of the interviews and expectations beforehand.

1st Round of Interviews -

(Duration = 30-40 Min ) (Type = Phone Interview)

It was a phone screening with the recruiter, she basically went over my resume and the details mentioned within it, to asses my experiences and knowledge for the bases of the job I was applying for.

2nd Round of Interviews -

(Duration = 50 - 60 Min) (Type = Phone Interview)

The interview revolved around situational, and behavioral questions such as :

I- Tell me about a time when you had taken a leadership role?
II-Tell me about a time when you where able to impress a client or a person in a higher position?
III- How did you handle meeting a tight deadline and how did you reduce time to follow up?
IV- How did it feel to reach the goals you set?
V- Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they weren't thrilled about? How did you deal with it?
VI- Give me example of how you worked on some thing with a team?
Etc...

This interviews main intention is to asses how you would interact in certain situations and how you handle them based on your past experiences.
what you need to do is to be concise in your answers, and to elaborate on your own personal experiences as much as possible.
The interviewer was great and made me feel very relaxed before we started.

3rd Round of Interviews -

(Duration = Attend 2 Hr presentation & 45 min interview ) (Type = In Person / face to face)

The Interview is conducted with two senior managers

Interview Details – First round - Going through interview and "tell me about yourself" (phone)

Second round - Behavioral interview talking about how you handled certain situation. If you haven't been through the situation, just tell the recruiter, it's ok. The recruiter is looking for concrete examples and follows the STAR interview process so be sure to do research on your resume and prepare several solid instances where you had to deal with leadership, problem, and decision situations. (phone)

Third round - In-house interview. Interviewed with two managers. The first round was behavioral. Basically you need to demonstrate a good understanding of the industry and show, through your interview, your attitude. Again, it's behavioral and is similar to the second round. The second interview is with a senior manager and basically it's a chat. The senior manager may give you a stress interview, in which case you need to keep your composure even if you don't know the answer to certain questions. Just say that you don't but have an attitude that shows that you are willing to learn. (In-house)

Key - make sure you know all details of your resume. Spend days preparing and google online what is to be asked.

Prepare a lot of thoughtful questions not to show how much you know but how much you care. Don't just ask a question and move on, ask follow up questions to show that you have digested the material.

Also be sure to do extensive research on the company. There may be questions about the value and mission statement of the company. It's good to know.

Negotiation Details – Offer is very competitive. No negotiation.

Interview Details – Interview with HR Recruiter & with Practice Manager, passed
HR Behavioral Test - passed
Sr. Exec interview - this guy was with the firm for 20+ years, never worked anywhere else

I accepted a position with a competing firm at a higher salary, less travel

Reason for Declining – Not impressed with Sr. Exec and his attitude. I accepted a position with a competing firm at a higher salary, less travel

Interview Details – The interview process was pretty quick compared to other consulting firms. My recruiter was great - she kept me up to speed on everything, told me beforehand what type of interview/questions would be asked so I could prepare and responded the next day after each interview.

Consists of 4-5 interviews (I had an extra interview with another Mgr of the same group - normally it is only 4 interviews total)

1st rd - phone screen with Recruiter

2nd rd - past experience phone interview with Manager of the practice I was applying to. Discussed my past, what skills I have that are pertinent to the group, how I would fit in, etc. Some technical questions were asked, however not very difficult.

3rd rd - behavioral interview by phone with HR. She was great and made me feel very relaxed before we began. Tell me about a time where xx questions. I had the flexibility to skip some questions where I could not provide an example of which was a great option (however I did not exercise it). Told stories of different engagements I have been on.

4th rd - skills phone interview with another Manager I was applying to. He asked more technical questions in nature.

5th rd - face to face with Sr Exec. I went into the office to talk to the Sr Exec. We were scheduled for 1 hr however began early and ran about 80 min total. The Sr Exec talked a majority of the time and offered great insight/history of the company and practice. Kind of sold me on Accenture although I had already been sold after hearing what each interviewer said about the company/practice.

Received great feedback the next business day and an offer 2 days after. I had another offer at the time so I asked for 48 hrs to give a reply and they were fine with it.

Negotiation Details – Negotiated a few more on the base (4%) as I had another offer on my end.

Interview Details – I applied via website for a position in Washington D.C. I received a phone call a few days later, which was a simple resume/phone screen. Second interview was more in-depth. About 4-5 questions simple behavioral questions that led into further details depending on your response. A few days later I received a phone call from my initial recruiter inviting me to the final round interview in Chicago, IL. They flew me over and covered all expenses. Put up in Hard Rock Hotel, which was awesome. The next morning, there were three other candidates. They believed that if we made it this far (to the final round), we were pretty much in as long as we maintained our composure as we did during the second round. The third round interview consisted of a short ice breaker, breakfast, an hour long presentation about Accenture, and two interviews 1:1 with managers/executives. My first interview was extremely relaxed, it was more like a conversation than anything. My second interview was similar to the second round interview but barely as in-depth. Ask questions to show that you're interested! I can't remember any questions, sorry!

Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Offer was competitive

Also, even though I applied for the D.C. Metro area with a position in the Data Entry group, I was placed in New York Metro area in another group. So I think as long as you make it there and they want you, you will get your #1 location.

Interview Details – Originally Applied online and then met at career fair. I then recieved an interview the next day. Had the first interview, seemed to go great received a few emails and then did not hear anything for 1.5 months. Receive a phone call then, Have 3 more phone interviews, informed that "I would receive a verbal offer" 9 days before the position began. Received the verbal offer, then a few days later received the official offer via email.

Negotiation Details – Informed of the salary and the position, given the offer.

Interview Details – I had two phone interviews and a final office interview. The interviews were mostly based on the interviewer asking behavioral questions. Come prepared with lots of queastions because the in-office interviews are about 45 minutes with each interviewer. I prepared by reviewing the comapny website and focusing on their core values and mission statement. The interviewers are all very nice and made me feel comfortable and at ease when having to answer questions.

Negotiation Details – No negotiation. The offer was extremely competitive.

Interview Details – The first round was a simple screening interview. Just basically me walking through my resume. 2nd interview was long one hour to be exact. Its a situational interview where i was asked about 4 "tell me about a time when" questions. It wasn't that hard to me but just be sure to be able to elaborate on any experience that you've had thats job related. They will ask many sub questions about your experience like "why did you do that?", "how did you feel?", "were you successful? ", etc. 3Rd interview is the last and final which is an in person interview. They have you sit in a 2 hour presentation about accenture.then you have two back to back 45minute interview with two senior managers.

Interview Details – 3 interview stages. Screening interview, skills, then confirming interview. Lengthy process

Negotiation Details – Not much room for negotiation.