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Updated Feb 26, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 3 days)

First communication is with a recruiter, who isn't a consultant and repeats the verbiage from the website. Second, comes a tech interview that is SUPER SIMPLE (anyone past their first year of CS classes could probably pass it, but experience with .Net or databases will ensure it. Experience with Gang of Four design patterns looks excellent too). If you're a college hire, you usually do not get a second tech interview (because they will send you to a month of .Net training anyhow), but if not, you often will. Next comes a pretty standard behavioral interview where they hope to see professionalism and passion for technology. Finally there is a confirming interview with a higher-up that is just a crazy-check. If you are a person who might not have consulting experience, Avanade also gives a "selling interview" that isn't posed to the candidate that way; the candidate THINKS they are being judged, but really the interviewer spends most of the time talking up how great Avanade is.

Interview Questions

Most difficult: What is a heuristic, what is a linker (useless in the .Net world anyhow), explain how some design patterns work, explain how to build a good testing strategy

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Unexpected: BS riddles like "What is The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space The beginning of every end, and the end of every place."

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 in Dallas, TX (took 4+ weeks)

The interview process started with a quick phone screening and then a couple of phone interviews. They asked average interview questions and got into some technical questions later in the process. The process was typical and the HR people were mostly nice and helpful with the interview. The one complaint was during my process I had scheduled an interview weeks before and the HR person sent me an e-mail the day before my scheduled interview asking me to sign up again which led to a little bit of confusion

Interview Questions

Knowledge on waterfall and agile methodology?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 3 days)

I was contacted by a global recruiter who stated a local recruiter would contact me; i leanred the position was filled internally. The local recruiter said I could stay in touch and after numerous attemps; they never followed up with me; very poor customer service.

Interview Questions

Questions were pretty standard.

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 (took 3 weeks)

1st call was from senior recruiter who was great to talk to you. He just asked about the basic information.
he mentioned that another recruiter will get in touch with me.
Next week i had an email from this 2nd recruiter who was checking my availability from a initial phone screen for technical skills.
I got the interview call from one of the consultant at Avanade, the interview went very well with him. He asked me a lead or senior Business Analysis level questions. But i felt very positive after talking to him.
After 2 days i again got an email from the 2nd recruiter asking my availability for 2nd phone interview.
I was scheduled for the next phone interview and got a call from Business Analysis - Manager at Avanade. The questions he asked very completely different than the previous interview questions. I got confuse at that point of time for the position they are interviewing me for.
i got a feel that i have 50-50 chance to be selected for the next interview.
However at the end he mentioned me that i did well and recruiter will be soon in touch with me.

After that, recruiter never wrote to me or called me. I wrote her but there was no response. So i guess my bad luck.

Interview Questions

1st interview - different methods used for interviewing stake holders?

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if you have worked in sales? if yes, how do you perform the task for new client?

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how do you manage to talk to executives at a client place?

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Apr 2011 in Paris (France) (took 4 weeks)

An Avanade recruiter found my resume on monster and called me to schedule two interviews : one with an RH person and an other with a manager. I later had a final interview with a business unit director.

Interview Questions

No real difficult questions, we mainly talked about my past experiences

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Negotiation Details

I've always asked for a high salary so they offered me the up part of their scale for my position. I didn't get exactly what I wanted but I'm still pretty happy about the package.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2010 in Edmonton, AB (Canada) (took 1+ week)

One pone interview, then one on site and finally a full day of interviews.

Interview Questions

Describe a quick sort.

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Negotiation Details

I could get a one time initial bonus

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2008 in Vancouver, BC (Canada) (took 12 months)

3 times interview. The first two are technical interviews which were very hard. The third time is easy one because they already know how good you are.