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Business Analyst at Avanade
Posted Feb 14, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Chicago, IL (took 2 months)
I first applied to Avanade via online resume drop (aka a black hole with most employers). I was lucky because some corporate recruiter thought that I was somehow connected in the IT industry, so he got in touch in November 2011 asking me if I knew anyone who might be interested in a job with Avanade. I told him I didn't and explained my situation (a couple years out of college, but still looking for my first full-time job). He immediately referred me to a recruiter (Lisa), with whom I dealt for the rest of my recruiting process.
I first set up a phone interview/screening with Lisa, and after a couple reschedulings, we had it and she was impressed so she moved me on. At that point we discussed which service line I'd like to be a part of, and we decided on CRM. She then arranged a technical phone interview with a director in the CRM service line, which I finally had after a couple reschedulings as well. This interview did not end up being technical at all,l but this guy was impressed with me, and told Lisa so. (Each time I spoke with Lisa after an interview, she always liked to ask how I thought the interview went before telling me the feedback; maybe she only does this when feedback is positive.) In December, Lisa talked to me about setting up an in-person interview with a director, but I was travelling, and then the interviewer's schedule changed, so that never happened. In January, Lisa got in touch and told me that CRM no longer had any open positions, but they were interested in moving me along with another service line. We discussed, and agreed on BI. She then set up another technical interview with a director. When I actually had the call, it ended up not being with the person I expected, but no big deal. This interview was, indeed, a bit technical, but nothing crazy. He just asked me questions about how I would deal with different situations that a BA might encounter. He moved me along, and Lisa asked me to come into the Chicago office for a final round interview on a Friday.
On the interview day, I realized that I was interviewing for a recent-grad program, but no big deal. I was with about 10 other candidates. They put us in a conference room with some breakfast and some current Avanade employees (somewhat recent hires). Then they gave us a presentation, and then we had about 4 hours in which each person had two half-hour interviews, and the rest was down time to talk to the current employees, and also work on a low-pressure writing assignment (something like "why is Avanade a good fit for your career"). Then we had lunch and an HR presentation. This was followed by a low-key group activity in which they observed how we worked. I won't tell you what exactly the activity was, but it was pretty fun, and not hard.
By that time, I had received a competing offer from another company, and I told my recruiter about it. She must have really hurried the decision process because by the following Wednesday, I had an offer. She asked for my answer by the next day. I asked for the weekend, but the most she could give me was Friday (because of an upcoming start-date and the paperwork that had to be processed in time). It was a hard decision process, and Avanade was extremely appealing, but I decided to decline the offer and the accept the competing offer. I will definitely keep Avanade in mind as my career progresses. Lisa (my recruiter) was extremely professional and very nice, and gave me an overall great experience with the company.
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Reason for Declining
I had an offer from another company, and, while the position offered less learning and growth opportunity than the position with Avanade, I chose it because it also offered much better work/life balance (eg. no travel, decent and flexible hours, etc.) and pay was comparable. It was a very difficult decision though. If anyone is ever faced with the decision between two jobs, just remember that there's no wrong choice.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Business Development Executive at Avanade
Posted Feb 13, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Bellevue, WA (took 1+ week)
The interview process was pretty straight forward for a BDE / Sales type roll. There are both behavioral and skills interviews really try to see if you have what it takes to exceed in sales. No real curve ball questions or anything and everyone had a friendly attitude.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Campus IT Analyst at Avanade
Posted Feb 13, 2012
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Montreal, QC (Canada) (took 3 weeks)
I first had a preliminary phone interview to check my motivations for the job with an HR person. I had a phone interview a week later with an IT guy to check my programming and computer science background which lasted for 40 minutes. Two weeks afterwards, I was supposed to have a non technical interview in the company local office with a hiring manager, but when I went for it it turned out to be another technical interview with 3 Senior IT Analysts working for the company.
Basically, the HR person based in the US who I relied on to give me accurate information about the whole recruiting process was misleading me. I didn't do well in the last interview because I didn't prepare beforehand for the kind of technical questions that are to be expected in technical interviews. I just improvised, but it was not enough obviously.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Program Manager at Avanade
Posted Feb 6, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Seattle, WA (took 2 weeks)
They were very thorough yet moved quickly because I had an offer on the table from Microsoft. I was very impressed and was close to accepting. They are a great company.
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Reason for Declining
I thought I would have more opportunities at MSFT. In hindsight, I wish I chose Avanade because they treat their employees much better.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Analyst at Avanade
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Milano (Italy) (took 2 weeks)
First of all there was a presentation about the company and the job offer, including salary and perks information. Candidates were then given a questionnaire to fill in and finally went all by turn to 1:1 interviews in different rooms.
I was interviewed by a HR recruiter who asked general questions about my university career and my projects/thesis works.
After that a Software Engineer asked me a couple of questions about OO programming and inheritance.
Both the interviewer were friendly and made me feel at ease.
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation. Same offer for all the new hires if they are graduates.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Solutions Developer at Avanade
Posted Jan 10, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
After an initial phone interview and a medium difficulty phone technical interview, I was invited for the final interview process at Avanade's Seattle offices.
The interview lasted from 9a-3p and consisted of:
Three 1:1 interviews. These were mainly behavioral, as we had all passed the technical interviews. The purpose of having more than one interview was so that they could compare notes on what they thought about us.
A written assessment. This was simply to evaluate how well we communicated in written form. We were asked to write about why we wanted to work at Avanade.
Lunch. Yum.
A group exercise. We were put into groups of 3-4 and put in a room with one or two observers. We were asked to pick which items we would keep on a crash landing on the moon. It was my impression they were just looking to see how well we worked with others and handled disagreements, differences in opinion, etc.
A group presentation. We presented our results from the group exercise.
The culture at Avanade seems to be positive, "go-getter" without being brutal and cutthroat. I felt at ease during the entire interview process and all of the interviewers were pleasant. I did notice that some of the people we interacted with were pretty informal, and I was on guard not to be TOO informal with them as we were being evaluated.
=Suggestions=
Do your homework about Avanade and the service group(s) you are interviewing for. Become at least conversational about whatever position you are interviewing for. Especially if you're a campus hire, they're not expecting you to know everything, so just be honest, don't freak out, and enjoy the experience.
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Negotiation Details
I didn't negotiate with them. The offer they made was more than respectable for a first job out of college. However, the recruiter acted like the sign-on bonus I received was something special. Be sure to insist on the sign-on bonus because they do NOT provide relocation packages to college hires.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Personality Test.
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Business Analyst at Avanade
Posted Dec 19, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 weeks)
I was pre-screened by a recruiter in the Atlanta office who was extremely friendly, as well as helpful in providing tips to improve my interview skills. She guided me toward the appropriate group that matched my skill set and passed me through to the next round, providing valuable information as to the person who would be interviewing me. The second round interview was the complete opposite. The person interviewing me was in Utah and would not be working in ay meaningful capacity with me. She was very short and seems to have written me off before the interview began. The questions were rapid fire, with no feedback provided or discussion afterwards. I was not surprised to get my rejection the next morning. For an entry-level job, they seemed to expect knowledge of the inner workings of their company.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Business Analyst - Consultant at Avanade
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Houston, TX (took 1+ week)
Their recruiter called me and did an initial interview. It went well. They did not mind that I did not have Microsoft Dynamix CRM. They still wanted to talk further. Had a follow up phone interview with a person at a high level. It went well. Was told that the next step will be a face to face interface. The recruiter was very helpful in preparing me for the 2nd level interview. Am waiting for next steps.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Systems Engineer at Avanade
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
I spoke to a representative at my college's career fair. Within a week, I was contacted (email) by a university recruiter from Avanade regarding the SE position. We scheduled an appt with a formal recruiter to have an HR style (phone) interview. This interview was rescheduled twice by the recruiter. During the interview, we discussed the general details regarding the organization and the position. He emphasized that Avanade is pretty rigid in their offers to college hires. ($55k max) I was then recommended for the technical interview. This (phone) interview was also rescheduled many times. It was a more rigorous interview which really keyed in on technical knowledge for SE. Once he approved me, I was invited to the Avanade final interview/ orientation day. This was a fairly light interview process and they just wanted to have a 1:1 live interview. Once that was done, I was called by a recruiter within a week and presented a verbal offer. I am in the process of negotiating this offer with the Avanade folks.
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Negotiation Details
I am still undergoing the negotiating process. I am looking to negotiate for $60k+. Based on prior interviews, it seems they are very rigid in their negotiations.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Solutions Developer at Avanade
Posted Nov 26, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
It was a series of interviews with people from different dept. One HR, one technical and one new hire from previous batch who will share their work experience thus far with you. The questions are pretty basic questions for a fresh graduate. They include OOP methodologies and definition, string manipulation and database related questions.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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