I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Accenture (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2014
Interview
I had an employee referral so they are required to reply in a timely manor. After I applied it took about a week for them to contact me to set up a screening interview. I told the recruiter during the screening interview that I had been talking to other employers so they sped the process up for me and I had the next two interviews (behavioral and skills) a few days after. Mine were on the same day which was pretty exhausting so if you can avoid doing that I would. Once I found out I had passed those the confirming interview was the next week, so the entire interview process took a total of 8 days. I found out I passed the confirming interview within hours. BE SURE TO SEND FOLLOW UP EMAILS FOR EACH PROCESS!!! If you do not have emails ask the recruiter to forward them for you.
After the interviews there was a lot of back and fourth with my recruiter about "next steps", setting up negotiation, preparing for background check, etc. This took about two weeks but the background check only took 2 days once they finally started it. It will go fast if you inform all of your employee references- I was told confirming information with them is usually the reason for a background check to take awhile.
The entire process was lengthy but there were no tricks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Screening (phone): Nothing unexpected. Have a lot of questions prepared. My experience was more of a conversation.
Behavioral (phone): The HR person I interviewed with was incredibly nice. I was asked about 4 question (I was told they were catered to my position and previous experience).
-How did you build a relationship with someone you have worked with?
-Tell me about a time you had a conflict in regard to a work situation.
-Tell me about a specific incidence in which you felt stressed at work.
I can't remember the last one.
Skills (phone): Again, it was more of a conversation. A department manager and I just did a run-through of my resume and she had some specific questions. There were no curveballs, the most difficult questions were "what inspires you?" and "tell me about a time you had to defend your work."
Confirming (in person): If you make it to this point you are pretty much in. My experience was super casual (but don't assume yours will be). Be prepared to answer questions like "what do you value most in a career?" "why accenture?" and "what type of environments do you work best in?" Most likely they already know you have answered similar questions with the recruiter in the screening interview but want to know that you carry yourself well in "stressful" situations. If you cannot handle a face-to-face interview how can they be sure you can handle client meetings?
3 rounds of interview process with technical and hr 1 round which is happened and overall experience is good
question:
what is a green feild implementation
how do you handle pressure
explain me situation you handle that makes you feel proud
I felt interview process is slower, and its total 2 rounds with more deep dive into topics understanding, data handlig, scenario based questions, coding questions as well, whatever mentioned in resume will be asked not only requirement for role technology
Not so grilling, smooth transitioning process . Learn basic things. Stress much on technologies AI related framework. Go through your cv and prepare each and every line of it. Old project reviews.