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Consultant at Accenture
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England Apr 2013 – Reviewed May 15, 2013 New
Interview Details Applied online, got a mail inviting me for an interview.Progressed to interview with HR and and then case study with a Senior manager.
Interview Question – None Answer Question
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Research Analyst - AIHP at Accenture
No Offer – Interviewed in London, England Feb 2013 – Reviewed May 15, 2013 New
Interview Details I got called for a first round interview after an employee referred me. The questions were as those described by others on this site for this position. There were NO questions about Accenture, it's services, or cases. I was asked to briefly described two research projects I had conducted, I was asked why I was leaving my old job, why this position, why I liked research so much, and my level of proficiency in excel. I didn't pass this interview because they want someone with a strong statistical research background. It look about 3 weeks to get the result.
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Business Analyst at Accenture
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England Mar 2013 – Reviewed May 13, 2013 New
Interview Details Online application, telephone interview (1st interview) followed by Assessment Center which lasted a full morning. A group case study, followed by a project planning exercise and then an interview in which candidates are asked to justify decisions made earlier in the day. It was a challenging but enjoyable experience.
Interview Question – The most difficult part for me was the unexpected question of how the case study solutions arrived at during the team task would be supported once the project had been implemented. View Answer
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Consultant at Accenture
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on London, England Mar 2011 – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013
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Contacted by a recruitment agency about the position. The first step was a telephone interview. It was just my luck that it was particularly busy that day at work and although I managed to get away for the interview I had horrible signal and the interviewer's call cut out when she tried to ring me. Horrified I rang her back thinking it was all over already but she was neutral about it and the interview continued. It was standard scenario questions and she gave nothing away. I finished thinking I probably didn't impress her enough.
Got a call within the next few days inviting me for a face to face interview. I was shocked but encouraged and prepared for it as well as I could. I interviewed with the head of the department and I got quite intimidated by him I admit. The interview involved a case study and again some scenario based questions. I thought I really performed horribly; the observations I made on the case study he countered. The scenario questions didn't go too well in my opinion either. I came out of that interview feeling totally silly and expecting no offer at all. It was a shock to receive a call straight away saying I had got an offer...I obviously made some kind of impression!
Interview Question – Nothing out of the ordinary...usual scenario questions. The case study I found a little challenging Answer Question
Negotiation Details – They were very pushy and as soon as I was given an offer I was really pressured to give an answer straight away and they didn't negotiate on start date at all. They knew where they wanted to place me and advised me to answer by tomorrow and in order to start within 4 weeks place my resignation with my current company immediately. I was a little inexperienced at negotiations then but I really did feel they didn't let me negotiate at all.
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Management Consultant at Accenture
No Offer – Interviewed in London, England – Reviewed Apr 26, 2013
Interview Details Initial online application process. Offered telephone question. general questions asked such as work experience and education background. then more specific questions such as who competitors were.
Interview Question – Business case, identify problems and solutions Answer Question
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Manager at Accenture
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on London, England Nov 2010 – Reviewed Apr 22, 2013
Interview Details
Three interviews.
1. "Blue Sky thinking" interview - the most interesting I have ever done. Accenture calls it something different. Basically they give you a situation (e.g. how to make cities smart) and leave you in the room for 10 mins. then the come back and grill you for 45 mins on your thoughts. Really interesting way to test your thinking.
2. Case Interview - Standard stuff. Nothing special except that they had printed the case, which made it a bit easier
3. Partner Interview - Again very standard stuff. "Fit" Interview.
Interview Question – The partner asked me to think outside the box and give some ideas to improve a process in my industry. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Easy. They were pretty flexible to my requests.
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Manager at Accenture
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on London, England Mar 2010 – Reviewed Apr 19, 2013
Interview Details Be yourself!
Interview Question – scenario based thinking. Don't bluff Answer Question
Negotiation Details – non negotiable
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Graduate Analyst at Accenture
No Offer – Interviewed in London, England Mar 2013 – Reviewed Apr 05, 2013
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I attended the Women's Day Recruiting Event and was thus fast-tracekd through the application process.
After the application form (put some work into it, I think screening is rather strict), there was a short (30min) phone interview with a consultant.
I was asked compency based questions mostly on teamwork, why i want to go into consulting etc.
After that I attended the assessment centre the very next morning, which was quite last minute and thus had little time to prepare.
It was straight forward and only 3 hours long:
-presentation by current consultant
-case study was read to us (basis for all exercises)
-group exercise on case study
-individual exercise on project planning
-individual interview
-info session with current analysts
The experience was quite good, but I think I just got to confused in the project planning exercise. So maybe do some exercise before the assessment centre on that.
It was my first assessment centre, so I can't offer comparisons..
Interview Question – Describe a time when you had to work with a difficult team member. Answer Question
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Associate Software Engineer at Accenture
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on London, England Apr 2010 – Reviewed Apr 01, 2013
Interview Details
1) Telephonics round
2) HR rounds - Technical and personal questions.
Interview Question – Why do you think Accenture is great place to develop your career ? Answer Question
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Business Analyst at Accenture
Declined Offer – Interviewed in London, England Nov 2012 – Reviewed Mar 30, 2013
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Preliminary online questionnaire - standard questions expected, why Accenture?, what does Accenture actually do?
Upon successful answers combined with cover letter and CV a phone interview is arranged to basically ask the same questions again
Success here grants you links with a contact to talk you through the final stage whereupon you are briefed to complete a standard day at Accenture
Interview Question – How should Accenture act to evolve to stay ahead of the rivalling consultancy firms? What changes would you suggest from what you've seen today? Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Better offer from Rothchilds
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