A 2 month process that flew by but was so rewarding. I am amazed at how every interviewer made me feel welcomed and comfortable at each interview. 1 initial interview with your recruiter, 1 behavioral, 1 confirming, and 1 case study. Please do not look too hard into your case study as it’s not as technical as you guys think it is. They are not trying to scare you, they are trying to see how well you solve a problem. There are no right or wrong answers, they just want to get your perspective and make sure that it makes sense. I studied for a week for the case study because I was afraid I wouldn’t be prepared but I literally was wrong, it was easier than I thought. Also they will ask if you are ok with 100% travel because that is the life of a consultant so be sure this is what you want to do. All my interviews were virtual and the case study did not require me to be on a video call just a screen share option in order to see the case.
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Question 1
Tell me about a situation where you had little to no information on a project
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Accenture (Washington, DC)
Interview
I was a university hire. I went to the career fair. I attended the Accenture events that were being held on my school campus. I made sure to dress well and always made an effort to shake everyone’s hand. (Every one of the recruiters and Accenture people that were there. i. e. managers, other consultants and analysts.) I asked questions. Just to make sure that they remembered my name and face.
The hiring process was straight forward. I had an initial interview with a manager on campus. It wasn’t a technical interview. Just basic questions. Why consulting? Why Accenture? How would you deal with this or that. Basic interview questions. It lasted about an hour.
That same day around 6pm I got an email saying that I had been selected for round two of interviews. Round two consisted of two interviews. One was a business case interview and the second interview that day was another personality interview.
I got a call after two weeks from the recruiter from my school. I don’t know if the phone call is standard procedure but I got a call on a Friday one evening with an offer.
After the phone call it took another couple weeks to get the official offer letter and then another 2-3 weeks to get my start date. After everything was said and done. It was about a 3 month process start to finish.
I attended the career fair in September of 2018. And I started in January of 2019
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Accenture (Toronto, ON) in Sep 2018
Interview
First round was on campus - half behavioural and half case. The case was not a traditional case, it was shorter, half interviewer-led and half interviewee-led, and you were given some written information to start off with. The behavioural was very conversational.
Final rounds were at the headquarters. It consisted of half Q&A with current analysts, and a short behavioural interview with a Manager or Partner. Only thing is they took too long to get back to us after final rounds.