Accenture Graduate Profile
[Edit]Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company. The company has over 200,000 employees (as of Sept' 2010), operates from over 200 locations in 52 countries and reported revenues of US$23.3 billion at the end of Aug 2008.
Accenture is one the largest consulting firms in the world (if not the largest) and is one of the largest computer services and software companies on the Fortune Global 500 list.
Accenture UK operates from London, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh.Graduate Programmes
[Edit]Candidates should think carefully about their intended career path before applying to Accenture as there are various possibilities available.
Unless you have specialist technical skills or experience, or a particular reason for wanting to start elsewhere, the Analyst Consulting Group may be the best place to start your Accenture career. The Analyst Consulting Group provides core consulting experience and opportunities to work across different industry groups and areas of specialisation within Accenture. This group is home to most new graduate entrants and a great place to start because it provides opportunities to learn about, and gain experience in, different areas of the business – all supported by training.
Find out more information about specific Accenture graduate schemes.16 February 2009 - 7:48pm
JamesD
Accenture are obsessed with relative performance and forced ranking as a means of making their staff work harder.
This sort of system (inspired by GE's Jack Welsh) has it's critics : http://topten.org/content/tt.AE439.htm
Accenture doesn't seem to go as far as routinely firing UK staff just for falling in the lowest ranking but it still makes some people feel very unhappy when they may have done nothing wrong.
11 April 2010 - 1:38pm
cherrie
Case sudy on the first round:
Utility Company had customer complaints, repairs were taking a long time, no automated systems in place to deal with the problems.
Find the issues: customer relationship, repairs, how to improve communication internally by using technology.
20 April 2010 - 9:16pm
mba_london
Hi Cherrie,
Hope you have cleared your first round interview. I have my first round interview scheduled for this week, it would be really helpful if you could give me some idea about the interview, the questions asked and the details about the case study.
Thanks in advance, look forward to your reply
6 September 2010 - 1:27pm
graduate_X_1
I applied to Accenture Tech Solutions Graduate scheme for the role of Soft Eng. Couldn't find much helpful materials out there to help any peeps prepare for this interview, so I thought I'd do the right thing and be a good samaritan. I think I blew the interview anyway as I was caught off guard, even though I did so much preperation, most of it went to waste as I hardly got the chance to reveal them.
But anyhoo, here are the questions that I got asked:
What have you been doing ever since you finished university?,
How was the transition like to University?,
What were the challenges of commutting (or challenges of moving out to Uni)?,
What other roles are you considering?,
What is your understanding of Accenture Technology Solutions (ATS)?,
What do you think are the positive and negative aspects of being mobile in this role?,
What are the project life cycles?,
What is the most challenging decision you made?,
What is the biggest mistake you made?,
Why are you interested in IT?,
Why Software Engineering?,
What was the most challenging project you carried out (Pref. something Technical)?,
What are the areas you think you want to develop if offered the role?,
What are the languages you learned (e.g. C, C#, Java etc)?,
Which one is your favourite language (java or asp.net)?,
Which modules did you like in university and which ones did you not like?,
Who are Accenture's competitors?,
What makes accenture different from other similar companies?,
What are the three different service areas in Accenture?
Why did you choose your university and why did you choose your course?,
Thats all that I can remember. This was one of the most challenging interviews I faced so far. You might get easy questions like some of my friends did but you might be the unlucky one getting questions like the ones above. And also the other thing to note is you might get an interviewer who doesnt give you much time to answer your questions fully, so you have to be very concise and succinct. Otherwise you might not get any of the good points across even though you know them.
Good luck if you are applying to ATS. It might even help folks applying to ACG (Analyst Consulting Group).
11 September 2010 - 2:28am
m_azy
Hi graduate_X_I,
I believe the list of questions you have posted in for 1st round telephonic interview.
Can you please give some idea of 2nd or final round (HR+Tech).
Any help appreciated.
thanks
18 October 2010 - 12:29pm
suddenDeath
Hi graduate_X_I,
Firstly sorry to hear that your interview didnt go according to your prep, but I want to thank you for sharing the questions.....I had my first round and they asked me exactly the same questions listed above.......they asked me all of them. Honestly my personal prep was completely different from these questions. Thanks alot. I would recommend all others to base their prep along these guidelines.
17 January 2011 - 12:21am
mohuru
I will like to know the structure of the first round of Interview at Accenture in London.
4 February 2011 - 7:14am
A_garg
Hi Graduate_X_1
how are you doing.??
I am planing to apply to Analyst consulting group ACG.
The questions that you have provided are really very helpful...and form a nice basis for preparation....
Can you tell me for which branch did you apply for..i mean the place .....
Thanks....
5 June 2011 - 4:48am
vaibhav88315
Thanks Graduate_X_1 for ur contribution. I was asked same questions and i have cleared the frst round.
Can anyone share the insights of 2nd round?
Thanks in advance.
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Does anyone have any experience working at Accenture? Can you tell me what the company culture is like?