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Capgemini

Capgemini is headquartered in Paris, France and operates in more than 36 countries. The firm has over 86,000 employees in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Apart from management and support roles, the firm's employees are grouped into four major disciplines, each of which is governed by its specific economic rules, and managed with its own profit:

  • Consulting Services
  • Outsourcing Services
  • Technology Services
  • Local Professional Services

Application and Interview Process

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The Capgemini application process involves three or four main stages, depending on which programme you apply for:

Telephone Interview

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The Capgemini telephone interview lasts for approximately 30 - 40 minutes. Questions may include:

  • Give me a 2-3 minute overview about yourself.
  • Why did you choose Capgemini/Consultancy?
  • Are you aware of the travelling involved in consultancy and do you think you can deal with it?
    • Do you have any family commitments, (e.g wife/girlfriend) that means you would be unable to travel long distances and stay in other locations for extended periods of time?
  • Tell me what you know about Capgemini and their competitors.
  • What do you think makes Capgemini different from their competitors?
  • What is a development life cycle?
  • What is currently happening in the IT market?
  • What do you think the future holds for Capgemini and IT based organisations?

Competency Questions you may be asked during the telephone interview include:

  • Give me an example of a time when you were in a team and you faced a difficult task.
  • Give me an example of a time when you persuaded a team about something, how did you persuade them, what was the outcome?
  • Give me an example of a time when you adapted to change, what did you learn, what was the outcome?
  • Give me an example of a time when you changed something (system, procedure etc), and got others to implement the same system?
    • How did you go about telling them to do this?

Final telephone interview questions may include:

  • Have you applied elsewhere?
  • Do you have interviews/AC's elsewhere?
  • Are there any dates that you can't make over the next three months?

Candidates are usually told if they have been successful at this stage within 72 hours.

Assessment Centre

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A Capgemini assessment centre is usually as follows:

CDC Management Consulting Assessment Centre

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The CDC management consulting assessment centre consists of:

Group Exercise

For the group exercise you will sit with other candidates in a small room of four to six people with two capgemini assessors. You are then given 15 minutes to read a great deal of material (skim-read this to find out the important bits) and then 30 mins to complete set tasks. Make sure you say things that are constructive and intelligent.

Partner Interview

The partner interview at Capgemini is vigorous. This is where you discuss your prepared business case study and also complete a separate "on the spot" business scenario test/case study.

BTC Assessment Centre

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The BTC graduate scheme assessment centre is as follows:

Manager interview

This interview is mainly an in-depth discussion about you, your education and university experience and competency based questions about teamwork, leadership and career motivation.

Questions previous candidates have been asked include:

  • Describe a time when you have not achieved something and been disappointed
  • What do you think would be the most annoying things about consultancy?
  • Describe a time when you have triumphed in the face of adversity
  • Describe a time when a group you were working in was not working. What did you do?

Diagramatic Test

The diagrammatic reasoning test is a series of shapes and processes which change these shapes.

Group Exercise

For the group exercise you must work as a team, rather than competing with the other candidates at the assessment centre. Make points in relation to finance, ethical issues, community involvement, employment rates, etc.

Your group exercise may be about a factory relocating to a new place, or expanding at their existing location. It may be advantageous not to volunteer as the person that writes on the whiteboard during this exercise, as this will distance you from the group and you will not be involved in the discussions as much as you should be. However, you may be able to demonstrate leadership skills if you do volunteer to be in control of the whiteboard - but make sure you are as involved with group discussion as you can be.

If you find that you are all agreeing on the same place try and choose the other place and justify your reasons. They are looking for people who are not afraid to be challenged and can articulate well in an argument, but dont take it too far as then you may be seen as being overly argumentative.