Accenture Interview Experience for ASE (On-Campus) 2023

Accenture :

Accenture is a Dublin-based, Irish-American provider of professional services with a focus on IT consulting and services. Accenture India has offices spread around the country. There are seven in Bengaluru, six in Mumbai, three each in Gurugram, Hyderabad, and Pune, two each in Chennai and Noida, and one each in Coimbatore, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, and New Delhi.

INTERVIEW PROCESS :

Once you register in the Accenture portal, if you are eligible, you will receive an email requesting that you select the slot for your first round. Once you select the slot, you will receive the mail to complete the first round.

Accenture India usually has four rounds in its recruitment process. They are-

• Aptitude, analytical and logical thinking, English ability, pseudocode, technical MCQs
• Coding
• Communication Round
• Technical + HR interview

Round 1: Aptitude, Analytical and Logical Thinking, English Ability, Pseudocode, Technical MCQs.

In this round, you will have 90 minutes to solve 90 MCQs. You can change the sections as per your wishes. In the aptitude, analytical, and logical thinking sections, you have the basic and intermediate aptitude and analytical and logical thinking questions. At the intermediate level, you have the basic and intermediate-level vocabulary and grammar questions. These two sections can be cleared if you practice regularly.

In the pseudocode section, you have the false code or pseudocode to solve and find the output or error in the code. This section checks your debugging skills. You need constant practice and good coding knowledge to solve the code. In the technical MCQs section, you will find MCQs based on MS Office, Cloud, Computer Networking, and Cyber Security.

Practice Aptitude Questions from IndiaBIX and other domain-related questions from sites like GeeksforGeeks and Sanfoundry.

In my case, I received intermediate-level questions in all the sections.

Once you pass this round with the required cutoff, you will be taken to the next round.

Round 2: Coding

Once you complete round 1, you will automatically be taken to the next coding round.

NOTE: Both Round 1 and Round 2 happen on the same day.

You will have 45 minutes to solve two coding questions. The difficulty level of the questions varies from person to person and slot to slot. The basic level of DSA will help you if your slot has difficult questions. If the difficulty level is easy, you might get to find a basic code like circular prime or something of that sort. So practice well on your coding part. From what I’ve seen String, Arrays, and Number related questions are very common when it comes to Accenture to prepare these topics very well.

In my case, I received basic-level questions.

• Problem 1:- This was a problem relating to Round Numbers we had to take a positive integer as input and sum the square of its digits until it eventually became 1. If it did, that is a round number else it is not.
• Problem 2:- To check if a given number is an Armstrong Number or not using static functions.

Practice easy and medium-level questions from GeeksforGeeks and some questions from InterviewBit, brush up on the fundamental concepts of Data Structures like Strings, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, and LinkedLists, and some popular Algorithmic Concepts like Searching and Sorting Techniques, Divide and Conquer, Greedy Techniques and Dynamic Programming.

Once you pass this round, you will receive a message saying that you have completed the two rounds and are eligible for the communication round. You will receive the mail for the communication round after some days.

Round 3: Communication Round

This round checks your communication skills with the help of software. It includes listening and speaking. The software is so sensitive, so please keep your surroundings silent, and your internet connection should be strong. In this round, they check your communication skills in some of the following ways:

• You have to read the texts that show up.
• You have to listen to the texts and repeat them.
• You have to hear the story (30 seconds long) they tell, and you have to repeat the gist of the same as much as you can recollect.
• You have to reply to their questions, these are like general aptitude kind of questions but you have to be very prompt with your answer.
• They will say a sentence with grammatical errors, you need to repeat the same but by correcting the errors.

I thought the communication round was very easy, however, that being said you need to be very accurate with your pronunciation and punctuation, and also start working on your listening skills (American English), otherwise if you are not in a habit of that you might find it difficult to figure out the meaning of the sentence.

Once you complete the test, you will receive a mail saying you have completed the assessment and will receive subsequent emails regarding your interview.

Round 4: Technical + HR Interview

This is the last round in the interview process. You will receive a mail to select the slot for the interview, and you will receive a mail for the interview round. I will share my experience in this round.

The interviewer started by introducing herself, and after that, she asked me the following questions:-

• Introduce Yourself.
• Why did you take up computer science?
• What is a project you’re currently working on?
• Why did you choose this project?
• What was your responsibility in making this project?
• What were the difficulties you faced?(Technical + Personal)
• What was the feedback you received from your mentor?
• What are your subjects of interest?
• Why do you wish to pursue a career in Machine Learning? (i.e. Why ML?)
• Other than studies what are the extracurriculars you pursued? Some sport maybe?
• Given the situation that you have to lead a team, how do you think you will handle it?
• What do you think is the current situation of the IT industry? Where do you see it headed in the future?

TIPS:

• Concentrate on the questions asked.
• Answer the questions to the point and don’t speak unnecessarily.
• Ask some professional questions at the end, not personal questions. For example, you can ask about the current technologies that are used at Accenture and how you based on your current skill set would fit into that domain.
• If you can’t understand the question, don’t assume, but ask the interviewer to repeat the question.
• Make sure you have quality earphones, a strong internet connection, and a quiet environment.

This is the interview process at Accenture India. If you cleared the interview process, within a few weeks you will receive the letter of intent.

I gave my interview on 16th August 2023 and received the LOI(Letter Of Intent) on 12th September 2023.

All the best, geeks!