Accenture Consultant Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Q1. Give me a quick introduction about yourself. Why MBA? Why do you want to pursue a career in consulting?
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State the effects, advantages, and disadvantages of teleportation. What industries do you think will be impacted the most by this?
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate]

C: I think teleportation will have an impact on several industries. If the teleportation technology is inexpensive, it will have an impact on automobile industry, aviation, and hospitality. Teleportation can emerge as an alternate to conventional modes of transport and find applications in travel and hospitality.

I: Alright. What do you think will be the biggest challenge in this case?

C: The biggest challenge will be the application of this technology and how to make it inexpensive. The more expensive the technology is, the more difficult its access would be.

I: I agree to what you are suggesting. What are the major risks associated with this technology?

C: The risks associated with this technology include safety and security. The industries that will see the maximum impact will be automobile, travel, and hospitality.

Q1. Tell me about yourself and your family.
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Q2. Tell me about your work experience.
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What factors will you consider while planning the yearly budget preparation for buying rice for home?
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate]

I: What factors will you consider while buying rice?

C: My budget, seasonality, last year price trends, prices of alternative brands, storage period.

I: How will you apply data analytics to decide buying strategy?

C: So, we have the factors/variables involved in the problem. We need to find which variables will give the most information.

For example, if we have graphs describing past year trends and comparison with other brands, we can come up with the most efficient solution.

Then we make the purchase as allowed by our budget. Since rice has a long storage life, we can buy in large amounts for around up to 6 months.

I: So how will you summarize the case?

C: First comes the data collection phase where we decide the factors involved, which in our case are the budget, last year trends, competitor pricing, etc.

Then comes the data analysis phase where we look at the available data and use it to make decisions.

Then we do the purchasing and post that comes the post-purchasing process which involves documenting this year’s numbers and comparing with previous years investments.

There is a premium beauty services/salon company based in Dubai. They are looking for expanding. Discuss how they should proceed.
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate]

C: (Scoping questions) How old is the company and what kind of services do they offer? Do they sell their own line of products as well?

I: It is a well-established company almost 25 years old. Yes, they have their own line of products as well. They have all basic beauty parlor services.

C: What locations do they serve currently? And how is the market? Are there any competitors?

I: Currently they serve Dubai and Tier 1 Indian cities. There are some popular competitors like Lakme, etc.

C: Okay. So, do we have any constraints with respect to geography, labor or budget?

I: No constraints.

C: And how much time do we have to plan the expansion?

I: Around 2-3 years.

C: Okay, so we have the following options -

Since we have sufficient time, we can look for geographical expansion and expand to Tier-2 Indian cities as well. Also, we can look for expanding to other south Asian countries.

Another option can be to launch economy range of products and also sell them on e-commerce platform for worldwide sales.

Q1. Questions regarding Infosys.
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TATA wants to enter the OTT Space. Devise a strategy.
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate]

I: Introduced himself & asked me to talk about myself.

C: * answered * (Every company asks this so best to prepare beforehand)

I: What kind of work did you do at Infosys?

C: Mentioned about the European client I worked for, building AWS-based analytics engine, and leading a team within just 2 years.

I: Favorite subject in Term-1

C: Marketing Management-I

I: Asked a case on pricing a new OTT platform by TATA.

C: Asked scoping questions to narrow down the scope of the problem & gave broad level buckets (content, analytics, marketing, technology, legal, etc.), asked if the focus should be on anything specific.

I: Asked to pursue subscription-based pricing & further distribution of cost objects for OTT.

C: Gave approximate numbers (not to the extent of a guesstimate though)

To buy Flipkart, what price would I pay?
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate] 

I: Mentioned about getting feedback from the team. Asked about the reason behind dip in 12th grade performance.

C: Explained clearly since the question was anticipated.

I: Asked about work experience in Norway and what was difference there as compared to here.

C: Explained in terms of work culture, ethics, etc. without showing either of them in a negative light.

I: Jumped to straight into a case - If you were to buy Flipkart, what price would I pay?

C: Asked questions about who I am in this case, what is my background, objective, etc. Divided the cost factors that will be dead weight for me & further cost benefit analysis involving perceived value too.

I: Asked about Capability Network and my understanding.

C: Asked about some of the recent projects he had been working on & in what direction does Accenture see the technology spectrum growing.

Q1. Tell me about yourself.
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Q2. Why Accenture?
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Q3. Why Consulting?
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Q4. Tell me about yourself including your family.
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Q5. What motivates you in life?
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Q6. If given a choice, which domain you would be interested in working in Accenture and why?
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Q7. What kind of project you worked in during your job?
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Q8. What tools/technologies did you use during your job?
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Q9. What are your two major learnings from your previous work experience?
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Guesstimate the total number of dinner sets in Lucknow.
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate]

C: Started by stating population and segmenting them.

I: Do not worry about the numbers. Just go with the approach quickly.

C: Here are we talking about the dinner sets in shops or in homes.

I: Take your assumptions.

C: Ignoring the dinner sets in shops. I will divide the population in Lucknow in lower income, middle income, and high-income family groups with a family size of approximately four.

Additionally, assuming lower income group to have almost nil percentage, I will assign percentages of middle and high-income group families in Lucknow.

Now considering that a middle-income family have approximately 1 dinner set at home and high-income family to have approximately 2 sets, I will find out the number of dinner sets in Lucknow homes.

I: The approach is good. You correctly segmented them. Just a little thing, try not to ignore the lower income segment. Consider them even if they are in small percentage.

C: Asked questions related to her experience.

Q1. Have you experienced a situation where you had to overcome an obstacle? How did you react? What were your learnings?
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Q2. Was there any situation in our workplace where you had to convince your manager for a task?
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Q3. What was your most significant achievement?
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Q4. Have you come across a situation where you had to perform a task in an unconventional way?
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There is a square and coins. Area of the coin is less than the square. There are two players A and B who have to fill the square with coins. The person who puts coin in square at last place wins, i.e., after which there is no space to put another coin. Among A and B who can go first and what will be his strategy to win the game.
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate]

C: Can the coins be of any size? And will the size of the coins be constant throughout?

I: Yes

C: Whoever goes first will fill the square with the area such that there is no space left for 2nd player. So, whoever goes 1st, wins.

I: Your solution is correct but think a generalized solution. The first mover will place the coin at center. Take this as a hint.

C: Okay, thank you for the hint. In whichever position the 2nd player places the coin after the coin is placed at the center, the first player will always have a position of reflection of 2nd player. Thus, the last mover will be the player who had placed the coin first.

I: Correct!

Q1. Tell me about yourself.
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Q2. Could you explain more about your work and the responsibilities you had?
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Q3. Why Accenture Strategy?
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Q4. How would your previous work experience help us?
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Q5. What was your role in the PDC of the product mentioned in the CV?
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Q6. What would you like to do at Accenture (any specific inclinations?)?
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Q7. What interests you the most about Accenture?
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Q8. Tell me more about the kind of quizzing you are into (did not enquire much).
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Client is a container manufacturer who is seeing large-scale damages to the containers when they are sent back after use. The client wants to begin an incentive scheme awarding it to the user/customer so as to encourage return of containers w/o damage. Design the incentive program (factors to be considered). How would you approach the problem?
I would like to take a minute think and structure my thoughts. I would take both an internal and external stakeholder. Internally, need to figure how could processes be changed to reduce damage. Externally, have to work on a process map, and work on understanding the problem's origin at each step. The incentive scheme is designed after containing these issues so as to reduce expenses.