Company: Accenture services
Test date: 17th January, 2011. Bangalore Institute Of Technology
Giving accenture was nice experience for me,and i was very glad that i was selected and cleared all the rounds.
TEST PATTERN: There was total 55 questions and time alloted was 60 minutes. Question paper consisted of 3 sections namely.
1. English(question based on usages of preposition;sentence correction; and passage)
2.logical ability
3.and simple maths problem,and problem bassed on venn diagrams and set theory.)
4.last was essay writing.the topic given to us was GLOBAL WARMING.maths was damm easy and i suggest practice R.S aggarwal,and solve previous year problems.
Almost 370 students sat for this exam and just 23 were shortlisted for and interview
round.and i was 1 of the lucky to be get selected. There was 2 interview round.first was technical and second was hr interview.there was no group discussion in our college.
In the Technical round i was very nervous because i was totally unprepared and it was my 1st interview. I suggest you to keep yourself calm and be confident.when i entered the chamber i did same. The interviewer knows about me everything.
Me: may i came in ma’m
Int: yes vivek, do get in.
I was very nervous
Int: You seems nervous, be calm vivek
then i took a long breathe
Int: She started seeing my resume and marks card,y you have scored very less marks in maths 12th
me:ma’m i was preparing for iit-jee,so the syllabus was totally diffrent from ncert.
Int: Ohhks,okies tell me 1 thing :i gave u a cake,and that cake was cut into random
piece,how will u distribute the remaining piece into 5 equal parts?
Me: I was really dumb at that time, don’t knw how to crack this.she gave me 2 minutes,I kept on thinking,then she said change the way u r thinking,then oh god it clicked,I replied cake should be cut in slices,;i.e horizontally.she was impressed
Int: Since I was into electronics stream,she asked can tell me vivek how the call is been made in the cellphone.
me:oh god this seems to be my dream question,this was the thing i was good at wireless communication.i gave the full details of call from mobile to exchange(bts,msc,bcs,bla,bla)
i stretched this to 15 minutes
in:she said ok,so what u are doing final year project?
me:since in vtu final year project is decided in 8th sem, i said that clearly.bt i said i had done my training in BSNL.
i suggest u all to prepare atlest ur training or final year project for ur technical round
in:she asked me what is the diff b/w c and c++,what is stack,what is pointer,tell me
algorithm for bubble sort
me:i didnt master all this,yet i replied to her question,making her that i know something.
in:vivek,can you write the c++ programme on palindrome
me:i looked at her,she gave me paper,this was the programme i just saw when i was
about to enter for an interview,oh god luck was favoring me today,i just wrote that
programme and explained her to the fullest.
interview went around till 35-40 minutes
in:thanks vivek,nice talking to you.
me:i said thank you ma’m,and came out.
Next was HR round,the person who were shortlisted for technical round were forwarded to HR round.i was 1 of them
My name was called after 30 minutes.
hr:hello vivek
me:good evening maam
hr:vivek,tell me about yourself(this is the common question asked in every interview,so be prepared for it)me:i had good preparation for this question so i replied
hr:what is your strength
me:i replied(plz be sure about your strength and reply properly)
hr:then the same repeated question ,what is your weakness
me:i replied(be sure weakness ,dnt let to the negative)
hr:ok vivek, you are given a situation,where you are in middle,8 people are in ur
opposition,how will you convince them.
me:i tried my best to impress her.
hr:are u a good team leader?
me:yes ma’m,i have organised many events in collages,i have a gr8 social n/w,i was vice captain of my school blah blah
hr:who is the ceo of accenture
me:william d green(i suggest you to read the full company profile before you go 4 any interview)
hr:are you ready to work in night shifts and anywhere?
me:yes ma’m
hr:the last and the most important question i was asked was “for how many years do
want to join accenture?”
Me: Thought for a while and answered LIFETIME(she laughed and told r u sure, i said yes