Accenture Interview Experience | Role: Advanced application engineering analyst | Campus visit: 2024
Interview Experience
In July, Accenture commenced the registration process for the Advanced Engineer Hiring (AEH) program at VIT. A pre-placement talk was held on August 27, followed by the as...
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In July, Accenture commenced the registration process for the Advanced Engineer Hiring (AEH) program at VIT. A pre-placement talk was held on August 27, followed by the assessment test on September 11. Assessment Overview The assessment consisted of two parts: a cognitive round and a coding round. Only candidates who performed well in the cognitive assessment were eligible to proceed to the coding round. In the coding round, candidates were shortlisted based on the complete execution of their programs within half the allotted time. The coding questions were of easy to medium difficulty. Communication Assessment A week after the coding test, we received a link for the communication assessment. I recommend watching a tutorial on YouTube to prepare for this part. After completing the communication test, I received an interview link four days later. Interview Process The interview primarily focused on my resume and basic HR questions. Out of thousands of applicants, 156 were selected, and I was fortunate to be one of them. Topics Covered Cognitive Test Topics: Flow charts Verbal reasoning Sentence arrangement Antonyms and synonyms Basic quantitative aptitude (directions, symbols in patterns, choosing the best conclusion) Paragraph-based questions Data analysis from graphs and pie charts Seating arrangement (people sitting in a circle or straight line) Odd one out Set theory Human relations Passive and active voice Articles (fill in the blanks) Coding Questions: Celebrity Problem: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/the-celebrity-problem/ Count the number of elements with: Odd index and odd value Even index and even value
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This is a candidate experience report from a accenture interview for a data science role during the oa round reported in 2025.
It covers the following topics: Graph, Sql .
Difficulty rating: Easy
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This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Accenture. LeakCode aggregates interview reports from 10+ sources, including 1Point3Acres, Glassdoor, LeetCode Discuss, Blind, Reddit, Indeed, and Nowcoder. Each report is translated where necessary, deduplicated against existing entries, and tagged by company, role, round type, and reporting date.
Use this question as one calibration data point, not a memorization target. Companies typically rotate their question pools every 2-4 months; the exact wording of a 2024 question may differ from what you encounter today. The underlying pattern, difficulty level, and follow-up depth at Accenture are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Accenture interview process typically includes a recruiter screen, one or two technical phone screens, and a 4-5 round on-site loop covering coding, system design (at L4+ levels), and behavioral. Reports tagged on LeakCode show the round-by-round distribution and typical difficulty calibration. To browse questions filtered by round type and seniority, use the company hub linked above.
How To Practice This Type of Question
Solve similar problems on LeetCode under timed conditions (25-35 minutes per medium difficulty). The goal is pattern recognition: recognize the underlying technique (sliding window, two-pointer, BFS, memoized recursion, etc.) within 60-90 seconds of reading. Strong candidates verbalize their hypothesis out loud before coding, then iterate based on feedback. Weak candidates dive into implementation immediately, lose time on the wrong approach, and run out of time for follow-ups.
Companies update their question pools every 2-4 months. The exact wording of any given question may have been retired by the time you interview. Focus your prep on the pattern, not the specific problem. The patterns that appear in Accenture reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Accenture Round
Apply the standard interview round template: clarify requirements (2-3 minutes), state your approach out loud and confirm direction with the interviewer (3-5 minutes), code with narration (15-25 minutes), test with concrete examples including edge cases (5 minutes), discuss optimization or trade-offs if time permits (5 minutes). This template is universally accepted across FAANG and adjacent companies; deviating from it produces weaker interviewer feedback signal.
The single most predictive failure mode in Accenture reports tagged "no hire": not asking clarifying questions. Interviewers are explicitly trained to weight this. Strong candidates ask 3-5 clarifying questions even on problems that look obvious; weak candidates dive into code immediately. The clarifying-question check is often the first signal recorded in the interviewer's written notes.