Hi there!

These are great questions. 

Let me take them one by one.

1. Does this practice do real strategy works?

Strategy, not strategy - it's not really black and white. 

Yes, Accenture does strategy work. 

Yes, they also tend to be mostly focused on IT-related topics (this is generally what Accenture is known for). 

However, they rarely do the high-level strategic stuff which tends to go to MBB. 

In the end, it doesn't really matter - in the sense that if your plan is to do heavy strategy work, you could just lean towards those types of projects once you're in Accenture and then mid to long-term move into MBB.

2. How to prepare for case interviews with this practice?

It's great that you know the background of the interviewer.

Here are two cases that were written based on McKinsey interviews which are ‘digital’ cases:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/interviewer-led-mckinsey-style/advanced/digital-lab-at-leta-bank-mckbcg-digital-261

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/interviewer-led-mckinsey-style/intermediate/glowmobile-goes-digital-mckinsey-first-round-280

They should give you a good understanding of what to expect in terms of topic, depth of expertise needed and what the interviewers are looking for. 

Last but not least, don't expect that just because the interviewer does digital transformations, all the questions are going to be from digital. Expect anything. 

Best of luck with your upcoming interview!
Cristian
 

Hello,

To answer your questions:

1. Yep, they absolutely do real strategy work, and they are particularly known for their digital-related work. I also definitely recommend networking with people there as you go through the recruiting process to learn more about the kind of work they do.

2. I think Ian's advice is spot on here! Prepare as you would for a case interview at any large consulting company (so yes, work on typical strategy cases), and devote some time to focusing on cases that deal with digital transformations.