Hi,
In general, the interviews at Accenture are not that structured:
- No clear guidelines for cases, so the case depends on the interviewer
- 60% chance that it will be marketsizing
- 40% chance - profitability and general frameworks
- Interviewers are less demanding than at Big3. unless you meet an ex-big3 consultant as an interviewer
- For fit I would prepare: Story about yourself; Why consulting; Why Accenture; Leadership; Team work; Your questions to the interviewer
In digital - you should be ready both for the conventional and digital cases. Also, You should be ready to talk about the relevant IT topics (Hint: I recommend reading the articles on the McKinsey / BCG / BIG 4 websites. Search for "agile", "Digital", etc)
Here is a list of potential topics you need to know. It is a full list and looks scary but they test a lot of these concepts depending on the particular role:
- Cloud (cloud vs own servers pro and cons, uptime % SLAs, load balancing, etc)
- Security (encryption basics, password change policy, cloud security and encryption on your computer)
- Agile and development (Agile principles)
- M&A and IT (Will it be one system or two systems? Is it "Adopt and go" approach or we take the best of both systems and create a new one? Integrate now, innovate later? Or Innovate now, when you have time?)
- IT strategy and Digital transformation (Similar to M&A)
- IoT (Mainly the use of IoT in operations - Process steps completion, measuring temperature, maintenance measurements, other measurements, predictive algorithms, etc)
Best,
Thank you for the insights, do you have further more specific suggestions & readings for the role of Digital Strategy & Experience?