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Orginally posted by mercury6
Why would you need all those skills and prove it in an interview for such a Job is beyond me, but thats how it is over here.

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"Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in the destruction of civilization than in building it up."

-- Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"

Has anyone appeared for interview with ACCENTURE in SAP field? If so, can u pls share ur experiences....

Cheers

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Orginally posted by Jack109

Jughead,Pratickm,Smiley and desi in Ottawa,

Thanks for the encouraging postings.Luckily I had to take a 30% pay cut at Accenture so was quite happy when it did not go through.

But I would appreciate if anybody would post a mock question and answer session to benefit other people in the discussion group s to how a typical behavioral interview should go through so that candidates have a fair idea.


I did notice that there was a ex NJ member...I am from there too and am sure will do well.

Thanks,
Jack109

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Jughead,
I am in Toronto and settling well.Thanks for asking.Give me a shout at

Thanks,
Shrikant Gopinath

Back in 1995 my first job was with Anderson (now Accenture). The background check took around a month or so, and 'Yes' they did call up my employer in India.

As regards the interview, from what I can remember, it was unique. I was asked to describe a situation at work and how I handled it. This was for a programmer/analyst job. The idea was to bring out the soft skills.

Back in India, in the early 90's, I appeared for an interview (programmer/Analyst) with Mafatlal Group. In the final interview I was asked a Q - 'What would you do if a co-worker was to slap you at work'.

The right answer - Call the security. Don't touch that person.

My 2 cents....

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Reiki Grand Master

Transcript of my interview.

Interviwed by Lee Foster.

He asked me two give two incidents where I excelled as a team player,
displayed managerial skills and went beyond my job description.

I tols him about two incidents in the implementation of SAP PM where
I reported at a site and it was a pilot implementation project.

My PM at location 1 was not my boss but I had to fill in a spot unitl
my new PM joined at location 2.I told him about how I recorded all
the flaws technical and admin at location1 which we could correct at location2
and informed my new PM (to alter the project schedule,tasks).


The interviwer kept asking me about the discussion I had with my PM1
and PM2.Then he asked me (constantly) what was my line of thought
whenever I spoke to PM1 and PM2.(in plain words he asked me what were
you thinking at that moment, this moment...I found it very weird when
we wanted to know about my line of thought and not what actions I took)
He asked me with regards to what were you thinking and my answer was
repetititive that we needed to avoid all these mistakes during
the implementation at location 2,we needed to take all precuationary
actions at location 2 to avoid making the same mistakes, to stay within schedule
and budget.)Then I told him how with all my experiences at location 1 how
I cross trained a new colleague at location 2.Then he asked me what were
you thinking when you spoke to your colleauge.I told that with my earlier
implementation experience he should get the best guidance (technical,admin
& procedural)


At this time I was thinking that I did well by telling him about the
situation on how I kept my PM2 better informed and cross trained my colleague.


Question 2
I told him about my implementaion experience in Toronto where local plant
authorities had liitle idea about the PM implementation and how I was
driving the process with the schedule and plan from the corporate office
remotely.

I told him of an incident where I communicated with the implementation specialist
(corporate) remotely and appraised him of the problems ahead (blue prints for the
Inventory module part) with regards to our approach.


Then he asked me did I communnicate via email or phone.I told him both.
Then we had a sort of a hollywood moment like he was the director and I was an actor.
Then in qoutes he asked me please rewind to that scene where you are on the
phone and tell me the same words and I told him that I was on the phone
abd told him the technical issues which would be forthcoming and that
we would need to keep those in mind as plants using similar Purchasing
process and or evaluating the use of the same ERP/ methodology at different
locations.Then came the golden question which haunted me "What were you
thinking at that moment?" and my reply was that we did not have bite the bullet
when we crossed the bridge.We had to stay on our plan and keep looking
for the various problems which would arise.I explained to him how I
collaborated across various locations and got the information needed to
find more feasible options.

Then he asked me if I had any questions and I asked him about the expectations
of the positions which was very vague as per the job description.
Being in the field I my understanding was that he had very limited knowledge
of the position and he used macro words as global, consulting,spectrum....
but nothiing to detail the position.

Then he just got up and told me that he would cease the interview process at the
time and thanked me for coming and that he would inform the recruiter to send
me a letter thanking and regretting how I was unsuitable for the role.

I told him that I had displayed my comm skills, collaboratin skills, negotiation skills,
technical skills but he was not impressed.

He thanked me and asked me if I had brought my jacket and I replied in the negative and
he showed me the door.

Jack - I don't know about others, but I think you didn't do bad at all.
In fact, I think you did quite well, and I am surprised you did not get the job.
My hunch is that something else was going on, because of the way you said that the interviewer was not ready (or not able) to give detailed requirements and expectations for the job, and also the abrupt manner in which he concluded the interview.

Maybe they had already made up their mind that there were going on hire somebody else.
Or maybe there was something else in your resume that they did not like but didn't want to discuss that with you.

Who knows - it is sad that interviewers will not tell you what factors have a positive effect and which ones negative.
That will help candidates improve.

Anyhow, I wish you all the best for future interviews.

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"Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in the destruction of civilization than in building it up."

-- Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"