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Candidate Information:Company: AccentureBatch: 2026Profile Offered: AASE (Associate Application Software Engineer)Mode: On-Campus RecruitmentOverview of Interview Process:...
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Candidate Information: Company: Accenture Batch: 2026 Profile Offered: AASE (Associate Application Software Engineer) Mode: On-Campus Recruitment Overview of Interview Process: Initial Screening Registration Date: 17/09/2025 Platform: Accenture official portal Important Note: PAN card photo upload was mandatory (many candidates faced issues due to outdated PAN details). Assessment Round Venue: College Date: 13/10/2025
Round 1 Behavioural & Cognitive Assessment Type: MCQs + Gamified Aptitude Behavioural: 50 situational/behavioural questions Mostly instinct-based, no heavy preparation required Cognitive: Game-based aptitude tasks Examples: maze pathfinding, pattern recognition, small calculations Difficulty: Easy
Round 2 Technical MCQs Focus Areas: Computer Networks Cloud Computing Pseudocode Software Development concepts Type: Multiple-choice questions Difficulty: Moderate, concept-based
Round 3 Coding Round Frontend Task: HTML, CSS, JavaScript based web development task SQL: Query based on joins Required understanding of the given database schema Backend (DSA): One problem based on Dynamic Sliding Window Overall Difficulty: Balanced, required clarity of basics Communication Assessment Venue: Home Experience: This was the most hectic round Faced a technical error during the first attempt Received a system-generated rejection mail Contacted TPO, who coordinated with Accenture HR Got a re-attempt mail after a few days and completed the assessment successfully Final Interview Mode: Online (Home) Slot Selection Mail: 07/11/2025 Interview Date & Time Chosen: 10/11/2025, 10:00 AM Obstacles Faced Unable to join the interview link at the scheduled time Kept retrying for nearly 2 hours Received an interview cancelled mail Continued trying and finally joined the interview around 12:00 PM Interview Experience Introduction Project-Based Questions: Why did you choose this project? Why this technology stack? How did you improve query performance? Deep dive into project architecture and decisions HR Questions: Tell me about your family Why Accenture? End: Asked if I had any questions Additional Information: Result Date: 03/12/2025 Result Source: Received selected list via TPO Final
Outcome Selected for AASE profile Closing Note: This interview process tested not just technical skills but patience and persistence. System issues and delays were challenging, but staying calm, continuously following up through the TPO, and not giving up made a big difference. Accenture values genuine effort, project understanding, and resilience.
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This is a candidate experience report from a accenture interview for a pm role (junior level) during the oa round reported in 2025.
It covers the following topics: Sql, Sliding Window, Behavioral, Two Pointers, Stack .
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.