How are entry level new grad interviews like for Avanade and Accenture?
Specifically tech consulting
Yeah pretty much this. The tech questions were very very easy at Accenture for both the analyst and consultant positions I applied to
How do you like Slalom? I was strongly considering them.
I like it a lot honestly, the TC won’t be as high as some of the tech consulting jobs right out of college, but I started at 85k with an average 7-10% bonus. Did really well after my first year and went to 97k. The biggest thing is the work life balance is seriously great. Literally only have to work 40 hours a week on client site and the occasional event at the slalom office. Definitely no complaints so far other than TC comparison to tech. I’d need at least a 15-20k raise before I considered leaving
I was offered 82.5 and had a competing offer of 85 and they went to 86. Yeah, they don’t typically hire new grads unless you come in as an analyst. Came in with a unique cohort of younger consultants. What location are you looking into?
I’m looking at Houston Texas! But I’m open to really anywhere US but if I’ve done my research right Slalom does more local consulting so I’d prefer Houston still.
Awesome, well just make sure you understand the distinction between local Slalom and Slalom build. The former being a consulting role and the latter being more of a pure SDE role where you don’t have much client interfacing
I started in Austin and went to the Denver office, both fairly reasonable COL. Slalom is just typically relatively competitive with salary. For comparison, the analyst role I was offered from Accenture was 75k
Wow interesting. I hope they post some analyst roles soon! I really want to join Slalom. Thanks for the information!
No worries, hope you get the opportunity to join! Feel free to DM me if you have any additional questions
They’re grading you in 3 things. How well do you know Avanade? What do you know about consulting and why do you want to get into consulting? How technical are you? For the technical, it was a whiteboard coding interview that was leetcode easy. However, they didn’t care about candidates getting an optimal solution. They just want to hear your thought process and team work by solving it with the interviewer. I know a guy who gave the brute force to this easy question but still got in. It all starts with a phone screen with the recruiter, then a conversation with a more senior engineer just to gauge your passion and interest in consulting and Avanade, then an on-site with 2 interviews. First one is about your background, interest in Avanade, and teamwork related questions. Second one is the whiteboard coding I mentioned earlier, which if you do well on the person won’t even make you write code. Just write out steps and drawings to show your algorithm.
How long does it take to get an offer? Like 2 weeks?
Should be within a week, otherwise you’ve been rejected.
Very easy. Be sociable, know some tech buzzwords, and know the basics of a case study.