21 Technical and HR Accenture Interview Questions Asked

Listing Technical and HR Interview Questions asked in Accenture based on the experience shared by the candidate.

Technical Interview Questions asked in Accenture

Following are the interview questions asked in Accenture technical round. Preparing for these questions will improve your command on the technical subject. And this is gonna help you to prepare coding and technical interviews of all the companies.

Let’s begin.

1. What is the difference between call by value and call by reference for functions?
2. Write a program in C++ for Fibonacci series.

   #include <stdio.h>
   int main()
   {
       int i, n, t1 = 0, t2 = 1, nextNum;
   
       printf("Number of terms: ");
       scanf("%d", &n);
   
       printf("Fibonacci Series: ");
   
       for (i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
       {
           printf("%d, ", t1);
           nextNum = t1 + t2;
           t1 = t2;
           t2 = nextTerm;
       }
       return 0;
   }

   This program is written using the loop statement. You can write the same program using recursion as well.

3. Define encapsulation in C++. Explain “Abstraction and encapsulation are complementary concepts”.
4. Explain at least 3 basic concepts/ features of OOPS.
   Answers for 3rd and 4th Questions: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts [Asked in Many Interviews]
5. Tell us about the projects you undertook in your summers.
   Tips: You should be always confident about the project you have mentioned in your resume. You can take help from standard CV format. This will give you points to add and remove from your resume.
6. What are recursive functions? Give three examples.
7. What can you tell us about the latest android version M and how is it different from others?
8. Tell me about the significance of semaphores. What are the different types of Semaphores?
9. What are the various On-Delete options in a DB table? Which is the default option?
10. What are the different types of database keys?
    Answer: 7 Different Types of Database Keys Explained with Example

For the technical round, I would recommend practicing coding interview questions.

HR Interview Questions Asked in Accenture

Even though these questions have been asked in Accenture HR interview rounds, they are not specific to Accenture. These are all the common HR questions. You will be facing in HR interview of any Companies.

Let’s see.

1. Tell us about yourself and your family background.
   Tips: This is like introducing yourself to the HR panel. Always keep ready 5-6 sentence to tell about you, your family and background. You will face this question almost in all your HR interviews.
2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
   Tips: Rather telling about the designation you want to get, tell them as you want to be expert in particular domain/programming.
3. What do you expect from Accenture as an employer?
4. List some of the current news headlines. (This is just to ensure how you are updated with the news going around.)
5. Do you have any questions for us?
6. What are your views on social networking? Is it helpful or harmful?
   Tips: Don’t be judgmental. You should always tell about the pros and cons.
7. What is your dream company?
8. Will you be willing to work night-shift?
   Tips: Most of the service based companies provide the support for their clients resides in other time zones. So their expectation is to say ‘yes’.
9. What is ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ initiative? What are your views on it?
10. Why does the Indian flag have 24 spokes?
11. What do you think should be done to improve our company?
    Tips: Don’t criticize any of their policy. You can suggest them new policies and explain how these policies can help the company or improve the productivity of the employees.

These are the questions asked to the candidate in his HR interview round for Accenture. These questions may be different for you.

Apart from these, you should also prepare for some of the common questions asked in HR interviews.

Update: We will keep updating this post with answers to each question. Meanwhile, you can also check other Accenture interview questions shared by candidates.

This is all about Technical and HR Accenture Interview Questions.

All the Best!