Everything About My Accenture Experience as a Technology Consultant
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2022
- I always get asked if I liked Accenture, what did I do, how was my experience, all those questions, but I never really answered it in a video because it's always an evolving answer, but now that I left, I give a very detailed and thorough answer! Many people ask me for a coffee chat to talk about my experience at Accenture, so here it is all in one video! Please note that this is just my experience, and I highly recommend you that network around with people at Accenture for the particular office, business unit and even role to really learn how your experience could be like or learn from many different people if you want to get a sense of Accenture as a whole!
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Your videos are so helpful! Keep doing amazing work!
Thank you so much! I hope to reach even more people!
Hi! This video was really helpful. I'm starting Accenture after I graduate college this year and this has helped me understand what I'll actually be doing as a tech consultant!
I’m so glad you found this helpful, and congratulations on your new job at Accenture! I wish you all the best!
Hi Christine! Had to stop by to let you know that I appreciate your content - it helps tremendously. I just concluded my round 2 interview 6/30 and it was so interesting, uplifting and a great experience. Just awaiting a decision, but regardless of the outcome I’m satisfied with my delivery, made an awesome impression with interviewers and the immediate feedback was super dope. I’m in PA and was interviewing for the Applied Intelligence Apprenticeship program. Good luck to all who are applying🍾🙌🏾❤️
Omg I’m so glad my content helped you feel more confident and prepared! I hope you’ll get a positive outcome, and let me know if you do! Thank you so much!
@@ChristineWong I’ll definitely do that! Either way it was such an amazing experience for so many reasons.🌺♥️
@@angelregis6593 thank you! Best of luck to you!
I would be joining Accenture next year (same as you, got the joining date for a year later) and I have been watching your videos not only to keep myself updated on Acn but also because you had the same exit opportunity that I want (from Acn to G). Also, loved the bit about stereotypes from the memes, yes they are often VERY true! 🤣
Sass I’m so glad my videos helped you! Thank you so much for sharing! Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn too!
@@ChristineWong of course, I just added you right now!
last name: Hamza, and same initials as here, i.e. S M H :)
I am starting in CDP- Applied Intelligence in the coming months and this made me feel so much better hearing what actually happens!
I’m glad! My experience can be very different though since I’m in tech and if you stay in CDP, you should be fine while they removed me from TDP and into the workday practice!
i worked for Accenture right out of school. Working for a big consulting firm is way overrated. That career was soul draining. It was a culture of vanity, popularity, and kissing up to the right people. It was endless hours of fancy presentations and consultant "lingo". Travel got old really quick. Career paths managed by "career counselors" and not your direct bosses didn't allow for the people who worked directly with you to have a more direct voice in your performance evaluations. Bench time was filled with useless work just to stay busy. Basically you were looking for a job...within a job. Kissing up and trying to know people to get on projects. Also the "laddering" system was tough too. Even if your team had 10 great peoplee....2 people had to be laddered out . Anyways...its better to stand out at a great smaller company....than get washed out as a little fish in a big company.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I’m sorry you had that experience, and I hope you were able to get out of it!
@@ChristineWong i quit after a year. one good thing though....having accenture on your resume definitely opens many opportunities.
Really informative video thank you for this!
Just go ask, how difficult is it to acquire these certifications? Does it require extensive amounts of studying in order to get them?
It depends on the certification but for Workday, they are all training then exam. Some certifications out there are self study and then you take the exam which can take much longer depending on the depth of content tested. Workday certifications are only allowed through an implementation partner so not anyone can just get them. I didn’t study much for Workday certifications because it sometimes varies on if it clicks or not. Sometimes a lot of studying is still not enough to get by if your foundation is poor.
@@ChristineWong Oh I see, thank you for the response. I really appreciate that you take the time to respond to all your comments, that's a pretty rare thing sometimes. I'm glad I subscribed to you! 😊
@@akira7436 thank you! Love helping everyone out!
I got accepted into Accenture federal services apprenticeship program in the summer, so I’m super excited to learn more about what’s happens. Any tips on what to expect or how the environment would be?
Congratulations!!! I actually have a video on Mari’s tips for the apprenticeship program!
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Otherwise this playlist could be a good place to start! You got a job in Technology Consulting. Now what?
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Get vaccinated
Hey Christine, someone at Accenture commercial offered to give me a referral when recruiting season comes in the Fall. Kind of dumb question but I have never gotten a referral before, should I apply first and then ask for the referral or do I wait for him to write a referral for me first? What should I do in the fall?
I would wait for the referral first! It gets a little complicated if you already applied and you get rejected before it goes through because it makes it harder to circumvent the system! Having the referral helps for multiple ways is that a recruiter will definitely look at your profile and having a point of contact shepherding it internally helps to see what’s going on or even better if they provided a personal statement on why you are best for the role. I would still stay in contact with him and when late summer comes around, ask if he can make the referral for you!
congrats Christine! I gave up on trying to get a office job. I think I'm stuck being a laborer for the result of my life
By laborer do you mean blue collar or manual labor jobs? I think there is potential for office work, you just need to find a role that works with your strengths and help you work on your weaknesses! A role most people forget about is virtual assistants!
@@ChristineWong Hey I do gardening, cleaning services, usher, and delivery. Right now I picked up some shifts at a local market that way I dont drive that far. glad u enjoy your new work
You can try to go for a more administrative role within the gigs you have! Try for customer service or service roles that interact more with the client.
You are never stuck. If you enjoy your current type of work, then keep working at being the best you can be within that work area. If you want to shift to “office” work, I would suggest taking relevant courses online in your non-working hours. If you develop good communication skills (writing, presenting ideas, etc) and learn Excel, you are immediately employable in an office position.
Great advice, Laura!
really enjoyed the video, even in 2024. thx!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
LOL she talks so fast yet is so articulate - the embodiment of a consultant! LOL
HAHAHHAA I take that as a compliment! I think it’s more from being a New Yorker 😹
If you're currently an Accenture employee or an ex-Accenture employee, how was your experience? If you're thinking about Accenture, what are your questions and I will answer from my perspective! Let us know!
Terrible. They just took over the company I work for and the entire system is on fire.
I’m sorry to hear! Do you mean that they are the consultants of a software implementation at your company or did they acquire your company?
@@ChristineWong @Christine Wong they are our new contractors.
The call transfers don't work.
A large number of people had their beneficiaries get deleted.
There is so much pressure to meet call #s that customers are on the phone for hours for simple answers. There are new employees... Asking to remain on the line with more Veterans reps because they weren't trained properly. The entire month of June to mid July the wait time was nearly 4 hours. The rules and policies differ day to day. My laptop was shot... It took me a WEEK to get them to finally respond and send a new one. People that have been with our company for 15-20 years.
It's absolutely disgusting.
They ONLY care about the numbers. They are also lying to the congressmen that have reached out sending Bs information to make it seem it's not as bad as it is.
I’m sorry that is your experience with them! This sounds like a part of Accenture Operations, which I have not been involved in at all.
Do you think Workday HCM is more saturated/easier than Workday Financials? I know Workday is more of a HR system but I feel like a lot of people no matter their background go into HCM modules versus Financials since Finance and Accounting is harder to learn for most people. Or maybe people don’t want to learn/work in accounting lol.
HCM is definitely more saturated and established so it does not have a steep learning curve. Financials definitely has a steep learning curve because finance and accounting background can really go a long way to know how everything connects and flows. Most firms actually try to poach CPAs for it!
If you know your stuff, you will pretty much be set for life in workday financials because of how niched and specialized the skillset is. It’s transferable to and from other financial systems like SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle. Fintech if you wanted to leave the ERP world.
any insights on sales position in Accenture? starting soon :)
Sorry! Unfortunately I don’t know too much about that, but if you’re starting soon, you can always reach back out to your interviewers!
Hey Christine, I actually have a refferal to join the metaverse team, but the lady who said would give me a refferal said to look for consultant jobs, what are the types of roles I should send her to reffer me? I am only 1.5 yrs out of college and have sold a company, mainly looking for entry level consultant level roles.
Entry level aren’t eligible for referral mostly because sometimes they come out of a different budget, but it sounds like level 10 may be your best bet to be honest. Entry level is 11. Analyst is level 11, senior analyst is level 10. Consultant/specialist is level 9, and that’s usually the one that trips people up because they go for consultant level as an entry level when it really isn’t. I go over how to discern them here!
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Being a Computer Science Engineer and now as a technology Consulting Analyst at Accenture, What are the possible jobs I can get after leaving consulting ?
There are tons but it actually differs based off of the nature of your consulting work on the area of specialty, the skillset you used, and even the industries and types of clients you worked on! I also broke it down in a video here!
What You Can Do AFTER Technology Consulting | CONSULTING EXIT OPPORTUNITIES
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Hello ma'am I am IT Graduate I want to apply in tech roles at Accenture Philippines for (Game Graphic 3d). But I am not good in english what can u advice me?
Honestly there’s nothing else I can suggest other than to improve your English or look for non-English speaking roles. A lot of Accenture globally does need to know English.
22:34 😂😂 slipped up
HAHHAHA, this is one of the few videos I have not prepared for to be more organic with my story, this was all off the cuff!
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im having an interview next week for financial planning team. im an accountang. whats the salary in the US ? im from argentina
You will have to do your own research on that. It varies by city, firm, years of experience, performance in interviews, and negotiations.
My interview is today😭 my role will be technology analyst intern. Is it the same role as technology consultant
That’s the internship to the entry level! In most cases it is!
Good luck on your interview! Let me know how it goes!
@@ChristineWong Thank you! Today is my behavioral interview.
@@ChristineWong It went very well, I got a YES!
My next round is on Monday!
keep doing what you are doing. Your videos helped me. 😊😊
@@habeeb3677 omg that’s great news! I hope you get it!
Hello, i have a final technical round with Accenture, can you give me some og your insights, it would be really helpful
Can you give more information like what role and what kind of technical round is it?
@@ChristineWong Hey, so mine is this Modern engineering graduate role UK, so need your insights on the kind of technical rounds I would have, this is the final round
@priyankanagrare4557 I’ve never heard of “modern” engineering before, so I’m not so sure how much I can help you with that. It seems like a general and non-specific discipline so it would be hard to pinpoint how to prepare. You can always ask the recruiter directly what to expect!
I always wonder how does accenture do a country transfer.
or opportunities abroad.
I think that will always differ by country because of the visas. Some countries (like the US) are way more strict so a lot of firms have different policies!
Know your rights, vaccine mandate
You don’t need to be vaccinated though to work at Accenture if you have an exemption. I know a few who had an exemption and still get by that way!
@@ChristineWong you do if you want a job
They ask on the application and kick it back even though there is no experience required
That’s interesting, I didn’t realize! I’ll look into it because I only knew of the perspective of someone who was already at Accenture when the pandemic happened.