I interviewed with Accenture previously in February, 2020 and had a terrible experience. They kept me waiting for 4 hours and when I approached the recruitment team, I came to know interview panel was not even available. Somehow I managed to finish all the rounds over the next 2 weeks with multiple follow ups and I haven't received any feedback after the final round, which I think went well. It might be due to covid situation because when I received a call again in September I was told the same and I readily agreed and wanted to give another try. So, the HR agreed to set up an interview on 30th Sept, 2020 at 13:00 which is a Wednesday and I received the confirmation email.
Shortly after that I received another call asking if we can do it on Saturday but I informed I have other plans for the weekend and we both agreed to go with Monday i.e. 28th Sept, 2020. She was very impolite and sounded reckless over the call. She told me that I need a personal laptop, which I don't have but I said I'll try to get one. She asked me to call and confirm once I managed to get one and so I called and confirmed that I will manage with one of my cousins' laptop, thus everything was talked and confirmed over call but got no email.
However I received an invite for Saturday and after that I got almost 6-7 calls from the Accenture team asking to confirm that I will be available for the interview on Saturday and every time I patiently explained that my interview was not supposed to be on Saturday but on Monday. I have to say, some were polite and professional while others were rude and authoritative. On Saturday evening I received an email saying that I haven't attended the interview even after confirming and hence the interview is considered null and void. An interview I never agreed to schedule in the first place is being considered null and void!!
By the way, I haven't received any update on the interview that was supposed to be on 28th Sept i.e. Monday. Few days later, I received a call from Accenture again asking if I'll be available on 6th Oct, 2020 i.e. Tuesday, I said yes & confirmation email was also sent. And one day before the interview another email was sent that the interview is cancelled due to certain unforeseen circumstances.
Again I got a call asking if I am available on 13th Oct, I said yes, received a confirmation email, all good, but nowhere I was informed about the "technical test" that I must take before the interview. I received an email around 8:30 on the day of the interview, which I checked around 10:30 that I must take the test. It was a weekday and I had my regular office work, so I planned my day so that I can take a break from 13:00 to 14:00 and attend the interview. I joined the call, the interviewer did too and everything went fine. He asked if I had any questions at the end of the interview and right then someone from HR joined the call and questioned me very rudely in front of the interviewer that how did I take the interview without giving the test first. I kept my cool and tried to tell him that I haven't been informed but he cut me mid-sentence saying an email was sent. There was no point trying to reason with him then but I just want to ask in what sane world can someone send an interview call link before sending the test link if the test is mandatory and blame the person attending the interview?
I am so sorry Accenture Recruitment team, I have no intention of getting into your company through any shortcuts. I have cleared the test & 3 rounds previously and I am pretty sure I am talented enough to do it again. But I am fed up with your process now and I must say that many of my friends are victims of your poorly designed recruitment process, where you never value people's time, by keeping them waiting for an entire day in your offices in the name of interview and continuously drown them in calls, messages and emails for weeks all because of your weak internal communication.