Hi Daniel,

Thanks so much for time and your advice. I'm sure it's really appreciated by all here.

Just a few questions:
1. Why should a student nearing graduation pick Accenture over other management consulting firms, such as BCG or Bain?
2. In terms of extracurricular activities, what are you looking for? Some of my experiences including being a summer intern at two of the Big 4 accounting firms, as well as being a Managing Director and a Mentor in the Young Achievement Australia Program, which I believe Accenture has sponsored. Are these the sorts of things you are looking for? What other type of activities would you look upon favourably?
3. Although interpersonal and communication skills are important for most jobs, would you say that they are especially important for Management Consulting?
4. Would graduates have much face to face client interaction in the first few years?

Thanks once again for your help and assistance Daniel. Apologies if I've bombarded you with too many questions!

Hi Daniel,

I was wondering if Accenture offered any specific programs (either vacation of graduate) for students with a legal background.

Cheers,

David

2. all extracurricular is good, however evidence that you have used your own initiative to build your skills outside of your university learning is good. Volunteering is also a good one so is vac work and internships. We look for well rounded graduates that can adapt to changing situations so if you can demonstrate that you have actively sought out activities that challenge you then that is good too. As we look for high performers any evidence of high performance should be highlighted.
3. Intepersonal skills are key in Consulting as you are often speaking to people about things they don't have a great understanding of. You deal with people of all levels on a client site so need to be able to effectively communicated your solution to the client. If for instance you are delivering training on a solution you need to be able to communicate to your audience in a way that they understand so you have to have very strong interpersonal skills
4. Graduates at Accenture are on client sites as soon as they leave there initial two week training course, so have client interaction from early on in their careers

Dmeng thanks for your questions. We don't have a legal graduate programme however we do have a sizable team of in- house Lawyers. These roles are all advertised as experienced hire roles on our careers website.

We welcome applications from law graduates for our consulting scheme as we feel you have the analytical skills neccesary to be succesful in Consulting so I would encourage you to think about a career in consulting

Hi Allan,

Career progression can be swift at Accenture. There is no time elligibility for promotion in Consulting at Accenture it is solely based on your performance so you can progress very quickly through the career levels if you are a high performer. Our entry level role is the role of the Analyst and graduates can spend anything between 1 year to 3 years her before being promoted to Consultant, all individuals at Accenture are rated against their peers.

I understand that progression is solely down to individual performance, but it's nice to know that it usually lasts 1-3 years at Accenture. This has been really useful,
Thanks
Alan

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