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Capgemini
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Capgemini is headquartered in Paris, France and operates in more
than 36 countries. The firm has over 110,000 employees in North
America, Europe, Asia Pacific r
egion and the Middle East . Apart from management and support
roles, the firm'semployees are grouped into four major disciplines,
each of which is governed byits specific economic rules, and
managed with its own profit:
Consulting ServicesOutsourcing ServicesTechnology ServicesLocal
Professional Services
Application and Interview Process[Edit]
The Capgemini application process involves three or four main
stages, dependingon which programme you apply for:
On-line application form or applying through a
headhunter/recruitment agency.
Telephone interview.Half-day assessment centre in a Capgemini
office, for your specific graduate
scheme.
Telephone Interview[Edit] The Capgemini telephone interview
lasts for approximately 30 - 40 minutes. Questions may include:
Give me a 2-3 minute overview about yourself.
Why did you choose Capgemini/Consultancy?Are you aware of the
travelling involved in consultancy and do you think you
can deal with it?Do you have any family commitments, (e.g
wife/girlfriend) that means you
would be unable to travel long distances and stay in other
locations for extended periods of time?
Tell me what you know about Capgemini and their competitors.What
do you think makes Capgemini different from their competitors?What
is a development life cycle?What is currently happening in the IT
market?Are you comfortable with technology?Tell me a situation
where you've worked in a team and individually.
What do you think the future holds for Capgemini and IT based
organisations?
Competency Questions you may be asked during the telephone
interview include:
Give me an example of a time when you were in a team and you
faced a difficult task.
Give me an example of a time when you persuaded a team about
something, howdid you persuade them, what was the outcome?
Give me an example of a time when you adapted to change, what
did you learn,what was the outcome?
Give me an example of a time when you changed something (system,
procedure etc), and got others to implement the same system?
How did you go about telling them to do this?
Final telephone interview questions may include:
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Have you applied elsewhere?Do you have interviews/AC's
elsewhere?Are there any dates that you can't make over the next
three months?
Candidates are usually told if they have been successful at this
stage within 72hours.Assessment Centre
[Edit] A Capgemini assessment centre is usually as follows:
Meet an existing graduate.Manager interview:
Case study review (prepared prior to the assessment centre).A
short on the spot case study review (Management Consulting
only).
Psychometric test.Group exercise.
CDC Management Consulting Assessment Centre[Edit] The CDC
management consulting assessment centre consists of:
Verbal reasoning SHL test.Group exercise.Prepared case
study.Partner interview (including business scenario case study
discussion).
Group Exercise
For the group exercise you will sit with other candidates in a
small room of four to six people with two capgemini assessors. You
are then given 15 minutes to read a great deal of material
(skim-read this to find out the important bits) andthen 30 mins to
complete set tasks. Make sure you say things that are constructive
and intelligent.
Partner Interview
The partner interview at Capgemini is vigorous. This is where
you discuss your prepared business case study and also complete a
separate "on the spot" businessscenario test/case study.BTC
Assessment Centre[Edit] The BTC graduate scheme assessment centre
is as follows:
Manager interview (including case study).Verbal reasoning and
Diagrammatic reasoning test.Group exercise on case study.
Manager interview
This interview is mainly an in-depth discussion about you, your
education and university experience and competency based questions
about teamwork, leadership and career motivation.Questions previous
candidates have been asked include:
Describe a time when you have not achieved something and been
disappointedWhat do you think would be the most annoying things
about consultancy?Describe a time when you have triumphed in the
face of adversityDescribe a time when a group you were working in
was not working. What did y
ou do?You could be asked about how current affairs may have an
affect on the compa
ny.
Diagramatic Test
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The diagrammatic reasoning test is a series of shapes and
processes which changethese shapes.
Group Exercise
For the group exercise you must work as a team, rather than
competing with the o
ther candidates at the assessment centre. Make points in
relation to finance, ethical issues, community involvement,
employment rates, etc.
Your group exercise may be about a factory relocating to a new
place, or expanding at their existing location. It may be
advantageous not to volunteer as the person that writes on the
whiteboard during this exercise, as this will distance you from the
group and you will not be involved in the discussions as much as
youshould be. However, you may be able to demonstrate leadership
skills if you dovolunteer to be in control of the whiteboard - but
make sure you are as involvedwith group discussion as you can
be.
If you find that you are all agreeing on the same place try and
choose the other
place and justify your reasons. They are looking for people who
are not afraidto be challenged and can articulate well in an
argument, but dont take it too far as then you may be seen as being
overly argumentative. Booze Allen Hamilton up Cisco Systems 31
January 2011 - 9:45pmtomGrad
there is a lengthy interview video for those interested in
working in the technology division, although anybody else applying
for different roles will find it quite useful here is the
linkhttp://careerplayer.com/careers/consulting/management-consulting/it-and-technology/gary-breavington---technologist.aspx
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11 March 2011 - 4:36pmhope_again
Hi
I have a telephonic interview with Capgemini this Monday. The
role is Marketing,Sales and Service Consultant, it is an
experienced hire role. Has anyone gone through this process with
Capgemini for the expereinced roles?
Also, they didn't tell me the process after the telephone
interview as in do they have a face to face interview after that,
an AC or anything else? Any thoughtswill be welcomed!!.
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15 July 2011 - 10:25amnickd
I applied to an experienced hire - Operational Research
Consultant - 3 weeks agoand no response yet. It seems to be
impossible to contact anyone there over thephone!!
