During my Accenture interview, the interviewer began with a fun twist by asking me to sing a song.

After that, he gave me two options: either answer one hard question or 25 easy questions, with the condition that even a single wrong answer in the easy set would lead to rejection.

I chose the one hard question and explained that I would rather put all my efforts into solving a single challenging problem than risk making a small mistake among many.

He appreciated my thought process but said it wouldn’t count as part of the actual interview.

Then, the discussion turned fully technical, with questions from my resume, especially on SQL and Java, lasting for nearly 30 minutes.

It was an intense session where I gave my best, but I was not selected.

Interestingly, in another candidate’s interview, the only question asked was about her address in a town. The interviewer then pulled up her house on Google Maps, and the conversation turned into a casual chat about the surroundings. She was selected.

This contrast in experiences reminded me that interviews can be unpredictable and selection sometimes depends on factors beyond just technical performance.

Self-introduction and the question regarding my radio jockeying journey.