Accenture Case Interview Practice: Free Case and Prep Resources
Accenture's free Case Interview Workbook (a 24-page PDF dated FY19) teaches a six-step method and three case types, then gives fourteen practice prompts without answers: learn the steps, work the prompts out loud, and check today's format with your recruiter. Its cases often come from interviewers' own projects and turn on estimates; McKinsey's published sample cases come with suggested answers.Accenture (opens in a new tab), read ; McKinsey (opens in a new tab), read
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Accenture Case Interview Workbook (PDF)
Accenture's own case guide: its six-step method, three case types with an example of each, the soft criteria interviewers judge, sample frameworks and fourteen practice prompts without answers. Dated FY19
3 library cases matched to Accenture's case types, run out loud with an AI interviewer or step by step and scored on 7 skills; start with PeakFit Omnichannel Growth Plan
Free + paid. The case list and a worked excerpt are public; a free account includes 1 full AI-graded case in voice or guided mode; Pro ($49/month) adds every case
Corvane Air: operations case with answers Industry: Airlines. Difficulty: medium.1 math question.
Why are a regional airline's overnight maintenance checks finishing late and delaying morning flights, and what is the cheapest way to fix it? 6 questions, 4 exhibits, a model answer for each
Free. The whole case and every model answer, no account; the practice button opens a live case like it
Dunmore Cargo Bikes: market sizing case with answers Industry: Mobility. Difficulty: easy.1 math question.
How big is the annual US market for electric cargo bikes sold to urban delivery couriers, and is it big enough for a $10 million revenue goal? 5 questions, 1 exhibit, a model answer for each
Free. The whole case and every model answer, no account; the practice button opens a live case like it
Free. The worked examples and practice prompts are public; graded reps use the free drill allowance (a free account adds 5 AI-graded drills a day for the first 3 days)
Accenture fit and behavioral questions answered out loud, with follow-up probes and structured feedback (choose Accenture on the page)
Free + paid. 1 behavioral or Learning Mode session with a free account; Behavioral Unlimited ($39/month, behavioral and PEI only) or any Pro plan adds more
How to tell which online assessment your invitation names: the technical HackerRank route, the graduate Discovery Portal candidates report as Cappfinity-built, and how to practise each
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Hybrid Gym Memberships: A fitness chain's hybrid membership bet
Written as an Accenture Back of the Envelope case: little information, one key question, and a number you build from your own stated assumptions, here tied to a digital growth decision. The full version is PeakFit Omnichannel Growth Plan, a Road to Offer library case not written for Accenture, which adds city choice and an EBITDA bridge. Accenture (opens in a new tab), read
1Step 1: Read the case
A premium US fitness brand runs 85 studios and sells three memberships: in-studio, hybrid (studio plus app) and digital-only. It must lift annual EBITDA from about 42 million to 70 million by 2027 and is choosing between opening studios, pushing hybrid memberships and digital levers. Before anything else, the CEO wants a quick estimate: what could moving members to hybrid add each year?
2Step 2: Ask clarifying questions
Open a question to hear the interviewer's answer.
How big is the gap to close?
Interviewer: About 28 million: EBITDA is near 42 million today and the 2027 target is 70 million. No currency is given; treat them as dollars.
How many members are there, by type?
Interviewer: Last year about 100 thousand in-studio, 38 thousand hybrid and 47 thousand digital-only. Hybrid has roughly doubled in two years while digital-only shrank.
What does one upgrade to hybrid add?
Interviewer: About 180 a year in extra revenue per member. For a first pass, treat it as profit.
Who could upgrade?
Interviewer: Any current in-studio or digital-only member. We have no conversion rate yet; that is yours to assume.
What does a new studio earn?
Interviewer: About 0.7 million a year at full capacity, but only 60% of that in its first year.
3Step 3: Structure your answer
Take two minutes. Lay out how you would estimate what hybrid conversion is worth a year, how you would compare it with opening studios, and which assumption you would say out loud first.
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Show what a strong structure covers
Plays the question back in one line: a 28 million gap by 2027, and the CEO wants a number for hybrid first (Accenture's clarify step).
Builds the estimate as a chain: members who could upgrade, the share who will, and the extra profit per upgrade.
States each assumption with a reason, and names the one that swings the answer most: the upgrade share.
Puts the levers on one basis, annual EBITDA and when it arrives, since a new studio earns less in its first year.
Flags the risk in the data: the drop in digital-only members may be people leaving, not upgrading.
Ends with a hypothesis to test: hybrid is the fastest lever but cannot close the gap alone.
4Step 4: The interviewer's next question
Estimate the annual EBITDA hybrid conversion could add by 2027. Does it close the gap, and what else is needed?
Show what a strong answer does
About 147 thousand members could upgrade (100 plus 47); if about a third do, that is roughly 50 thousand upgrades at 180 each, about 9 million a year, a third of the 28 million gap. Twenty new studios add about 14 million at full capacity but only 8.4 million in their first year, so a strong answer says hybrid alone falls short and asks which mix and timing reach 70 million.
Flour costs rose 18% on a $4M flour bill, and prices went up 3% on $20M of sales. How much margin did Harbor lose?
Your answer
Flour went up by about $720K and the price rise brings in $600K, so the net hit is roughly $100K.
What worked
Split the change into a cost side and a price side before adding them up.
Could improve
$720K minus $600K is $120K, not $100K: state the exact net before rounding.
Model answer
Flour: 18% of $4M is $720K more cost. Price: 3% of $20M is $600K more revenue. Net margin loss: $120K.
Next time, say this
Cost is up $720K and price brings back $600K, so Harbor loses $120K of margin.
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Choose a case
Cases matched to Accenture's case types.
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Solve it out loud
An AI interviewer asks, listens and follows up.
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Get answer feedback
Feedback on every answer: what worked, what to fix.
What makes Accenture interviews different
Cases from real projects.
Accenture's workbook says its cases tend to be real business situations, often drawn from the interviewer's own project experience, and the interviewer may tell you what really happened at the end. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Case types are formats, not industries.
The Great Unknown gives little information and tests your questions, the Parade of Facts buries the issue in detail, and the Back of the Envelope asks for an estimate. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Estimates are a main course.
The Back of the Envelope is one of the two most common types, and the workbook says the interviewer wants a structured path to a number, not a random guess. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Soft criteria are judged in the case.
Poise, communication, flexibility and intangibles such as energy, initiative, decisiveness and real interest in the firm, which the workbook says are easy to forget while you focus on solving the case. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
A case only on some tracks.
In the UK, Strategy, AI & Data, Digital Engineering and Manufacturing & Supply Chain applicants add a case study interview at the Business Strengths stage; other graduate programmes do not. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Group cases in Australia.
Accenture Australia's graduate assessment day gives a group about an hour and a half on a case, then a 5 to 10 minute presentation to assessors. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Each arrow opens the source: Accenture, read Nov 9, 2026.
Listen to the case, clarify the problem, decompose it, state hypotheses, test them, summarize findings; the hypothesis steps loop until one holds. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
The PDF is named FY19 and copyrighted 2018, and Accenture's US interview tips still link it as a comprehensive guide to case interviews. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Thinking over the answer.
Accenture says you are evaluated on your thought process, not against a predetermined answer, even if the real project went another way. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Each arrow opens the source: Accenture, read Nov 9, 2026.
The Accenture Case Interview Workbook, page by page
Every part of Accenture's free workbook with its page, then the Accenture careers pages that go with it. Use it in order: the six steps (pages 6 to 11), the case types and their examples (pages 13 to 19), then the practice prompts out loud (pages 22 and 23). Each line is our summary of the page. Read on Accenture's site .
The Accenture Case Interview Workbook, page by page: level, area and what each one is, linked to Accenture's page
The whole guide, 24 pages, dated FY19: what a case interview is, myths, success factors, six steps, soft criteria, case types, frameworks and practice prompts.
Three myths set against facts (several credible answers, a structured response, common sense over industry knowledge), then eleven habits, from taking notes to managing time.
Nine prompts, no answers: a furniture retailer's falling profit despite sales growth, an airport fast food franchise, a bread division exit, a card portfolio purchase, bank branches, a railroad division and more.
Five prompts, no answers: an airline serving half cans of soda, a taxi medallion's value, a flawed car safety statistic, an oil price change and a free concert's crowd.
The UK graduate stages: Discovery Portal, Task Based Interview, Business Strengths Interview, and which programmes add a case study interview.
Worked: A furniture retailer's falling profits, in Accenture's six steps
A Great Unknown prompt on page 22 of the workbook: a major furniture retailer's profit has fallen for four quarters in a row, while its sales grew 25% over the same period and it opened many new stores. Accenture asks why profits are declining and gives no answer. Read the official case (opens in a new tab)(read )
How you might work it is ours, not Accenture's answer key.
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Listen to the case
Write down the tension in the prompt: sales up 25%, profit down four quarters running, many new stores. The question is why profit fell, not how to grow, so do not start on growth ideas.
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Clarify the problem
Ask whether profit fell in total or only as a margin, whether existing stores grew or only the new ones added sales, and what changed in prices, promotions and financing offers. Confirm the objective and time frame before structuring.
3
Decompose the problem
Profit is revenue minus cost. Revenue splits into existing stores and new stores, then price, discounts and mix. Costs split into the cost of goods, new store costs (rent and staff before sales mature), delivery of bulky items and overhead. The branches do not overlap and together cover the drop.
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State hypotheses
Lead with one: the new stores are not yet profitable, because opening costs land before sales mature and some take sales from nearby stores. Hold two more: growth was bought with discounts or interest-free financing, and delivery costs rose with volume.
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Test hypotheses
Ask for profit by store group (opened before and after the push), same-store sales, gross margin and discount depth by quarter, and delivery cost per order. Quick check: if new stores are a fifth of sales and lose 10% on them while older stores earn 8%, the total margin falls to about 4.4%.
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Summarize findings
Answer first: profit fell because growth came from new stores that have not matured, not from a weaker core. Recommend pausing openings until the new group breaks even, closing or moving stores that take sales from older ones, and capping discounts. Name the alternative scenario (if older stores are also slipping, the problem is the core offer) and the next step.
Accenture's workbook says success will not depend on identifying the “correct” answer, but on how clearly you define the problem, how logically you structure it, your quantitative skills and how well you communicate. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Calm under pressure, with presence
Firms look for people who can show problem solving and business analysis skills, “think under pressure” and keep a professional presence with teams and clients, the workbook says. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Use the interviewer
Accenture US's case tips call the interviewer “your biggest asset in the room”: ask what success means, define terms, and treat a remark as a hint, because it probably means something. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Six behavioral capabilities
Collaboration, leadership and problem-solving skills, ability to learn, business acumen and emotional resilience, shown through STAR stories. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Show the steps in a group case
Accenture Australia's assessors look for teamwork, enthusiasm, communication, use of time and problem solving, and ask groups not to just present the solution but to show the steps they went through. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Each arrow opens the source: Accenture, read Nov 9, 2026.
The Accenture interview process, and what trains each step
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Application and, for some roles, an online assessment
Accenture US says recruiters review your application, and some roles add an online activity on technical skills, natural strengths or decision-making. Interviews follow by phone, video or in person, and Accenture says their number depends on the role.
UK route: Discovery Portal, Task Based Interview, Business Strengths Interview
Accenture UK's applicant hub lists the Discovery Portal, an untimed assessment of about 60 to 90 minutes, then a Task Based Interview online with a recruiter on work-based scenarios, then an in-person Business Strengths Interview of 50 to 60 minutes with a Manager or Managing Director.
Accenture US's video interview tips cover both recorded answers (know when to click stop) and live interviewers, and suggest rehearsing by recording yourself. Candidates for some roles report a HireVue recorded interview; no Accenture page we opened names a platform.
Accenture publishes six sample questions, on a challenging project, embracing a new system or idea, a difficult colleague or client, learning a new skill, a conflict at work and handling pressure. It says they test collaboration, leadership, problem-solving, ability to learn, business acumen and emotional resilience, and recommends the STAR method.
Accenture's workbook says a case interview lasts 45 to 60 minutes, 30 to 45 of them on the case, often drawn from the interviewer's own projects. It names three types, the Great Unknown, the Parade of Facts and the Back of the Envelope, says the first and last are the most common, and judges your thought process rather than one right answer.
Accenture UK says applicants to its Strategy, AI & Data, Digital Engineering and Manufacturing & Supply Chain programmes face an additional case study interview at the Business Strengths stage. Accenture Strategy candidates also report an open-ended Potentia or Strategic Thinking discussion; Accenture does not describe it.
Assessment day with a group case (Australia graduates)
Accenture Australia describes breakout groups that get about an hour and a half to work a case, then present for 5 to 10 minutes and take assessors' questions. Assessors look for teamwork, enthusiasm, communication, use of time and a clear presentation.
Missing from Accenture's pages: a case guide newer than the FY19 workbook, answers to its fourteen practice prompts, how many case interviews a Strategy candidate faces outside the UK, whether exhibits are used, how answers are scored, and the Potentia or strategic thinking interview that candidates report.
12 Accenture-style interview questions
In our words, not Accenture's, grouped by Accenture's six steps, with what a strong answer does. Several are digital or operations decisions with an estimate inside, the shape the workbook calls most common; work ours, then the workbook's own prompts.
Listen and clarify the problem
Accenture: confirm objectives and expectations, and document your assumptions.
1A regional grocer's online orders grew fast, but its home delivery business loses money. What do you ask before you structure anything?
What a strong answer does: Asks whether the loss is per order or in total, what the goal and time frame are, and which costs sit in delivery, then states a first hypothesis and stops asking.
2A utility's customer complaints doubled after it switched billing systems. What are your first three questions?
What a strong answer does: Pins down which complaints rose (bills, payments, service), since when, and for which customers, so the cause can be traced to the new system or ruled out.
Accenture: an issue tree whose branches do not overlap and cover the problem, then the hypotheses to test.
3A hospital network's operating rooms sit idle a third of the working day. Build the issue tree.
What a strong answer does: Splits idle time into scheduling gaps, slow changeovers between surgeries, cancellations and missing staff, checks the branches do not overlap, and says which to test first.
4A software firm wants to move its customers from one-off licences to subscriptions. What could go wrong, and what is your first hypothesis?
What a strong answer does: Names the revenue dip during the switch, customers who refuse and the sales team's incentives, then picks the one most likely to sink the plan and says how to test it.
5A home battery maker is weighing entry into Texas. Which framework do you use, and what would make you say no?
What a strong answer does: Adapts a market entry structure to the case (demand, competitors, economics, how to enter) and states up front the finding that would end it, such as payback beyond the client's limit.
Accenture: walk the interviewer through your framework, calculating the numbers as you go, and explain every assumption.
6A mobile carrier with ten million subscribers wants a chatbot for customer service. Estimate how many calls a year it could remove.
What a strong answer does: Builds from subscribers, calls per subscriber a year and the share a chatbot can resolve, says each assumption aloud, and sanity-checks the result against agents and hours.
7An airline wants to know what it saves a year by moving most passengers to mobile boarding passes. Size it.
What a strong answer does: Uses passengers a year, the share already on mobile, the share that will switch and the cost per printed pass, and states which assumption moves the answer most.
8A bank's call centre takes 40,000 calls a day at about 4 a call. A new app could cut calls by 15%. What is that worth a year?
What a strong answer does: Gets 6,000 fewer calls a day, about 24,000 a day, roughly 8.8 million a year, then asks whether staff costs fall with calls or stay fixed before calling it a saving.
Accenture: remind the interviewer of the issues covered, present solutions and alternative scenarios.
9An exhibit shows a fitness chain's hybrid members doubling over two years while digital-only members fall. What do you conclude, and what do you ask for?
What a strong answer does: States the shift in one sentence, notes the net figures cannot show whether digital members upgraded or left, and asks for the data that settles it before recommending.
10You have two minutes left. Summarize a case where a conglomerate should keep, fix or close a loss-making division.
What a strong answer does: Answers first, gives three reasons with numbers, names the alternative scenario and its trigger, and ends with next steps, as the workbook's last step asks.
Accenture recommends the STAR method and says behavioral interviews test collaboration, leadership, problem-solving, ability to learn, business acumen and emotional resilience.
11Tell me about a time you got a team to adopt a new tool or way of working.
What a strong answer does: Keeps the situation short, shows what you did when people resisted, and ends with a measured result and what you learned, which covers two of Accenture's capabilities at once.
12Why Accenture, and why this track rather than a pure strategy firm?
What a strong answer does: Names the track and the kind of work it does from strategy to delivery, ties it to something you have done, and stays under a minute.
Accenture's workbook says the interviewer in a Back of the Envelope case is not looking for a random guess but a structured path to a number. Say each assumption and why. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Forcing one framework
The workbook says many cases will not fit a standard framework and there are usually several credible approaches. Build the tree for the problem in front of you. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Missing the hint
If your analyses are not working, the workbook says the interviewer may steer you to another path, and to take the hint. Accenture's case tips add that a remark probably means something. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Accenture Australia tells candidates not to treat team members like competitors: ask quieter members for input and build on others' ideas. Source: Accenture, read (opens in a new tab)
Each arrow opens the source: Accenture, read Nov 9, 2026.
An Accenture prep plan, day by day
The order follows Accenture's own pages; the timing is our suggestion.
Days 1 and 2
Read the workbook end to end
Learn the six steps, the soft criteria and the three case types, and note that the workbook is dated FY19. Check from your invitation which stages you face.
For each of the nine prompts on page 22, ask three clarifying questions and draw an issue tree in two minutes, then read one worked operations case in full.
Run full cases with an AI interviewer, starting with PeakFit, and check each run reached all six steps, alternative scenarios included. Add a chart rep each day.
If it names an online assessment, a video interview or a group case, prepare that format; Australia's group case tips say to rehearse a one-hour case with a timer.
How should I prepare for the Accenture Strategy case interview, and which free resources should I use?
Start with Accenture's own Case Interview Workbook (a free PDF on accenture.com) and learn its three case types and six steps, then train each stage your invitation names: an online assessment for some roles, a video or recruiter interview, the behavioral interview and the case. Strategy applicants in the UK get an added case study interview. On Road to Offer a free account includes 1 full AI-graded case, such as PeakFit Omnichannel Growth Plan; Corvane Air (operations) and Dunmore Cargo Bikes (market sizing) are worked cases with a model answer for every question and need no account. Add timed market sizing drills for the Back of the Envelope cases the workbook calls most common.
Where can I practice Accenture Strategy-style case interviews for free?
Accenture's Case Interview Workbook has sample cases with suggested approaches. On Road to Offer, our Accenture practice cases page lists 3 library cases matched to Accenture's case types (digital growth, market entry, margin recovery), run out loud with an AI interviewer or step by step; your first full case is free with a free account, and Pro is $49/month for every case. Corvane Air and Dunmore Cargo Bikes are free to read with model answers, no account. Road to Offer has no Accenture assessment simulator. Firm-style cases are practice cases written for Road to Offer or adapted from university consulting club casebooks, not the firm's own cases.
How do I use the Accenture Case Interview Workbook to prepare?
Use it in three passes, and remember it is dated FY19 (copyright 2018), so confirm the current format with your recruiter. First, learn the six steps on pages 6 to 11 (listen, clarify, decompose, state hypotheses, test hypotheses, summarize) and the soft criteria on page 12. Second, read the three case types on page 13 and redo each example yourself before reading its approach: the kitchen furnishings maker (Great Unknown), the fresh meal business (Parade of Facts) and the dry cleaners count (Back of the Envelope). Third, work the fourteen practice prompts on pages 22 and 23 out loud under time; the workbook gives no answers, so practise them with friends, as it suggests, or record yourself. Then run full cases with an interviewer, because the workbook cannot ask you follow-up questions.
What behavioral interview questions does Accenture Strategy ask?
Accenture publishes six sample questions: managing a challenging project, embracing a new system, process, technology or idea, working with someone difficult to get along with, learning a new skill, overcoming a conflict at work, and handling a stressful situation under pressure. It says behavioral interviews assess collaboration, leadership, problem-solving, ability to learn, business acumen and emotional resilience, and recommends the STAR method. Prepare one story for each and say it out loud; Road to Offer's fit practice asks Accenture questions with follow-up probes, 1 session free with a free account.
What is the Accenture case interview like?
Accenture's workbook describes a 45 to 60 minute interview with 30 to 45 minutes on one case, often taken from the interviewer's own project work, in one of three shapes: the Great Unknown (little information, you ask the questions), the Parade of Facts (too much detail, you find what matters) and the Back of the Envelope (an estimate). You are judged on how you clarify, structure, test and summarize, not on matching an answer, and Accenture's case tips add that the interview may open with your experience or go straight to the case. Accenture Strategy candidates also report a Potentia discussion: a short prompt, about five minutes to prepare, then an open conversation with no math. The workbook is dated FY19, so check your invitation for the current format.
Does Accenture have an online assessment or a HireVue interview?
Some roles do. Accenture US says some roles add an online activity on technical skills, strengths or decision-making, and its technical assessment runs on HackerRank. Accenture UK's graduate route starts with the Discovery Portal, an untimed assessment of about 60 to 90 minutes, then a Task Based Interview online with a recruiter. Candidates for some roles report a HireVue recorded interview, which Accenture's own pages do not name. Road to Offer has no Accenture assessment simulator; our assessment and HireVue guides explain each format, and the market sizing and chart drills train the numerical reasoning.
What is the Accenture Case Interview Workbook?
Accenture's free case interview guide, a 24-page PDF on accenture.com named FY19 and copyrighted 2018. It covers what a case interview is, three myths, success factors, a six-step method, soft criteria, three case types with one example each, sample frameworks matched to business issues, and fourteen practice prompts. Accenture's US interview tips still link it as a comprehensive guide to case interviews, and its careers FAQ says it provides all the information you need for the case study interview.
Is the Accenture Case Interview Workbook still up to date?
It is the newest case guide Accenture publishes that we could find, but it is dated FY19 (copyright 2018), and some prompts show their age, such as an airline that no longer flies under its name and an oil price question about the year 2000. The method and case types still match how Accenture describes its interviews; the stages around the case now differ by country, so check your invitation.
Does the Accenture workbook include answers to its practice prompts?
No. The three examples (kitchen furnishings, fresh meals, dry cleaners) show a potential approach, and the dry cleaners estimate is worked to a range, but the fourteen practice prompts on pages 22 and 23 have no answers. Practise them out loud with a partner, then compare your structure with the six steps.
Is the Accenture case interview interviewer-led or candidate-led?
Accenture does not use either term. Its workbook expects you to ask the questions, choose a framework and propose the analyses, which is closer to candidate-led, and it says the interviewer may steer you to another path when your analyses stall. Its case tips call the interviewer your biggest asset in the room.
How many interview rounds does Accenture have?
Accenture does not give one number: its US hiring page says the number of interviews depends on the role, and its careers FAQ says the first step is a phone screening interview. In the UK, graduates do the Discovery Portal, a Task Based Interview and a Business Strengths Interview, and Strategy, AI & Data, Digital Engineering and Manufacturing & Supply Chain applicants add a case study interview at that last stage.
Is the Accenture case interview written, spoken or done in a group?
Spoken: the workbook and Accenture's US case tips describe a conversation with an interviewer, and the tips suggest sketching on paper to explain your thinking. Accenture Australia's graduate assessment day adds a group case: about an hour and a half to work it with your group, then a 5 to 10 minute presentation and assessors' questions.
