Accenture Interview Process 2026 — Rounds, Tips & Questions

You are a BA on a project where stakeholders from Finance, Operations, and IT all have conflicting requirements. How do you resolve this?

What are the different wait mechanisms in Selenium (Implicit, Explicit, Fluent Wait), and when should each be used? Explain the downsides of Thread.sleep() and how WebDriverWait improves reliability.

What causes unnecessary re-renders in React, and how can React.memo, useMemo, and useCallback help improve performance?

What strategies would you use to improve Core Web Vitals (LCP, FID/INP, CLS) in a React application?

How do you handle dynamic elements or changing locators in Selenium automation? Discuss strategies like relative locators, XPath axes, CSS attribute wildcards, and Page Object Model to insulate tests from DOM changes.

A React application has a slow initial page load. What steps would you take to identify and fix the performance bottlenecks?

A component renders hundreds of items and users experience UI lag. How would you investigate and optimize the rendering performance?

What differences do you see between Selenium and Playwright in automation testing? Cover architecture, browser support, speed, built-in waiting mechanisms, and cross-language support.

When two developers push changes to the same file in Git simultaneously, how would you resolve the merge conflict? Walk through: pulling latest, identifying conflict markers (<<<, ===, >>>), choosing which changes to keep, testing after resolution, and committing the merge.

If a team currently using Selenium plans to migrate to Playwright, how would you help them adopt the new framework? Cover project structure, locator migration, parallel execution setup, and CI integration.