I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Accenture in Dec 2011
Interview
after submitting my resume, I immediately took the pre employment exam and was asked to wait for a few minutes to verify the results. then the hr told me that i passed and scheduled me for an interview.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Accenture (Pune) in Dec 2010
Interview
The company first had a test which included about 55 questions from verbal ability and data interpretation.
The shortlisted candidates then had a technical interview, questions consisted of topics like core java, dbms, oracle, link-list, c etc.
The candidates further shortlisted had a HR interview. Questions were general, like "tell me abt yourself" and the other questions were on the same lines too.
In all, the process took 1 day.