Programmer Analyst Trainee applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 89% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programmer Analyst Trainee roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 328 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programmer Analyst Trainee according to 328 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Skills test: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 15%
Personality test: 12%
Background check: 7%
Presentation: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Drug test: 2%
Phone interview: 1%
Other: 1%
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The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant in Dec 2013
Interview
3 rounds:-
1st Round:- General Aptitude of Quantitative Analysis, Verbal, Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation.
2nd Technical Interview:- For scaring candidates they kept the duration as 45 minutes but I saw many of the candidates even failing to answer many questions correctly were advanced to HR round. My interviewer surprisingly asked me General Aptitude questions also!
3rd HR Interview:- Basic introduction & willingness to relocate. (They saw confidence on asking over Chennai location as I'm a north guy, many were rejected on being not so confident in their reply)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Area of a circle in one quarter of a square with side = x cm
Smooth interview process as well as it was very interesting with ample feedback at the end. I enjoyed the conversation a lot and coverted the interview and accepted the offer.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used