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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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Sep 2014
Interview
The interview process of 3 rounds: Aptitude, Technical Interview, HR.
The aptitude is general aptitude of 1 hour comprising of three sections: Verbal reasoning, logical reasoning and quants.
Second round is technical one to one HR, the technical HR will ask you about your projects, sql queries, some question related to Data structures, some logical questions.
Last round is HR which will of 5-15min depends upon your HR. It will have very basic questions like Tell me about yourself, Hobbies, Are you ready to relocate and done.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a hypothetical software with UI, Business Logic & explain the types of sql queries which will used for fetching the data? Also mention how your software fits into SDLC?
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