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 (Calcutta) in Sep 2016
Interview
The questions were moderate. The interview was of three rounds.
First - Aptitude
Second - Technical
Third - HR
Questions are simple but time management is the key, I'm sure everyone one can solve the problem of the question arises when you have to do it in limited time.
Online round is similar to CCSP pattern, if you have given it will be very helpful for you to understand the overall procedure, our college conducted CCSP before campus so that helped a lot, though I was not able to clear CCSP, but that gave me the precise knowledge about my strong areas and weak one as well.
Online test includes small rounds of 10-20 min after every round there was a optional break of 1 min. Basically, question were asked from-
- Vocabulary
- Quant (mainly percentage, time and work, profit and loss, SI...). Quant is very easy but only problem 10 min max for this round around 8 -10 questions are there usually.
- Logical reasoning (scoring section do practice it).
- Paragraph (scoring round, don't read the whole paragraph straight away, first read the questions then try to find it in paragraph).
As I am writing this after 5 months hence placement so I am not able to recollect exactly what was asked but more or less this is what is usually asked.
Note: You can get specifics of the online round from others post as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You seem like a philosophical person, do want to make any change in our society?
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