I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Sep 2018
Interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days.
First round: Had aptitude questions which were very easy and had automata fix part which contained 7 programs with bug fixing and other error corrections to be done.
Second round: Clearing the first round, second round was technical HR round which mainly had questions from the resume. Knowing each and every part of the project is an added advantage.
Third round: It was General HR round with simple questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is big data
2. What are the measures taken in Cloud to ensure security
3. What is data digitalisation
Two interviews with coding test and and aptitute test , pretty easy , aske about projects done and java oops questions also sql question , position was full stack developer
We had many rounds like 3 rounds before interview and interview was quite good. I got selected into cognizant as and programmer analyst trainee. I did not focus much on java, so due to that i Got 4 lpa
They asked very basic questions of reversing a string java basics and sql introduction and asked some data structures concepts finally few hr questions so on finally interviewer looks very strict interview got rejected
Cognizant interviews FAQs
Programme Analyst 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 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programme Analyst roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 454 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 Programme Analyst according to 454 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Skills test: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 5%
Phone interview: 4%
Other: 2%
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