I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Mar 2018
Interview
I applied through AMCAT. At first they send invitation link for written test. After clearing written test invited for interview. Nearly 200 people are attended to the interview on that day. They were providing token for each person who are going to attend for the interview. Based on the token interview was taken. There are 2 rounds of interview . One is technical and other one is HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Firstly they asked introduction. Later given puzzle (2 ropes and matchbox). He asked me what is your favourite subject in Inter. Then i told Maths. So he asked 2 questions on that one is prove x^0=1 . 2 to 3 questions on Project.
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
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Program 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 Program 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 Program 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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