I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jul 2017
Interview
I got this job in my campus placements.They came to my campus on sharing basis along with Infosys ,TCS. It is an easy process if you are lucky otherwise it is not .depends on interview panel.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical interview
i'm from cse dept. they asked some basic question from data structures , c and cpp.
and then about some extracurricular activities mentioned in resume.
HR Round
they just asked few questions for namesake. if u clear technical that means u r selected for the job .
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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