I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Sep 2019
Interview
The process was on campus. There were two rounds technical and hr.
In the technical round they asked which language do i work on so I replied java.Then the interviewer asked me some theoretical questions on java which was quite a surprise as i was expecting to write a snippet.I answered most of those questions as I had studied java in my high school( ece background). After that he asked some simple it related questions which I answered quite well.
The technical round totally depended on the panel. In some panels the non it department students were asked core related questions.So overall the panel matters a lot in these type of situations.
Them after qualifying There was an hr round.The hr round was quite simple as I was asked basic hr questions. The hr round is mostly a formality. If you clear technical round 90% job is done.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Functionalities in java and its characteristics?
Some dynamic programming questions..
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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