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      Programme Analyst Interview

      Jul 18, 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Thanjāvūr
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Thanjāvūr) in Nov 2020

      Interview

      Questions which were asked in cts 1)upload your resume.tell me about yourself 2)what is special about your ece stream.and elaborate 3)given 2 puzzles from percentage and problems on ages(i did wrong in both so i was asked what is your strong topic in puzzles …….told ratios and proportions…...asked question…….i solved correctly) 4)c pointers and charcter array ...asked to initialize and write a program (in the chatbox) 5)asked oops concepts(i told that i am not familiar) 6)(asked from air training)explain satellite communication 7)frequency band used in AIR 8)what is fm? 9)what are the emerging technologies in it field? 10)tell me about your reading. 11)what is the theme of the davinci code book plot?(from resume) 12)who is your favourite character in that book?(from resume) 13)why you did not choose IT field? 14)why you are competing for IT job? 15)which subject you like in ece?...why…? Situation questions 1)Will you work in any place ?Which place do you like to work? 2)will you work the night shift ...how will you accept it and why? 3)if you have created health issues due to one month of work,how will you approach the project manager about this? 4)you as an ece ian….you are different from it people ...so you are given training...during that if you faced stress….what will you do? 5)if there is a vast land….how will you measure the land without measuring instruments?

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Personality questions 1)Why didn't you choose a hostel even though you traveled 4 hrs everyday? 2)what you learnt in lockdown time? 3)who is your best friend? 4)Who are your friends in your college? 5)what are the qualities possessed by a best friend? 6)did you organised any event in college? And why?
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      Other Programme Analyst Interview Reviews for Cognizant

      Programer Analyst Interview

      Jun 13, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Mumbai
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant (Mumbai)

      Interview

      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

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      OOPS concept and gave code to solve
      Answer question

      Programme Analyst Interview

      May 14, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Hyderābād
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād)

      Interview

      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

      Programme Analyst Interview

      Apr 9, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Chennai
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai)

      Interview

      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%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Associate(13888) ;
        2. Programme Analyst(13156) ;
        3. Senior Associate(6025) ;
        4. Software Engineer(3506) ;
        5. Programmer Analyst Trainee(2159) ;
        6. Project Manager(1946) ;
        7. Senior Process Executive(1929) ;
        8. Associate - Projects(1834) ;
        9. Manager(1825) ;
        10. Senior Software Engineer(1350) ;
        11. Software Developer(1285) ;
        12. Process Executive(1175) ;
        13. Programmer/Analyst(1142) ;
        14. Technical Lead(1112) ;
        15. Senior Manager(1080) .


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