Programer 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 Programer Analyst roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 453 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 Programer Analyst according to 453 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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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh) in Nov 2020
Interview
2 rounds of interview process 1. Written (Aptitude + coding + 1 managerial question) Aptitude are divided into 3 sections Quantitative, Logical Reasoning and English. Coding round have 7 questions easy with debug, fix, logic building questions. Should done in 20 min. 1 situational question as how will you handle certain situation, if happened in your company. 2. Interview (Shortlisted candidates will go through where he/she will be tested all criteria)
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Question 1
1-5 Computer Science related questions easy level for example. Difference between array and linked list which is better in terms of memory utilization, time complexity of different operations in both. Difference between primary and unique key (SQL). 1 coding question add different types data in python list and display. 2-3 aptitude question (percentage, time and distance). 1 managerial question.
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