Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jul 2014
Interview
The interview process was not too difficult. I went in through employee referral. Since I was an intern, they just asked me basic things, like what I was interested in, what I wanted to gain, what I wanted to do, and any past experiences.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Sep 2015
Interview
Firstly AMCAT exam ,shortlisted 70% people then coming to technical, HR sued me with questions on C,C++,DSA,JAVA,SQL,Software Engineering and what not covered almost all languages. But I've answered most of them. Few questions I was unable to answer so I told them frankly. Only 50% were selected for HR.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bhopal) in Oct 2014
Interview
First of all let me tell you.
Now coming to cognizant interview experience.
We had CTS recruitment team in C V Raman College of Engineering on 24th and 25th of August. The whole process involved.
1. Written through Merittrac,
2. Technical interview,
3. HR interview.
The written exam for me was not that good because although the paper consisted of only Analytical Reasoning & English the Analytical part was a little time taking. 30 question 30 mins. English was easy, consisted of 2 paragraphs. Both very easy. Was like fill in the blank. 25 questions 30 mins.
Around,715 appeared for written out of which 383 qualified it. And luckily I was one.
Then in Tech interview they just check your approach towards answering & confidence.
The interviewer asked me.
1. To introduce my self.
2. Why my percentage decreased in 12th.
3. Whether I was selected for infosys.
4. Then he asked me to explain normalization in dbms.
5. Using pointer WAP to swap 2 numbers. I couldn't do. It completely correct.
6. So he again asked me to WAP to find the largest among three numbers.
7. Where do I see myself after 4 years?
8. If I have any question for him?
That's all, he wished me all the best and asked me to wait for hr.
Trust me if you are through technical hr is just a formality round, just be confident.
A lady took my HR.
She asked me if I was tired, then asked me about my family and how I performed in my technical. Then she told me to have my dinner and take rest. She signed some relocation forms, and then I got confirmed about my selection.
Finally when the result was out out, I was through cts and wipro.