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 70% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Vellore) in Sep 2012
Interview
I am a final year student at VIT University, Vellore. CTS came to our campus for recruitment this year and under a scheme called Topper Shopper it waived the written test for candidates having more than 75% in 10th, 12th and UG. The interview was cool, only asked questions related to my areas of interest I mentioned in my resume. It lasted for about 10 minutes. My advice for the interview is that answer confidently, because if you are a non-IT guy, in all probability the interviewer knows lesser about your subjects, than you do.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I would say an unexpected question was whether I had any joining location constraints.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
I got placed through campus interview process in college. Initially they took the aptitude test & then shortlisted candidates are invited for interview. The interview was not too difficult not too easy. In technical round the focus was only on basics & little grilling on project. HR round questions were about by hobbies, interests etc.