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 (Poona) in Jan 2011
Interview
was selected for technical interview after clearing an easy aptitude test. The technical person asked me about myself and then ased me to write a c code for string reversal which i couldnt write properly . so i got rejected s a result of poor performance.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant in Oct 2011
Interview
It was a very systematic interview, with excellent functioning of the panel which had come to test the skills of the students in detailed manner. There were 2 rounds of which the first one was written round and the next one was interview with the panel.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you reverse a linked list and how do you find if the linked list has a loop in it? Write a pseudo code for the same.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant in Aug 2011
Interview
A simple interview comprising of basic knowledge of object oriented concepts such as inheritance encapsulation etc , moving on to judge your personality and soft skills in stressful environments.