I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (New Delhi) in Sep 2019
Interview
The students who clear the written round are called for Technical Interview. There is no hard & fast rule for which questions will be asked in this round, you can expect questions on any topic depending on the panel. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Operating System, Networking, OOPs concepts and a programming language of your choice. Students from branches other than CS should prepare for other two subjects related to their branch. CS students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They also ask questions from resume. You may be asked puzzles in this round. To be prepared for puzzles you can practice from our Puzzles section.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Ahmedabad) in Sep 2019
Interview
Easy interview. No tough questions were asked. The interviewer was an experienced person. Easy to crack the interview if you have basic knowledge of everything. Be patient and answer the questions in a proper manner.
Applied online via campus portal. Students are then selected for 1 round of on-campus interviews with two people: manager and recruiter. Interview is broken into two 30 minute parts. One is a behavioral assessment, and another is a case.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions. Go through your resume. Why Cognizant? Why this particular division? Experience presenting and leading teams. In the case, they were looking to see your approach as a timeline of events with specific deliverables in each phase for the client.