I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cognizant (Madras) in Jan 2016
Interview
The first round was a basic 40 coding questions involving theory questions about networking. The coding was based on linux commands. The second round was a face to face interview with the panel with more technical networking questions. The third round was a hr round with discussion of my salary and package
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If a server in the floor is not working, what your first step be?
There are four rounds:
1. First round is communication.
2. Second round is gaming and aptitude. This section includes logical ability, quantitative ability, verbal ability, and games.
3. Third round is technical. This section includes two coding questions, two sql questions, 10 mcqs about python, 10 mcqs about cloud computing.
4. Fourth round is virtual interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my projects, cloud computing, sql mostly based on my resume.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview went for around 15 minutes.They asked me basic coding questions, sql and dbms basic questions.They asked me on my internship.They told me to code for the palindrome question.At the end they asked any questions
Interview was on compus. And we had three rounds . two technical and one manager round. In Technical round they asked so many techni questions mostly related to sql such as duplicate, count, highest salary, etc. array related questions. And in manager rounds, uts was just a discussion about job profile
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain about strings, sql, python related questions, etc