Software Engineer 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. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
first was a aptitude test and then a technical round basic questions on C and C++ some questions related to SQL and software engineering and was asked to write down code for a scenario some questions were asked on my projects
a hr round was conducted for those who got selected i the technical
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell about the problems faced in your projects and the how did you tackle them
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Sep 2014
Interview
First round was an online test conducted by AMCAT. It contained verbal reasoning, quantitative aptitude and logical reasoning questions. The interview was mostly focused on databases and projects. There was no programming question. Just concepts like Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming, etc.The HR round was about hobbies and interests with details about each.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Mar 2014
Interview
campus drive. took 2 days. had aptitude test followed by technical and HR interviews.
aptitude test was easy. it was an online test. it had questions from english, quantitative ability and logical reasoning.
In the technical interview, simple questions like sorting, Java, etc. were asked.