Programmer/Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2 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 69.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programmer/Analyst roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programmer/Analyst according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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The first round was about technical interview and another one is HR round.
In technical interview questions on python, data structures etc.
The HR round contains the question such as why you want to join this organisation ? The HR round is quite easy as compared to technical round
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Kolkata) in Aug 2022
Interview
First will be aptitude round and the interview for 15 to 20 minutes for Technical starting with any programming language to describe your project (if any). then at last bare minimum of HR round of 10 minutes where they will ask why our company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe OOPs Concept and why it's used everywhere in enterprise architecture?
Introduce yourself.
Name and explain any new technology that you had studied recently. (In my case block-chain explanation)
Differentiate between traditional and newer storage technique.
Real world example of all the OOPS concept.
Difference between array and linked list.
Cross questioning on the technology that I had answered earlier.
Explain the concepts of deep learning.
Explain the key concepts of Hadoop(Big Data Storage).
In which programming language are you comfortable.
Asked 2-3 basic question of C++.
Asked me to write a code to check a number is prime or not with least complexity.
Asked me to write a code for the given star pattern.