Associate 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 71.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai)
Interview
Interview scheduled, got a SMS for the schedule, reached the office and without much wait had the technical interview completed. Was informed that got selected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not much ,just basic technical questions based on resume
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Rūpnagar, Punjab) in Dec 2013
Interview
There were 36 students available for hiring so they took direct interviews. Two rounds: 1)Technical 2)HR
1)Technical : It was 1:1 interview, my interviewer was very friendly. He asked me about my projects and i impressed him with my projects. He gave me a real world problem to build a system and we both discussed what could be the issues in building such a system.
After first round 18 students were shortlisted for HR round.
2)HR : HR round was formal. HR asked me about my strong points and how will i look myself after 3 years,asked me about my background etc etc.
After HR round,10 students got placed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to draw architecture of a robust system which is available through all browsers,mobiles etc