I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderabad) in Sep 2021
Interview
There were 3 rounds in the hiring process.
First round was a written test which had MCQ questions and 3 coding questions and 3 questions on SQL. The top performers were shortlisted for GenC Next role. If we are able to just qualify the exam, then we were shortlisted for GenC Elevate role.
The next round was TR interview.
Further shortlisted students had HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself
OOPS concepts
Project
Difference between Java and C++
Program for call by value and call by reference
MySQL queries(basic)
Java Collections and C++ STL
Puzzle questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Nuova Delhi) in Feb 2021
Interview
Friendly interview experience but technical aspects are mainly focused on the basics no need to worry about it, feel free to answer "don't know " if you don't know the answer for the question interviewer asks.
Be confident in what you know tell the interviewer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Nov 2021
Interview
Interview was long as he asked about the things we mention in our resume basically from c language, sql , cloud computing, aptitude and two programming questions. Roles and responsibilities in our project and internship.