I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Alwar) in Sep 2016
Interview
First was aptitude test,which was pretty much easy. It had both mathematical and English included simultaneously. It was followed by a Technical Interview,this was not easy as they grilled on the technical aspects based on your resume., which was further followed by HR Round. HR round was the final elimination round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What all model have you used for analysis and what were your inferences.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Jodhpur, Rajasthan) in Dec 2015
Interview
The interview process held in 2 stages
1. technical round (questions on statistics, probability)
2. second round with mainly HR QUESTIONS and general questions on data science and also what have you done in data science field .
I am from electrical background and he asked me why did u choose Electrical and why did you want to big data side.
The overall experience is very good .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is meant by big data and what does the data scientist do?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cognizant (New York, NY) in Oct 2015
Interview
They send me a dataset and ask me to conduct some analyses, then deliver a presentation. During the presentation, they will ask you questions about your analyses and understand how you get your result.