I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderabad) in Sep 2016
Interview
I applied through College/University and I am from cse background.
First round:Online aptitude test.If you practice rk agarwal,then it will be quite easy to crack.
Second round: Technical Interview.He was very friendly and asked me in which prog. language i was comfortable among c,c++ and java.I told c and he asked basics about c.then he asked about my fav subject which i said DBMS and he asked to create a database for library mngt system and write down a few queries he asked for.That's it my interview was done.
Third round:HR Interview: She was friendly and checking whether i can speak in english comfortably or not.
3 stage hiring process evaluates candidates using an Online Assessment for aptitude, a Technical Interview for problem-solving proficiency, and an HR Round to confirm cultural alignment and overall organizational fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you explain the step-by-step journey of a data packet through the OSI layers
Aptitude, communication, technical, hr rounds are there in this hiring process. All three rounds are at average level of difficulty. So focus on more communication and networking based stuff. Then hr round is easy they just ask ate okay with relocation and salary and shifts
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Mar 2025
Interview
1st Round was the Communication Round, which was pretty easy.
The second Round was the Aptitude Round. I did pretty well, so I got to move on to the interview round.
So, for the GenC Role, they would mainly ask about Cloud and Network and things that you have mentioned in your resume.