I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Cognizant in Jun 2015
Interview
They call first to discuss salary and location. Then a technical Interview is scheduled by the project team who is in search of a resource. Tech interview goes for 1.5 to 2 hours. Then there is HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does Java Spring JDBC work
Technical details of Struts 2
Difference between RESTful web services and SOAP based web services.
Diff. between layer and tier.
How does firewalls work.
Types of http authentication.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Apr 2016
Interview
I have given interview at Gurgaon office for Bangalore and They have taken total four round.
1) Technical written
2) Technical interview-1
3) Technical interview-2
4) HR
Interviewer told me that they are hiring for Apple account and need candidate 5+ exp. in Java/J2EE.
My both technical interview are cool and after that they have given a HR form to fill all necessary details and then I submitted. In that I have mentioned my base package as 11.5 lacs, while I am working in Gurgaon and ECTC is 17 lacs. HR said to me that she can only offer 13 lacs. I said what then she said we can offer max 14 lacs and said we can offer you onsite (that was lollipop). I rejected her offer and come to home.
I always listen about Cognizant that they always give handsome package to employee, But I was totally disjointed by HR as they bargain like vegetable market.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was basic core java/J2EE, framework like hibernate, spring, web Service question.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Alpharetta, GA) in Mar 2014
Interview
Interview process was not so good. It was a tedious and would take more time . there would be 2-3 rounds of interview.Knowing tamil would be an advantage here .
they are looking for developers and filtering people without any problem even if they answer all good.
They wouldn't keep up the words.