I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai)
Interview
I was 3+ years experienced and I applied for Associate position, the first round was Technical Interview, mostly asked in OOPS, .Net and SQL, then Moved to HR for Role and salary Negotiation, finally they said for 3+ years we would give only PA designation.
Note: Early 6 months before I attend and cleared the technical, but waited a long for HR discussion, but dint get any call. weekly once I contacted the HR and his reply would be please wait we will call you back later. some time they conduct the interview for namesake.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OOPS concepts, may ask to write how to implement interface, some join query, sub query etc
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Greater Noida) in Oct 2015
Interview
Asked everything basic related to java(jdbc, oops, etc), software engg(defects, bugs, sdlc, etc) and many more data structure and c questions, questions on SQL(as mentioned in my resume), two puzzles: 1. how can you cut a cake in 8 pieces in minimum number of cuts(answered) ,2.make 4 equilateral triangles using 6 matchsticks(answered), what do you do in your lab courses in college(explained in detail a particular experiment i had performed recently), The most important thing is ur confidence....be confident in wtevr u say...dont take too much time 4 replyin, if u dont know abt something , tell them frankly n honestly...they just check ur communication skills n English. Dont get nervous.. if they pose questions after questions by selecting a word from ur own answer..dont use any word which u r nt sure abt....u may get urself trapped. Finally, be honest while answering.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the projects that you have worked on and the challenges you faced and how you overcame them.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Kolkata) in Jul 2016
Interview
Round 1. Gd round 2.apti round3.technical intrvw round 4.hr within 3 to 4 days results were declared.the entire process was a swift one without facing any problem through out the process.The process was well managed.