I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant in Feb 2011
Interview
Hiring at a college campus recruitment drive at my town. Had a written exam followed by a elimination round, and for those that got through the written exam had a interview round. The interview panel consisted of a top senior Director/VP level interviewer and a HR contact. Interview was on engineering basics related to the field of study and some situational questions
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Coimbatore) in Aug 2012
Interview
That was during my final year at PSG TECH. We got the information about CTS hiring us in a weeks time. There was a feel of excitement as well as nervousness in us. There was aptitude round which was the first round consisting of logical reasoning as well as mathematical problems.
The results were released after three days and to a pleasant surprise I cracked it!!!
All those who were selected were sent to the next round that is direct interview with the employee of COGNIZANT. In that round I was asked about the technical questions and to write about certain coding in C,C++. Then I was asked even about my involvement in Inter college activities and extra curricular activities.
Then after ten days the results were out and I was selected to be one among the members of COGNIZANT family!!!!
Then I had a phone interview for the intern ship selection were I was asked certain technical questions and a detailed explanation about my Project done in college.
Based on that I was granted an intern for six months for my final year project
followed by a job as a PROGRAMMER ANALYST.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
TO explain about various Algorithm Codings and Time complexity
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Indore) in Sep 2014
Interview
As like many other companies cognizant also has 3 rounds :
Aptitude test - conducted by AMCAT difficulty level is easy. Then it was followed by technical and hr interview.
The written test had questions from profit loss, speed distance, simple interest, problems on ages etc.
Verbal ability had questions on synonyms, antonyms, passages, error correction etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical interview- Mostly on projects, "technology mentioned by you in resume" and "basic C programs" like palindrome, reversing of string, Fibonacci, Armstrong and many other. If you will crack it 90% chances of getting placed.
HR interview - Hobbies you've mentioned in resume, easy puzzles, all HR standard questions like Why CTS?, some simple technological questions like what is java and "Questions about relocation".