Initial Hiring process was through the score of amcat. After meeting the criteria I was called for technical and hr interview. Questions asked me in technical interview was related to my project (database tables used in project, UI of the project, ER diagram of project, basic description of the project) and then the interviewer asked me to write a c program for sorting and then he asked some of the basic questions on object oriented programming and data structures. Technical interview process was very easy.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Greater Noida) in Feb 2014
Interview
The Cognizant hiring process started with an online test conducted by Aspiring Minds which consisted of (25 verbal, 16 quant, 14 logical questions), i found the test to be easy but the time needed to be managed properly. After clearing the test i got a mail for the Interview, The interview consisted of 2 parts, the first one was Technical interview in this i was asked the following questions about SDLC and its types, Verification and Validation, I was asked to write a program showing Funtion overloading and wap showing funtion overriding, Java basic terms like (JDK,JRE,JVM), Final class, Abstact class, what is normalization (diff b/w 1st and 2nd normal form), i was able to answer most of the questions correctly and was asked to proceed for HR interview, in hr, i was asked to tell 2 Plus points and 2 negatives about my city (New Delhi), about my family, and to speak about the story of the latest movie i watched, then finally they asked if i was ready to relocate, (I agreed for relocation). Then i was told that you will be informed about the result within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference b/w 1st Normal and 2nd normal form (Study DBMS Basics aswell)