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Nov 15, 2020

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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant

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After cleared the interview and shortlisted for Gen C category we selected for interview It focused on aptitude knowledge at beginning of interview and later focused on project and core knowledge in my branch

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What is Hooke's law difference between heat and temperature

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Software Engineer Interview

Nov 12, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

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Difficult interview

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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Neu-Delhi) in Oct 2020

Interview

The interview was long. Lots of electronics questions as I am an ECE student. 1 programming.1 aptitude question. Had to do the coding question in the code window provided

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Time and work question was easy. I used pen and paper. Technical questions were hard

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Softweare Developer Interview

Nov 6, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Declined offer

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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Kolkata) in Nov 2020

Interview

It was 1:1 virtual interview which lasted around 1 hour with many questions on core subjects a bit on the projects that I have made during my academics . They asked some aptitude questions as well in between.

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Question 1

1.write code of synchronisztion 2.Types of OS 3. Object oriented programming's relevance in real world 4. Semaphores 5. Some questions regarding personal projects.

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