I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Dehradun) in Dec 2025
Interview
Oncampus
- Online assement: 2 SQL questions Easy + Mid (10 min) + 2 Java Coding Easy + Mid (30 min) + 1 (HTML+CSS+JS) (20 min)
if you did very well, you might get a chance to interview for Gen Next or Gen Pro
We only had Genc and GenNext for campus
- Next day interview (20 min)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2-3 Questions of java (becuase of Java Cluster)
- Inheritance and Diamond Problem
2 simple SQL keywords for a specific problem
- using ALTER to add column in a table
1 java program
input: "life is good"
output: "good is life"
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Nov 2025
Interview
For me, there are 3 rounds
1st 2 rounds are online, and the final one is Technical Hr it is in person
1st round was Technical Assessment
you will be asked mcq's and some coding questions depends upon your cluster
2nd round is Communication Assessment in this you will be asked to speak in this assessment
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked some basic questions in Java, SQL, and Hr questions
1.Aptitude and Communication
2.Technical Assesment
3.Technical and Hr Interview.
The hiring process is as mentioned above.
My cluster was 3(C#) and in technical interview they asked about OOPs(in depth),Coding(easy) and few core concepts and SQL.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked general HR questions like are you ready to relocate,is any shift ok for you like that.