I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Noida) in Sep 2016
Interview
Aptitude Test
Technical Interview- kind of tough...depends
HR-formality round
The aptitude round was conducted by aspiring minds.
It was a time limit test . You really need to be quick....LR quant and English were being judged
The technical round is if prime importance
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I am from biotechnology stream so I was basically given a grill interview as to why am I keen on joining an IT firm. I did not give in. I retaliated at every point in a decent polite justifiable manner.
I was asked data structures- binary tree printing steps, pattern printing and a few other questions.
I was asked to prove that 2+2 equals to 4 which I did(I had practiced the same question..so go through puzzles online)
I was asked questions on team leaderships skills as I has mentioned that I am a team leader and a team player keeping in mind my position as the college society's head leader.
He was not quite agreeing with my solutions( even though I was write I knew)...so I did answer a little way too firmly and that is when he stopped grilling me on that...it was a 40 minute long interview when others were being down off in 15 minutes.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jun 2026
Interview
only one round of technical interview for senior position, and hr execution was not proper, they didn;t connect when needed and no proper negotiation of salary either since shortlisting for interview
The interview was primarily technical, concentrating on C#, .NET, SQL, and API concepts. Questions tested understanding of core principles and practical application. The process was straightforward, professional, and focused on technical depth.
I applied online and got a calll back, had 4 rounds in total. first was a behavioral phone call just casual talks about your skills and when can you start working and general questions, then two coding rounds in hackerrank - was asked to code in java although the job was for python and finally HR.