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      Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

      Jun 11, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Calcutta
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcutta) in Sep 2016

      Interview

      I attended the recruitment process in an on campus recruitment drive held in our college. 1.Aptitude Test i. English ii. Quantitative iii. Reasoning 2.Technical Interview(30-40mins) 3.HR Interview The duration of the interview depends upon the interviewer. My technical interviewer took a 30 -40 mins interview. But my friends who went to other panels had 5 or 10 mins technical interview.

      Interview questions [10]

      Question 1

      Write a program for Fibonacci Series?
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      Question 2

      Tell me something about your training and Project. What was your role in Project?
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      Question 3

      XOR gate and XNOR gate, Half Adder and Full Adder
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      Question 4

      what is applet
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      Question 5

      bubble sort
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      Question 6

      link list
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      Question 7

      questions related to hobby
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      Question 8

      what do you know about GST?
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      Question 9

      Analog Signal and Digital Signal
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      Question 10

      what is analog to digital modulator called?
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