I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Banglor) in Sep 2021
Interview
Written Round
Technical Round
HR Round
Academic Criteria :
70 percent or above in B.Tech, Class X and XII.
No backlogs at the time of interview
Written Round :
The Written round consists of two major sections namely General Aptitude Test and Verbal Ability Test. General Aptitude Test, has mathematical reasoning part and logical reasoning part and verbal ability Test.
Technical Round and HR Round :
The students who clear the written round are called for Technical Interview. There is no hard & fast rule for which questions will be asked in this round, you can expect questions on any topic depending on the panel. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Operating System, Networking, OOPs concepts and a programming language of your choice. Students from branches other than CS should prepare for other two subjects related to their branch. CS students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They also ask questions from resume. You may be asked puzzles in this round. To be prepared for puzzles you can practice from our Puzzles section.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
) What are the different types of modifiers in C?
What is a static variable?
What is a dangling pointer?
What are lvalue and rvalue?
When to use -> (arrow) operator.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
The initial process went smoothly, but the interviewer who took my interview came with the intention to not hire. Asked all not so fresher friendly questions. After the interview, they didn't even mail regarding the verdict.
There are two interviews for students who have been cleared communication and technical assessment. One is AI-Bot Interview which is Very easy and has fixed questions. After clearing this interview there is next interview which is technical + HR..
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. The project workflow.
2. Java Stream API
3. Java Collection Framework
4. What is Wrapper Classes in Java
5. One DSA Question - Maximum Sum Subarray
easy cs fundamentals along with one coding question - usually very easy . couple of common hr questions like if we are willing to relocate and all.
overall easy - just be confident.