Programmer Analyst Trainee applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 92% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programmer Analyst Trainee roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programmer Analyst Trainee according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Other: 4%
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I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Visakhapatnam) in Sep 2021
Interview
An exam was conducted based on Aptitude , Verbal and Logical Reasoning and those you got the cutoff were selected for TR round and those you cleared TR had HR round too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduction , Questions on HTML , Asked me to write program for fibonacci series and factorial of a number , Project Explanation or any new technologies that I am learning or have learnt , some questions from IOT, Why Cognizant?, Would you be comfortable working in a team? , will you relocate? and at last any questions for him
Smooth interview process as well as it was very interesting with ample feedback at the end. I enjoyed the conversation a lot and coverted the interview and accepted the offer.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used