I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Sep 2021
Interview
Interview consisted of two interviews. Firstly a technical interview which for me was based in SQL mostly. Second round was HR, which was basically document verification. For SQL try to focus on basics and also try to write queries of joins in sql. For CTS try to focus more on basic programming, and whatever is your strong point in resume. For me it was sql and python. But the interviewer was focused on asking questions in sql mostly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Virtual table in SQL
2. SQL query to find second max and third max salary
3. SQL query on joins
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gāndhīnagar, Gujarat) in Nov 2025
Interview
Step1 : communication and aptitude test
Step2: technical test
Step3: It is having two rounds of interview in span of month. Both covers all topics from your cluster and a Dsa question.
Whole process took approximately 3 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Memory management in python , sql , cloud fundamentals, dsa
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Nov 2025
Interview
The Questions asked were as following:
linked list middle element
difference between truncate and drop in sql
OOPS runtime polymorphism theory and code
3rd highest salary
Overall the interview was quite good for me but i guess my luck wasn't by my side.