I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād) in Sep 2021
Interview
There were 3 rounds in the hiring process.
First round was a written test which had MCQ questions and 3 coding questions and 3 questions on SQL. The top performers were shortlisted for GenC Next role. If we are able to just qualify the exam, then we were shortlisted for GenC Elevate role.
The next round was TR interview.
Further shortlisted students had HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself
OOPS concepts
Project
Difference between Java and C++
Program for call by value and call by reference
MySQL queries(basic)
Java Collections and C++ STL
Puzzle questions
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Nov 2025
Interview
The Interview was average only. Questions were mainly on :-
i)OOPS
ii)Coding(Mainly arrays and Strings but few were asked Leetcode Hard)
iii)Questions based on Resume
iv) Aptitude questions
v) Behavioural Questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview mainly revolved around OOPS concepts and questions on resume. Then few coding questions and few puzzles and aptitude.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
My interview was conducted via superset platform. Interviewer was mainly focused on programming fundamentals and basic questions from java programming. Two coding questions were given (Binary Search implementation, factorial of a number) and few branch related questions and the interview ended with some basic aptitude questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Binary search Implementation
2. Fcatorial of a number
Seamless experience with recruiters 3 rounds
Screening (DSA + JS + HTML+ CSS), Interview (JAVA, OOPS, Handson ] then HR round Things took around 1 month. Interview round went for more than 1 hour in my case and HR round was roughly 20 minutes with standard questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Medium Java Questions, A scenario based problem solving to test knowledge of OOPS and SQL