I applied through university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcutta) in Sep 2022
Interview
It was fairly good. Firstly, there was this resume shortlisting round. Then after that, we have had two rounds, one online assessment and then after getting shortlisted, we had the Technical + HR round in which the questions were fairly average level, like java programming basics, oops concepts, dbms easy level questions and some basic logical questions, continuing with some HR questions and all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on OOPs concepts, Basic dbms and sql queries, some logical reasoning questions and then some typical HR questions.
The interview focused heavily on my projects, asking about design decisions, challenges, and real-world use cases. I had to explain my thought process clearly. It was a practical and insightful experience that tested genuine understanding.
4 rounds before the interview which inckuded - 2 oa - 1st aptitude ,2nd technical, then 3rd coding round then voice assesment after clearing all these i got selected for interview , then hr then for a formality there was a bot interview in which i faced technical error and i got rejected after clearing 5-6 rounds they reject my application my efforts because of the system error
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Noida) in Feb 2026
Interview
After clearing three online rounds (Aptitude with gaming assessment, Communication, Coding), they call for interview. Interview was in-person through superset platform. Interview duration was 15-20 minutes. Questions were around Python, SQL, and resume based questions