I applied online. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw India (Bengaluru) in Feb 2019
Interview
This will be a purely technical round that can run up to minimum 40 minutes and a maximum of 50 minutes and in my case, it went up to 50 minutes.
Firstly interviews with Cognizant are taken place at Superset Platform where you have to wait for 15 minutes before your time slot is given.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hello MR.. Kindly introduce Yourself Suggestion-( Explain the introduction and tell about your technical skills you learned and project you made during your B.tech journey )
They shortlist 500 students among 5000. The first thing was online test which comprises of 2 coding questions and aptitude questions and technical questions. 1 coding question was easy and other one was bit tough related to time constraints.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Bitwise and question, count number of zero bit subarray
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw India (Hyderābād) in Aug 2023
Interview
i had graph related question for the interview , I kinda felt it hard I'm not shortlisted to the next round of the interview , to be very honest the pre placement talk was mesmerizing to hear and it's one of the dream companies to be placed
1 coding round consists of 2 medium questions and 1 hard question.
technical interview round with 2 coding questions and some oops questions.
Some cs fundamental questions.
around 1.5 hr long interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Word ladder problem.
binary search on sorted array with k elements from last placed at front