Programmer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programmer roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programmer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 19%
Background check: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 6%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant in Sep 2011
Interview
The hiring process was great. They were searching for confidence and analytic bent of mind. Be prepared in basic maths and communication skills. Never bluff and just prepare all the contents in your resume. They are only seeing the resume and your English. Overall, a great experience. Just enjoy if you practiced mock interviews before. Chances of selection are high as they are mass recruiters. So, dont be unlucky and prepare well your resume and everything.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about psychology as written in your resume.
I only had one round. Started with self intro, then 2 questions were asked. One is relates to apptitude and reasoning and the other interview question is about coding. And ofcourse some typical HR questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Return True if the last element in an array is 6 otherwise return False
Easy for college grads they can easily get through it they are good with basics in programming and logical thinking with good communication skills, couple of technical rounds followed by HR round
It was good expirience.The interviewer asked about my projects and other stuff.Asked to introduce myself.And later asked doubts about my project.Next was HR round where they asked the HR questions