Programmer Analyst Trainee applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 89% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programmer Analyst Trainee roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 328 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 Analyst Trainee according to 328 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Skills test: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 15%
Personality test: 12%
Background check: 7%
Presentation: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Drug test: 2%
Phone interview: 1%
Other: 1%
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The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (New Delhi)
Interview
The Hiring process has started by applying for the job and then candidates needed to give an aptitude cum coding test on amcat platform.
Shortlisted candidates were then called for interview process. The process started at 10am. The technical interview was medium difficulty level and few difficult questions were asked.
Technical interview was followed by HR interview which was quite easy.
Overall very positive experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is operating System?
Linked list and some data structures
many questions were asked on SQL and DBMS.
questions on final year project and related publication.
Smooth interview process as well as it was very interesting with ample feedback at the end. I enjoyed the conversation a lot and coverted the interview and accepted the offer.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used