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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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Durgapur, West Bengal) in Oct 2019
Interview
First-round was an online assessment test that was based on the AMCAT platform. The topics were verbal ability, quantitive ability, logical ability, and automata fixing. If you clear the first round, you will get the call for a personal interview. There was two round of personal interview. If you cleared the technical interview then you will get the chance to give an HR interview. If you cleared the HR round then you will get the offer letter from CTS.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you are from a Non-CS/IT department, then they will ask from your departmental subjects as well as from programming. The difficulty of the programming will be easy. Practice all basic programs that will surely help you at that time and answer all questions with confidence.
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