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. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gāndhīnagar, Gujarat) in Feb 2020
Interview
It was a pooled campus drive held at LDRP College, Gandhinagar.
The first round was an online test which consisted of basic questions from mathematics, logical reasoning, verbal and programming. It was held on AMCAT platform where continuous monitoring was fone through webcam
Mathematical Questions include basic questions from probability, algebra and statistics.
Questions in verbal section mostly consisted of reading comprehension and other basic formats of Questions that you would expect from any other aptitude test.
Programming section had around 7 Questions, which were supposed to be done in C or Java.
A few questions consisted of writing the entire program whereas other questions consisted of solving a few bugs.
It was followed by technical interview. The Questions were mostly from Resume.
It was followed by HR Interview which generally consisted of generic HR Questions. It is advisable to go through company's website before your interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical Interview - Tell me about your self.
Followed by a few questions on projects
Time complexity of merge sort.
Explain the basic of object oriented programming.
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