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 69.4% 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 online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Mumbai) in Nov 2021
Interview
At first, there was an online aptitude test, mainly MCQs it consisted of and no coding round. Second, it was technical interview, I got a mail from supersu regarding this. The technical interview was quite easy, the interviewer asked me about the oops concept and mainly java and c++ as I had mentioned to him that I am proficient in these two languages also few DBMS questions, it was mostly a theoretical concept based interview, everything from javatpoint, at last, he asked about certification and that's it. HR just asked me about my identity proof, nothing else.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between CPP and java and C
Difference between reference and pointer?
What is a class?
What are the different types of polymorphism in C++?
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