Database Administrator applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Database Administrator roles take an average of 22 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 Database Administrator according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hartford, CT) in Mar 2015
Interview
First of all they are not professional at all , they will call you at any time of the day and after few greetings they start asking technical questions , after few minutes they will say i will ask my HR to get back to me , it happened to me quite a lot.. i am a senior DBA and with good credentials with 9+ years of experience so I am not scared of questions but there is a professional way to conduct an interview so that the candidate can go to a conference room and talk .so they need to educate their staff on some soft skills. and , they ask more and more questions on what I do not know , for Example :- i told them I dont have RAC/Exadata installation experience..but the interviewer thought i will get some magic powers while iam on the call with him and become a RAC installation expert somehow.. Its like they don't want to hire or something. Oh well , i already accepted an offer from another company and I am glad that i did not get any from a company like Cognizant.
It was good and went well with a very smooth process. It was a good experience attending walk in interview at cognizant Technology Services. The interview process is very good and people there has helped every one a lot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Self introduction ,basics, installation and many things about database
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Mar 2024
Interview
there was 2 rounds of interview, both of them were around 1 hour each. They drilled like borewell and at last they even don't have courtesy to update the candidate there results.
Technical and clear in terms of expectations of the goal, which helps to identify the right candidate. It also helps candidate to choose the company if it matches their goals and aspirations.