Programme Analyst 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 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programme Analyst roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 454 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 Programme Analyst according to 454 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Skills test: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 5%
Phone interview: 4%
Other: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Jun 2024
Interview
I secured an opportunity at Cognizant through the Genc hiring process. The selection involved three rounds of interviews:
1. Communication round - an online assessment covering reading, speaking and English grammar.
2. Technical coding round - an online test, conducted cluster-wise.
3. Interview - candidates who cleared the previous rounds were invited for an interview at the Pune campus.
Finally, we received an email confirming our selection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Initially, they inquired about SWOT analysis.
Subsequently, they delved into theoretical questions concerning Java, Python, data structures, and databases.
Finally, they asked some coding questions and requested that I code in Python and SQL.
Two interviews with coding test and and aptitute test , pretty easy , aske about projects done and java oops questions also sql question , position was full stack developer
We had many rounds like 3 rounds before interview and interview was quite good. I got selected into cognizant as and programmer analyst trainee. I did not focus much on java, so due to that i Got 4 lpa
They asked very basic questions of reversing a string java basics and sql introduction and asked some data structures concepts finally few hr questions so on finally interviewer looks very strict interview got rejected