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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Feb 7, 2015

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant

Interview

Interview is of three rounds.aptitude,technical and hr round. aptitude round is only 2 modules.first module is reasoning and the second module is verbal .as we have sectional cutoff many of the candidates are eliminated in first round itself.it will be easy for you if you are good in english and basics of your subject

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Question 1

as i am from ece they asked questions from basics of my subject.In hr round questions on family background ,personal interests and why cognizant

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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Feb 7, 2015

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Declined offer

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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Jan 2014

Interview

Got an interview scheduled during the campus hiring. First was an online test. Few IQ questions. Nothing unexpected Had 2 interviews. One HR and other Technical. The recruiter asked about my projects and discussed my resume Describe yourself and what are your weakness. HR interview was standard one.

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Question 1

Asked about the SDLC models and discussed about the projects on my resume.

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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Feb 7, 2015

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

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I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jan 2015

Interview

I got this off campus through amcat and they did the aptitude test on 2 months before next step, after that I was asked to come to chennai for interview and I was greeted with offer letter after one month.. Simple yet effective hiring process overall

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Question 1

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Question 2

projects worked on

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Question 3

architecture diagram for the college project

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