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Updated Feb 13, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Positive	56%
Neutral	30%
Negative	15%

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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took 12 months)

Interviewing for a senior pm role in hyderabad. A cognizant HR lakshmi atluri called up and fixed an interview first week of July. F2F with 2 senior members for more than an hour, cleared that and was asked to attend a telephonic interview with a director in USA. Bridge line set, logged on to the bridge line, waited and waited. No one joined. Called the HR, he said he would try connecting. Waited for 30 mins, no one joined, dropped off! Telephonic interview rescheduled the next week. Again joined the bridge, waited for 15 mins, no one joined. Called the HR and told him this, he said the director might have been busy. Recruiter calls up again couple of times asking my availability. But no confirmation for the next round. Emailed recruiter but no response. HORRIBLE recruitment process for a person at the senior level. Recruiter calls up again in November asking if I am available and he will schedule an interview with the director in US. I tell him to get lost....end of story!!! Never expected this from cognizant.

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something about yourself

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed May 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took a day)

If I wasn't gainfully employed with a good salary and benefits, I would likely have taken this job. As it was an exciting product group among a strong set of software developers. But my job search goal was to find a position that was a step up from where I was now. I had been looking for a job that was a change from where I was at, but would still allow me to be in a leadership role (software manager, architect, or developer with a large scope). The position offered was for an individual contributor role. I knew I would be in for a long learning curve and long hours to ramp up on their code base and tools before I would be on par with the rest of the group.

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I won't give away the questions asked, as that would violate the NDA I signed.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took 3 months)

Was a basic Phone Interview followed by a 1 on 1 technical interview consisting of questions ranging from basic to advanced level in Java and Oracle

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Explain Reflections and write up a program to explain its usage

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in Pune (India) (took a day)

There is 1 screening test (Aptitude test) which is followed by 1:1 interview.

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Tell me something about your final year project..

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Currently working at pune, if you have been told that you have to go to hydrabad for this project work next week then what will you do?

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I was selected for on campus placement. So the package was fixed for all students.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)

There was a written test for an hour and I was through.
1:1 interview and again it went well.
Wonderingly they don't know what for they are doing interview and what is their exact interview.

I feel they are doing just for the sake that they are existing in the market.

Interview Questions

Questions on .net framework.

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project specific

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)

They asked about my past experience in working with data and tested my comfortlevel for analysis.

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What are the parameters of aircraft market growth in India?

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Negotiation Details

good

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 in Pune (India) (took a day)

Fairly good aptitude test,followed by personal interview.Interview was good your confidence is basically checked.

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What are your future plans in making your carrier?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)

One day interview. for 1 hr. straight forward questions on product. Asked why i am changing job.

Interview Questions

Product functionality questions.
What is scrum methodology.
DB basics

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Negotiation Details

you need to ask some 50k more than what you want.

Other Details

I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 in Pune (India) (took a day)

was selected for technical interview after clearing an easy aptitude test. The technical person asked me about myself and then ased me to write a c code for string reversal which i couldnt write properly . so i got rejected s a result of poor performance.

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write a c code for string reversal

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2009 in Chennai (India) (took 2 days)

There was a skills test on the first day and those who cleared the test were called for interview the next day. The interview was pretty straight forward. There weer two people in the panel that interviewed me. They asked me questions related to Data structures and algorithms, Operating Systems and DBMS. There were also a few competency questions like why do you want to join Cognizant. are you willing to relocate to any part of the world if given an offer etc.