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Updated May 8, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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2.9

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Interview Experience [?] Based on 9 ratings

Positive	56%
Neutral	33%
Negative	11%

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4.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2012 (took a day)

The technical questions were hard and they were not expecting you to know.

Interview Questions

what is your strength?

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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

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 (took a day)

It was process oriented and it was methodological.

Interview Questions

Describe last project

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How to resolve challenges.

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Reason for Declining

Location Constraint.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Indianapolis, IN (took 3 weeks)

Initially I was contacted by the recruiter. After about a week I heard back from him saying that they had a project and that they were interested in my profile. This lasted for about 20 minutes. After about a week I heard from the Project Manager of the recruiting project. Basically this was more technical and they asked me to describe the kind of job I was in and my duties etc. They also asked about some behavioral stuff. After this there was about 2 weeks I did not hear a thing. Then finally I was offered a postion of a business analyst which I accepted.

Negotiation Details

They quote a very low salary say about 5% more than what you would be making. You will have to bargain for a better salary.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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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.

Interview Questions

What are the parameters of aircraft market growth in India?

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good

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 (took a day)

I was flown into Dallas, TX for an onsite interview. There I was asked questions about my past experience and nothing more. They informed us from the very beginning that this would be a very informal interview. I was given an offer and EASILY DECLINED, because how the company presented itself and treated all the people that were interviewing with them that day.

First, they barely informed us of our schedule for the day and we were left clueless as to what was happening until the very last minute.

Second, they gave a terrible impression of the company from the very beginning. We were to individually foot all the expenses for food while we were there for the interviews. I have interviewed at numerous companies and never have seen this happen before. It seemed like they didn't give a crap about the people they were interviewing.

Third, the offer was incredibly low. Terrible benefits.

Lastly, they ended the interview at 2pm and scheduled our flights 6 hours later around 8pm. When asked to move up our flights they informed us that we will have to pay the cost of changing the flight times. That was unbelievable. At that point i hated this company.

Cognizant claims to be such a great company and by advertising its profits and awards. Honestly, I want to work at place that treats it employees well and respects their hard work. If this company can't even set a good example to the people they plan on hiring. I doubt they give the slightest amount of respect to the people who already work there. Everyone that day I interview with felt the exact same way. The way our group was treated I doubt they will ever recruit great talent from Top Universities.

Go to Microsoft or even Google. I did.

P.S. I would rather work at a fast food chain than ever considering working at this place.

Interview Questions

Tell me about your past experience.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 2 days)

Phone interview was mainly about my resume. They ask very general questions on my work profile. This was after an initial screening from the HR phone call. I assume in phone interview, they primarily check the confidence, if resume is legitimate and communication skills.

In person interview went on for almost 2 hours. They grilled me on various technologies, specially on SOA and ITIL best practices. They asked a lot about user stories, scrum, agile since it was there on my resume and directly related to my job profile.

Interview Questions

Have you ever using SOA environment? If not, then if you were to implement the same project in an SOA environment, what will be the difference in your approach.

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Why do you want to go on a core technology project from a healthcare domain?

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Other Details

I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)

There was a 1:1 interview which was pretty cool

Interview Questions

Finance

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Finance

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Negotiation Details

They came on campus with a fixed salary

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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

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Apr 2010 in Raleigh, NC (took 1+ week)

Was asked my previous work experience and how can I relate those to the role that the prospective client would offer. Was asked about practical situations that may arise at the new work place and how would someone tackle that. All in all it was more of a discussion that an interview.

Interview Questions

Asked about my weaknesses and how would I overcome those.

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Negotiation Details

Was able to negotiate a 10% raise over my previous California salary which was much more than what they initially offered. Advice - If you are not desperate for the job, make sure you ask for a substantial raise.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in Hartford, CT (took 2 weeks)

I have applied for Business Analyst position through employee referral. I got one day notice for the interview. Two persons took phone interview. They took the interview on weekend and it lasted for 30 minutes. They have asked Business Analyst roles and responsibilities and complex situations i have faced. It was average.