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Cognizant Technology Solutions Interview Questions & Reviews in Calcutta, India Area

Updated Jun 3, 2013
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Programmer Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Jun 2010 – Reviewed Jun 3, 2013

Interview Details – It was a walkin interview in Kolkata location. It was a project requirement and you have to match to their required skills that they use in their particular project. Basic knowledge or overall experience is not all that they want.

Interview Question – Explain OOAD?
Where you want to see yourself in 5 years down the line
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Negotiation Details – What I expected I got. You have to be very political to be in here.

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Software Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Declined Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Nov 2012 – Reviewed May 20, 2013

Interview Details – An aptitude test followed by a round of interview.Simple HR and Technical questions were asked.Questions relating to data structures, Database management systems and some questions on networking were asked.Questions relating to project work or internship,if any were also asked.The interview was around 10 - 15 minutes and was very comfortable.

Interview Question – What is your weakness and how would you overcome it?   Answer Question

Reason for Declining – The date of joining for the company is usually delayed for a long time.

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Consultant at Cognizant Technology Solutions

No Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Jul 2012 – Reviewed Apr 24, 2013

Interview Details – Diff between GSM and CDMA
Debt restruturing
Current affairs
puzzle
DI questions

Interview Question – 25 horse puzzle   Answer Question

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Web Developer at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Declined Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Apr 2013 – Reviewed Apr 21, 2013

Interview Details – Received a call from CTS HR. Then one round of face to face technical interview. Then machine round. Then a HR round.

Reason for Declining – HR failed to provide any offer, CTS offered was much lower than my current CTC.

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Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Sep 2011 – Reviewed Apr 15, 2013

Interview Details – It was good,happened in my final year at college.I was in a good college in WBUT at kolkata.
There was a aptitude round at first followed by a Personal Interview Round Which was 1:1 PI.They asked me about myself,who are in the family,what are the programming languages i know etc....
I the asked to perform a swapping in c.
Then they asked about my hobbies and asked whether i have problem regarding reocation.
then gave permission to ask anything to the HR and told me to leave...

Negotiation Details – It was over the E-mail.

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Programmer Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Feb 2011 – Reviewed Mar 20, 2013

Interview Details – 4 rounds were there in Interview Process:
1. Written aptitude test
2. Group Discussion
3. Technical Round
4. Personal interview

Interview Question – There were not at all unexpected questions.   Answer Question

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Programmer Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Dec 2011 – Reviewed Mar 15, 2013

Interview Details – Good Procedure

Interview Question – Nothing   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – No negotiation as I was a fresher then.

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Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Oct 2012 – Reviewed Mar 6, 2013

Interview Details – CTS came for on-campus placement in my college. The aptitude round was easy.
Then there was a 1:1 interview with a recruiter. I was asked questions from the basics of my stream. The questions related to computers/programming language were easy.
In the HR questions part, all of my responses to "Why do you want to join Cognizant and not any other company?" were negated by the interviewer. Whatever I said, he countered it with an argument. That was the toughest question of my interview.

Interview Question – Why do you want to join Cognizant?   Answer Question

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Programmer/Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Oct 2012 – Reviewed Feb 7, 2013

Interview Details – First of all I entered the room and wished the HR good morning . He shaked hand with me, I think that I holded is hand too tight . Then he asked about myself and why I was there . He didn't see my certificates very keenly . He gave me to right two C programmes using a function . He offered his own pen but I didn't take it and used my own pen. He talked with me frankly I was also very honest with him . While leaving the room I wished him good day.

Interview Question – A program was given to me in C it was to find the area of two figures- circle or square which was to be chosen by the user and by using function .   Answer Question

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Programmer Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Calcutta (India) Dec 2009 – Reviewed Jan 28, 2013

Interview Details – Campus recruitment, referral from employees, lateral joining through walk ins.

Interview Question – why should we be hiring you?   Answer Question

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