I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Aug 2016
Interview
1. This was sort of off campus drive. I was shortlisted from AMCAT
2. Document verification took about an hour or so
3. Group discussion round was conducted. More than half of the students passed the GD round
4. Technical and HR rounds followed thereafter
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q1. What is SQL? Explain about SQL for the next 2-5 minute.
Q2. Programming concepts on inheritance(since I had put "Basics of C & C++ in my Resume"
Q3. Difference between an interpreter and a compiler
Q4. What are linked lists?
Q5. To identify an error in a program
Very easy fireside chat. No technical interview. For clients mostly simple coding: reverse a string, anagram, impl linked list, basic sql query etc for associates. For sr and manager it may be more advanced.
The interview was primarily technical, concentrating on C#, .NET, SQL, and API concepts. Questions tested understanding of core principles and practical application. The process was straightforward, professional, and focused on technical depth.
I applied online and got a calll back, had 4 rounds in total. first was a behavioral phone call just casual talks about your skills and when can you start working and general questions, then two coding rounds in hackerrank - was asked to code in java although the job was for python and finally HR.
3 rounds of interviews with a technical interview. The technical interview involved questions on Java and sql. They were mildly difficult. The first 2 rounds were not so difficult, lots of situational judgement questions