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      Associate Director Projects Interview

      Dec 4, 2011
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience

      Other Associate Director Projects Interview Reviews for Cognizant

      Associate Director - Projects Interview

      Mar 15, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Chennai
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant in Oct 2011

      Interview

      The face-to-face interviews were held in a rent-an-office-for-a-day sort of place. Coffee, soda, and water were provided. The interview panel consisted of one official from the executive management cadre, 3 other senior manager types from operations, arch, and program management fronts, and one cocky, and arrogant & utterly obnoxious "junior program manager" (sounded like a Brit) who was more interested in making himself feel important by attempting to pretend that the rented facilities were in fact his 'colonial' inheritance in mis-placed colony (the US). Anyways, for all the high and mighty airs and hoopla, the interviewers seemed pretty wet behind the ears, with each one trying to outdo the next in extolling their own personal prowess & virtues...without making much of an impression...esp the brit guy...he was absolutely hilarious and downright abhorrent at the same time (had to struggle to keep from gagging in a lol or supress the urge to retch). Overall, none of these guys had any clue the real nuts & bolts of program management but seemed to only know of a few of the right yet rudimentary program and engagement level questions...I was dolefully disappointed by the show - I was expecting a good sparring match but ended up meeting with a few boy scouts. Buyer beware!

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Tell me of the steps that you followed to take a portfolio in an effort to get it optimized?
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      What would be some of the key things that you would do when going into a fresh new client engagement / project
      1 Answer
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jun 2013

      Interview

      There were 2 technical and one managerial round of interview where I was asked to solve some product related problems and my style of product management . HR round was followed quickly and then I was made an offer. Overall it was quick and pleasant interview process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. Describe one product or feature I build and I am proud of.
      1 Answer