I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant in Oct 2025
Interview
the technical round was a average but the interview round was very easy compared to technical round. interview was mainly about testing your communication skills, OOPs concept , SQL and 2 simple dsa questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OOPs concept , SQL and 2 simple DSA questions that's all
First round is basic assessment with general aptitude, verbal, reasoning and some technical questions.
Second round is technical HR - where you will be answering for technical and may be some aptitude questions..
Final round is General HR - mostly document verification (Aadhaar & 10th marksheet)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To print the duplicate elements in a given string?
Smooth and easy first aptitude and game based round and then communication round and after that interview , interview was easy opps concepts and coding questions were asked , palindrome word and unique character count
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About java what is finally final and finalise keyword
Most of the questions were based on Core Java (exception handling) and Sql based query problems were asked. they also analysed problem solving skills and communication skills. The interviewer was polite and well knowledgeable person.