Programme Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programme Analyst roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1,730 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programme Analyst according to 1,730 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Drug test: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Phone interview: 5%
Other: 3%
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I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Mangalore) in Sept 2021
Interview
I had opted for GENC (No programming required) hiring process. At first we had an Aptitude round. Then we had a technical interview in which they checked our understanding on the domain which we are pursuing. As i am studying Electronics and communication they asked me basics of Computer Networks, Microcontrollers etc .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself?
Why cognizant?
Why change of domain from EC to IT?
Two interviews with coding test and and aptitute test , pretty easy , aske about projects done and java oops questions also sql question , position was full stack developer
We had many rounds like 3 rounds before interview and interview was quite good. I got selected into cognizant as and programmer analyst trainee. I did not focus much on java, so due to that i Got 4 lpa
They asked very basic questions of reversing a string java basics and sql introduction and asked some data structures concepts finally few hr questions so on finally interviewer looks very strict interview got rejected