I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai)
Interview
apptitude then technical panel and final HR round.Hi everyone, my name is Madhu I would like to share my interview experience for the position of Trainee Engineer IT-IS held on 7th Feb cognizant bangalore.
Online apti: there were around 800-1000 candidates to write online apti through amcat on 21st jan at SKIT college bangalore. Wrote online apti and waited for 15 days to get the call letter for the next round.
Face to face rounds:
My interview was scheduled at manyata tech park cognizant office on 7th feb. I was not even asked a single question on Technical, the only thing that they concentrated was on communication skills.
1st round: There were about 450 candidates in the first batch (9 am) waiting for the interview, after verification of our documents (all documents mentioned in interview call letter are mandatory) they took us to a Hall where there were 15 interviewers taking interview to 15 different candidates, this round was just a formality they just wanted to check whether the candidate is aware of the job profile or not. Since the profile was IT-IS they explained about the job profile, they said there is no scope for programming in this job. , you might never get a chance to switch your profile or you may get a chance. , you may have to work in service desk for the next 1 and half or 2 years. , do you have any problems working on night shifts and relocation. , after explaining all these they asked whether I was interested to work on this job and agree to their terms and conditions. They also asked questions like why cognizant?
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