How to crack the Cognizant Interview

About the Company

Cognizant is an American based MNC company with several branches in India and other countries also. They are dealing with services like IT, digital, consulting, technology and operation. The headquarters of cognizant is located in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. It trades under CTSH and the current stock price is around 69.57 US dollars. The CEO of cognizant is Brian Humphries. It was founded in the year 1994 on 26th January. It has been almost twenty-five years since they have been serving their facilities to the market. The founders of Cognizant are Francisco D' Souza and Kumar Mahadeva. There are many subsidiaries of cognizant like Softvision, TriZetto Group, etc.

How to crack the interview

The interview procedure of cognizant is quite simple and not that tough to crack. Before going for an interview you should be aware of its process.

Process of the interview

The interview process of cognizant is having three rounds in it and to crack these rounds there is a need for preparation. Let us discuss each round in detail.

Round 1: Aptitude test

It is a written test that is going to be conducted online. The entire test will be of MCQ type so you need not worry. There are three sections in the test Quantitative aptitude, Verbal, logical reasoning, and coding. The best part of this test is there is no negative marking. You need to clear the sectional cut off in order to reach the second round.

Round 2: Technical interview

After clearing the first round you will enter this next second round where your technical skills are going to be analyzed. The interviewer can give you any questions related to the technical field and you need to solve it. It will be good if you clear up your basics in Coding, programming, etc.

Round 3: HR interview

After clearing the above two rounds next is your HR interview which is the final round. On a general note, HRs are quite friendly and they analyze you with your attitude, positivity and speaking skills. So, it is advised to be well-mannered during the HR round.

Some previously asked questions

1. What is your favorite subject?
2. Tell me about your favorite programming language.
3. Write a code of Bubble sort.
4. What have you done in your entire day?
5. What is Dlm?
6. Why do you want to work with cognizant?
7. What are your expectations with this job?
8. Tell me about any difficult situation that you have faced in your life and how you overruled it?
9. Have you ever faced any drastic or stressful situation?
10. If I hire you then how long will you be enclosed with the company?