I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Dec 2017
Interview
I applied on campus here. There were 5 rounds.
First round was an online test having aptitude and 2 coding questions. Ones who has done a single question is selected for further process.
Second round was a coding round. There was 4 coding questions needs to be solved in 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Third round was technical interview round. Initially they asked me about my projects. I explained to them for about half an hour. They were quite impressed with it. They also asked me some sql queries and also some programming terms.
Fourth round was also a technical round. They asked my strong language (JAVA) and asked questions related to it. They also asked me some hard sql queries which I couldn't answer. Also they asked me some puzzles.
Fifth round was HR round where they asked me about my personal information. Also they asked me if I want to work in a specific city. Always say no, else they will not allot you the projects if they have on different locations. Also they asked if I can work on some Saturdays (if needed), I said yes.
They selected me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How will you display the top 3 salaries of employees?
The interview focused heavily on my projects, asking about design decisions, challenges, and real-world use cases. I had to explain my thought process clearly. It was a practical and insightful experience that tested genuine understanding.
4 rounds before the interview which inckuded - 2 oa - 1st aptitude ,2nd technical, then 3rd coding round then voice assesment after clearing all these i got selected for interview , then hr then for a formality there was a bot interview in which i faced technical error and i got rejected after clearing 5-6 rounds they reject my application my efforts because of the system error
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Noida) in Feb 2026
Interview
After clearing three online rounds (Aptitude with gaming assessment, Communication, Coding), they call for interview. Interview was in-person through superset platform. Interview duration was 15-20 minutes. Questions were around Python, SQL, and resume based questions