I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (New Delhi) in Aug 2021
Interview
It started with the most infamous questions, ” Tell me something about yourself ?”
Tip: Tell them more about your projects.
Next, they asked me questions on DBMS, OOP, Java/C++.
Tip: Before Interview, Google “Top 50 interview questions on DBMS, OOP, Java, C++”. You will find most of the questions come from the 1st and 2nd website on Google.
Then, He asked me about all the technologies I used in my projects.
I tried answering all his queries.
Then, He gave me a Coding question to solve. It was Target sum classical problem.
Told him the logic, wrote the code.
Then, He asked me to write a SQL Query.
Did it half- correct.
Then, He tried validating all the things written in my resume is correct or not.
Done.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gāndhīnagar, Gujarat) in Nov 2025
Interview
Step1 : communication and aptitude test
Step2: technical test
Step3: It is having two rounds of interview in span of month. Both covers all topics from your cluster and a Dsa question.
Whole process took approximately 3 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Memory management in python , sql , cloud fundamentals, dsa
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Nov 2025
Interview
The Questions asked were as following:
linked list middle element
difference between truncate and drop in sql
OOPS runtime polymorphism theory and code
3rd highest salary
Overall the interview was quite good for me but i guess my luck wasn't by my side.
It's very easy. OOPS, Java, SQL, HTML is asked you can easily do it. And projects based on your resume. Maybe some questions related to relocation and about you. Only this is asked it is very easy.