I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
There were around 700 students eligible for Cognizant.
Around 450 were selected after aptitude round.
There were around 20-25 rooms for technical round.
Interviewer can ask you question from random topics like Newton's law or some general awareness.
He can also ask you some basic questions from your branch, which will be really basic. For CS students can be from C, DSA, DBMS
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewer just looked at my resume and seeing that I am good at maths, he gave me a maths question, which I solved.
2 rounds online interview in 2021
Technical round
Hr round
Technical round little bit difficult
Hr round is very easy.
Technical round asked so many basic,advance and coding questions.
Hr round asked some hr questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A coding question given
Some basic and advanced questions asked which was mentioned on our cv
I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād) in Dec 2025
Interview
The hiring is tech stack based, and it includes Java, Angular, Spring boot.
The questions were mostly on Java.
Asked every topic of OOPS in Java.
2 DSA Questions - easy level.
Resume - Projects discussion.
Little about Spring boot and Angular.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What we use OOPS while building applications. etc,,
basic questions on graduation and soft skills. overall interview lasts for 1 hour. just be prepared on basic questions on your graduation subjects. its not that difficult. might ask coding questions as well