I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cognizant (Vellore) in Oct 2024
Interview
Interview was v short n crisp
They focused mostly on resume.Went deep on projects that are mentioned in the resume.They focused on basic academic questions.Coding questions were very easy.Few of my friends had an difficult interview but it is all based on the interviewer solely
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.