Programmer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programmer Analyst roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programmer Analyst according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 33%
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The interview process typically includes the following steps: writing a job description, posting a job, scheduling interviews, conducting preliminary interviews, conducting in-person interviews and very easy to clear Introductions.
Small Talk.
Information Gathering.
Question/Answer.
Wrapping Up.
It was an Simple technical interview and the interviewer were so frankly. The technical round consist of core Java, advance java, mql questions. Data structures knowledge and basic codes to implement.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference Between jvm, jre, jdk?
Difference Between final, finally and finalize?
DS - Binary tree, BST, Linked list, Array
Code- pattern, hashtable
My sql- Normalisation, view, trigger
My SQL queries view and like operator and union
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Nov 2021
Interview
Simple quick and easy. But the interviewer was just asking about myself, not related to the job. But overall it was neutral as I was from a different background. Would recommend for people from core background as they provide chance for new comers.