Programmer Analyst Trainee applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3 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 70.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programmer Analyst Trainee roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programmer Analyst Trainee according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Background check: 20%
Personality test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Visakhapatnam) in Sept 2021
Interview
An exam was conducted based on Aptitude , Verbal and Logical Reasoning and those you got the cutoff were selected for TR round and those you cleared TR had HR round too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduction , Questions on HTML , Asked me to write program for fibonacci series and factorial of a number , Project Explanation or any new technologies that I am learning or have learnt , some questions from IOT, Why Cognizant?, Would you be comfortable working in a team? , will you relocate? and at last any questions for him
Smooth interview process as well as it was very interesting with ample feedback at the end. I enjoyed the conversation a lot and coverted the interview and accepted the offer.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used