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      Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

      24 Feb 2012
      Anonymous employee
      Hyderābād
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād) in Jan 2012

      Interview

      First there was an easy aptitude test in ANURAG GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS (Formerly CVSR College of Engineering) On Jan 7 it only had English, Reasoning , Sequences and figure based questions... it was very easy... arround 3000 people wrote exam and 600 ppl are shortlisted... I was shortlisted and I've got the Interview invite same day night. Then Second and Third round was in VBIT Auditorium, Vanenburg IT Park, # 17, Software Units Layout, Madhapur Hyderabad. They have divided shortlisted people into two groups and interviewed on two different days 9'th Jan and 12'th Jan. I was called on 9'th Jan. Ar round 300 people attended interview that day. Second Round was a Technical Interview. The interview lasted for 35-40 minutes and they asked core concepts in C,C++, Java and asked to write program coding.As my project was of .NET platform interviewer asked me questions about that too.. It was more of Technical+HR type of interview and was very tough unless one is sound with his technical and verbal skills he and get through it.... I was very confident that i would get shortlisted because the way i attempted interview i was pretty sure that i would clear that.... results are announced immediately Out of 300 people 200 were dropped and 100 are sent to HR round... So Prepare well for that... Third and final round was HR the easiest of all other rounds.. It was a Rapid fire and Film story telling round lasted for just couple of minutes... I attempted very well... And Finally on Jan 16'th I've got the Offer Letter from Cognizant.... According to sources 100-150 are selected among 3000 people.. And i'm one of them....

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Write program for bubble sort?
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      Question 2

      In HR round interviewer asked me about A Film Story??
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