Programme Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programme Analyst roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programme Analyst according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 25%
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I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant in May 2018
Interview
There was one online aptitude test and two interview rounds including technical and HR round. The interviewer was very friendly and supportive. Asks about basic programming questions and final year project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked the difference between post increment and addition operator in for loop.
Two interviews with coding test and and aptitute test , pretty easy , aske about projects done and java oops questions also sql question , position was full stack developer
We had many rounds like 3 rounds before interview and interview was quite good. I got selected into cognizant as and programmer analyst trainee. I did not focus much on java, so due to that i Got 4 lpa
They asked very basic questions of reversing a string java basics and sql introduction and asked some data structures concepts finally few hr questions so on finally interviewer looks very strict interview got rejected