I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Ghaziabad) in Aug 2021
Interview
Interview process was smooth. The first round was the online process having different rounds that include aptitude, verbal, logical and 2 coding questions.
Then the shortlisting was done and some of the students were interviewed for the GenC Next profile.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some basic questions were asked from the data structures like the graph representation and implementation.
Then some questions from the core subjects and a coding question.
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
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.
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.