I applied through university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Aug 2021
Interview
First we have to upload our details and documents in superset then they will shortlist candidates to first round
then in first round there will be MCQs and 4 coding questions and 2 SQL questions
After shortlisting you will get interview slot and then HR .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions he asked
1. Tell me about your self
2. Explain about your project
3. Write code to find occurrence of each character in a sentence
4. Write code to find occurrence of each word in a sentence
5. What is abstraction
6. Questions related to project
7. What is difference between MySQL and MongoDB
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.