I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Mumbai) in Oct 2022
Interview
I'm an extc engineer and during my final year I got placed in cognizant. Firstly there was resume shortlisting by the company followed by aptitude test which was easy. After clearing this round, there was a communication round of about 15 mins. Then there was the interview and it was scheduled on zoom meeting. The interview lasted for about an hour. They do ask all the basic questions related to the job role and go in depth of your resume. Basically never lie on your resume. After all the technical questions, they asked me logical/problem solving questions based on real life scenario. The interview went really well for me and by the end I was somewhat sure about my selection.
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Question 1
Because I'm an extc engineer, I was asked that why should we hire you over CS/IT engineers who are better than you in this domain? Another than that technical questions were more focused on OOP and data structures
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Oct 2025
Interview
Nice and ask all the skills written in the resume to test you the knowledge also how well you answer the questions they also test you how attentive you are diring the interview
The interview process for the Software Engineer Trainee position included a technical round focusing on core fundamentals. Questions primarily covered Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) concepts and problem-solving. There were also some basic SQL query questions to assess database knowledge.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Trichy) in Apr 2025
Interview
nice easy to clear aptitude,communication and coding round and it is difficult to pass the HRround. its all about the hr mindset be confident and it is easy to crack it