I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Guntūr) in July 2022
Interview
Cognizant GenC Next Interview Experience Digital Nurture 2.0 (On-Campus) Cognizant recently on our campus conducted a Digital Nurture 2.0 program to train and recruit students and provide them with internships in the final year of graduation. What is Digital Nurture 2.0? It’s a new program started by Cognizant which helps the student to improve their knowledge and skills and covers all the modules and fundamentals that an IT student must have also, after completion. If the student’s performance meets the criteria then he would be benefited from the company. Eligibility Criteria CSE, ECE, EEE, and IT – Present 3rd years – 2023 Passouts 70 percent throughout till your latest Sem 2-1, from 10th Standard onwards. Should commit to attending and learning this program thoroughly. 2023 Passouts only. Process Resume Shortlist Qualifier Test Deep Skilling Process Selection Assessment Technical Interview HR Interview
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Qualifier Test: It consists of 4 Sections : Web Development (JavaScript, Bootstrap, jQuery) Database Management System (SQL queries and MCQs) DSA MCQs Coding (2 Medium Level Questions) Distribute N Candies to K students Kadane’s Algorithm based question This test was for 90 minutes. Students with 1 Coding Question and 50% Correct MCQs were shortlisted for the next round. Deep Skilling Stage We are enrolled in a Course, where we want to learn about SPRING CORE, SPRING BOOT, MVC, ORM, AOP, and Cloud in 11 Weeks. We have to perform corresponding hands-on questions to the modules. Eligibility criteria for the next round was: 80% hands-on + 70% course (minimum). After 11 weeks, all the eligible students got selected for Technical interviews. Technical Interview: My interview was scheduled for 5 july 2022 in the slot 1:00 to 2:30 PM. The interview went for almost 30 minutes. Interviewer: Introduce yourself? Explain OOPs? Difference between inheritance and abstarction? Life cycle of mutlithreading? Ways to create threads in java Cloud Basics Spring Basics DBMS (Normalization, Joins, Trigger, BCNF) 2coding questions 1.Fibonacci Series 2.OPPS based question What do you know about Cognizant? Career Aspiration I think I answered 75% of the answers correctly. After 4 Days, Results were announced and I was selected for HR Round. HR Round: My interview was scheduled for 09 July 2022 in the slot 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Started at 12:01 Pm. The interview went for almost 35 minutes. The interview was divided into 3 parts. Document Verification COLLEGE ID Alt. Email and Phone Number HR Interview Introduce yourself Is social media boon or bane? Online vs offline education What will you do if I give you 1 crore rupees Hobbies Friends Best memorable moments of college life Difficulties faced during projects Where do I see myself in 5 years.
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
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.