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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 80% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programme Analyst roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programme Analyst according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 29%
Phone interview: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Background check: 14%
Presentation: 14%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Noida) in Feb 2015
Interview
After a long wait and GD, had my first round of interview (Technical Round). The interview experience was different for people coming from different backgrounds. Me, coming from a non-IT background, had a relatively simpler one. The interview spanned for about 45 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why come into IT Industry when you have no experience for the same?
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