Cognizant Technology Solutions Interview Experience

Dear Friends, hereby, I am sharing my success story. A story of happiness, which advanced me to step into IT corporate world. Before I begin I would prefer to tell you that I had appeared for 10 IT industries earlier, but was unsuccessful in impressing the interviewers. In spite of that i never lost hopefulness. I never stopped endeavoring.

I urge you not to read before interview is about to start. It's a kind of dreadful. Instead, the sort of thing that is required is arousal of complete freedom inside you.

L.D. College of Engineering(Gujarat) organized a pool campus drive for 2014 students from GUJARAT region.

Selection process:

1. Online Aptitude Test
2. Technical interviews for Test Shortlists
3. HR discussion for Technical Shortlists

Designation :

The students who get shortlisted were offered the role of Programmer Analyst Trainee

26 colleges of GUJARAT participated in this recruitment process. So the number of students appeared was difficult to guess, but roughly 1000 students had arrived. So there was  nothing improper. More the number of students, more the number of requirements of company, greater is the opportunity.

Online Aptitude Test

23 March, 2014 It was a day for Online Aptitude test. The written exam consisted of three sections namely English, Aptitude and Reasoning. A huge mass of students passed this test. The shortlisted candidates were informed by SMS and the admit card for interview was sent via E-mail.

Technical interview

The interview was held in a big training and placement hall of L.D. Engineering College. Roughly 7-8 panels were simultaneously active. 

The following questions I was asked in the interview 

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why Normalization is required?
3. What are the types of joins in DBMS?
4. Explain natural join with example.
5. Which programming language you are comfortable with?
6. Explain your final year project.
7.  What are your outside hobby?
8. Further questions on that hobby you mentioned
9. Do you have any questions for me?

After completion of technical interview I was asked wait outside the hall. After sometime a placement coordinator came outside and told me that i was selected in the technical test. Past interview experience helped me to be acquainted with the interviewer. Then It was announced to wait in the waiting room for HR interview call.

HR Interview

Before interview started a thorough verification of all my certificate was done. See most probably asked HR interview questions here.

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What type of people are expected IT industry? (Hard working or smart working?)
3. Have you done any hard work? Explain with example.
4. Have you done any smart work? Explain with example.
5. What does cognizant do?
6. What is the difference IT product company and IT solution company? with example.
7. Do you want to ask me any question?

Both the interviewers were friendly. On 1st April 2014, final result of selected students was declared.

I was happy because I was selected. 118 students from 26 colleges were selected. Well, I didn't answered all the questions correctly but some of  them I answered were strong and full of confidence.

Read the interview experiences of others. Be confident, little nervousness is good. Prepare well. All the best. 

BE OPTIMIST, BE OPPORTUNIST.