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CognizantIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions
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4 Dec 2024
9 interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. What are your aspirations
- Q2. How will you fit in this role
- Q3. Asked puzzles like which way the bus goes and arranging an array in descending order
- Q4. Mostly focussed on my department course project
Interview Preparation Tips
Skills: Communication and confidence
College Name: IIT Madras
College Name: IIT Madras
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The testincluded quantitative ability questionsand a few subjective coding type questions. Nothing known about cutoff as almost major chunk of people appearing for the test were called for the interview.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical interview included questions on your resume. Detailed questions on every point you have mentioned, cross checking whether you really know about it at times asking you for examples. No speed math was included. The interview was purely on all the stuff mentioned in the resume.
Tips: Suggestion: study the resume thorough with every point mentioned. Questions were asked about things externally related (not in the resume) to stuff mentioned as part of skills. So while exaggerating any point be aware of every fact about it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview included personal level questions like tell me about yourself, where you hail from, positives, negatives, why cognizant, why non-core, how do you see yourself after 2-3 years etc.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: The testincluded quantitative ability questionsand a few subjective coding type questions. Nothing known about cutoff as almost major chunk of people appearing for the test were called for the interview.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical interview included questions on your resume. Detailed questions on every point you have mentioned, cross checking whether you really know about it at times asking you for examples. No speed math was included. The interview was purely on all the stuff mentioned in the resume.
Tips: Suggestion: study the resume thorough with every point mentioned. Questions were asked about things externally related (not in the resume) to stuff mentioned as part of skills. So while exaggerating any point be aware of every fact about it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview included personal level questions like tell me about yourself, where you hail from, positives, negatives, why cognizant, why non-core, how do you see yourself after 2-3 years etc.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It included quantitative ability questions and a few subjective coding type questions. Nothing known about cutoff as almost major chunk of people appearing for the test were called for the interview.The criteria for test is mainly on CGs and at timesdepartments too.There are rare companies like BCG, DB who actually refer your resumes for interviews without tests.
Duration: 1 hour minute
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 2 rounds of interview were there – first the technical interview which included questions on your resume. Detailed questionson every point you have mentioned, cross checking whether you really know aboutit at times asking you for examples. No speed math was included. The interview was purely on all the stuff mentioned in the resume.
Tips: Study the resume thorough with every point mentioned. Questionswere asked about things externally related (not in the resume) to stuffmentioned as part of skills. So while exaggerating any point be aware of everyfact about it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview included personal level questions like tell me about yourself, where you hail from, positives, negatives, why cognizant, why non-core, how do you see yourself after 2-3 years etc.The second stage may depend upon GDs or interviews. In this case it was purely one –on-one interview in both rounds.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Mentioned about R a tool used in analytics and was talked about linear and logistic regression. Questions about Big Data Analysis and hadoop etc were asked.
General Tips: Its better to start from August solving CAT papers which helps a lot. Purefin certifications do help for companies like DB, Futures First, Nomura and all. Read only quantitative and a few previous years’ case studies (googled as per the company). Read one to two cases everyday and discussions related to them on the internet and write relevant points in some notebook at times searching for terms or phrases. Read the newspaper daily be it times or even the economic times – know whats happening in the world. They may ask you questions like – whats happening in the world. Be sure to answer them with what they would like to hear rather than what you would like to talk on.The situation is better for non core companies because majority of them don’t see the word department while recruiting from iit. Both for non-core or core: give your best for every round andeven if you don’t get selected for first round you can try to push your resumein on spot interview calls for companies you really want to be part of.Although it isn’t fair play but that’s what happens from Placemnt season day 2.And if the rest do it there's no point regretting than to be a part of it.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: It included quantitative ability questions and a few subjective coding type questions. Nothing known about cutoff as almost major chunk of people appearing for the test were called for the interview.The criteria for test is mainly on CGs and at timesdepartments too.There are rare companies like BCG, DB who actually refer your resumes for interviews without tests.
Duration: 1 hour minute
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 2 rounds of interview were there – first the technical interview which included questions on your resume. Detailed questionson every point you have mentioned, cross checking whether you really know aboutit at times asking you for examples. No speed math was included. The interview was purely on all the stuff mentioned in the resume.
Tips: Study the resume thorough with every point mentioned. Questionswere asked about things externally related (not in the resume) to stuffmentioned as part of skills. So while exaggerating any point be aware of everyfact about it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview included personal level questions like tell me about yourself, where you hail from, positives, negatives, why cognizant, why non-core, how do you see yourself after 2-3 years etc.The second stage may depend upon GDs or interviews. In this case it was purely one –on-one interview in both rounds.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Mentioned about R a tool used in analytics and was talked about linear and logistic regression. Questions about Big Data Analysis and hadoop etc were asked.
General Tips: Its better to start from August solving CAT papers which helps a lot. Purefin certifications do help for companies like DB, Futures First, Nomura and all. Read only quantitative and a few previous years’ case studies (googled as per the company). Read one to two cases everyday and discussions related to them on the internet and write relevant points in some notebook at times searching for terms or phrases. Read the newspaper daily be it times or even the economic times – know whats happening in the world. They may ask you questions like – whats happening in the world. Be sure to answer them with what they would like to hear rather than what you would like to talk on.The situation is better for non core companies because majority of them don’t see the word department while recruiting from iit. Both for non-core or core: give your best for every round andeven if you don’t get selected for first round you can try to push your resumein on spot interview calls for companies you really want to be part of.Although it isn’t fair play but that’s what happens from Placemnt season day 2.And if the rest do it there's no point regretting than to be a part of it.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Two papers were held for aptitude and were easy enough for a person with good logical and reasoning skills.In the coding section, programs like string reversing were asked. easy enough for a good programmer to bang on!If you have a superb grammar and vocabulary, this section will not be hard enough to fry your brains consequently.
Tips: A good presence of mind and apt time management will help in scoring well.
Duration: 180 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This was a 10 minute round, where few questions on the previous tests held, coding and questions on aero courses were asked.
Tips: Knowledge definitely pays!
Round: HR Interview
Experience: A person should be witty enough in answering questions asked. A great presence of mind will act as a bonus.
General Tips: Right knowledge and understanding regarding coding or any programming language that you are confident enough about will be of great help.
Skill Tips: If the basics of programming are very fluent,then zero problem will arise in encoding or decoding programs.Extra curricular activities weren't given much of any importance.Going through case studies given on the company's website will increment your knowledge.
Skills: Coding, Aptitude
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: Presence of mind, knowledge and fine observation are the three key ingredients that will make you pass!
Funny Moments: I was sincere enough and on my best behavior, to cause any nerdy moments!
Experience: Two papers were held for aptitude and were easy enough for a person with good logical and reasoning skills.In the coding section, programs like string reversing were asked. easy enough for a good programmer to bang on!If you have a superb grammar and vocabulary, this section will not be hard enough to fry your brains consequently.
Tips: A good presence of mind and apt time management will help in scoring well.
Duration: 180 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This was a 10 minute round, where few questions on the previous tests held, coding and questions on aero courses were asked.
Tips: Knowledge definitely pays!
Round: HR Interview
Experience: A person should be witty enough in answering questions asked. A great presence of mind will act as a bonus.
General Tips: Right knowledge and understanding regarding coding or any programming language that you are confident enough about will be of great help.
Skill Tips: If the basics of programming are very fluent,then zero problem will arise in encoding or decoding programs.Extra curricular activities weren't given much of any importance.Going through case studies given on the company's website will increment your knowledge.
Skills: Coding, Aptitude
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: Presence of mind, knowledge and fine observation are the three key ingredients that will make you pass!
Funny Moments: I was sincere enough and on my best behavior, to cause any nerdy moments!
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about your self
- Q2. Tell me about your family
- Q3. How flexibility can help, what are its advantages and disadvantages
- Q4. Why is your english score bad
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Basic aptitude questions with some application based questions which do not require any calculation. Second section tests the verbal ability of the student with few grammar based questions and few word analogy related.
Tips: Good practice of basic aptitude questions covering most of the topics and critical reasoning questions without using pen and paper will help a lot.If you are a voracious reader you need not worry for verbal section but if you hardly read then start reading from now and develop a habit.
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 40
Round: Interview
Experience: Be honest and answer the questions confidently. For all the questions I supported myself with good answers and some examples. For the question regarding my verbal ability in which I scored less marks I answered that I recognise that weakness and started reading newspapers and word power book.
Tips: Only confidence is the mantra for hr interview. Support your answer and stick to your answer. If possible give examples and be expressive.
Skill Tips: Showcase your strengths and make the interviewer ask what you want him to ask take him in your direction.
Skills: Communication skills, Body language, Verbal ability, Critical thinking
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Basic aptitude questions with some application based questions which do not require any calculation. Second section tests the verbal ability of the student with few grammar based questions and few word analogy related.
Tips: Good practice of basic aptitude questions covering most of the topics and critical reasoning questions without using pen and paper will help a lot.If you are a voracious reader you need not worry for verbal section but if you hardly read then start reading from now and develop a habit.
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 40
Round: Interview
Experience: Be honest and answer the questions confidently. For all the questions I supported myself with good answers and some examples. For the question regarding my verbal ability in which I scored less marks I answered that I recognise that weakness and started reading newspapers and word power book.
Tips: Only confidence is the mantra for hr interview. Support your answer and stick to your answer. If possible give examples and be expressive.
Skill Tips: Showcase your strengths and make the interviewer ask what you want him to ask take him in your direction.
Skills: Communication skills, Body language, Verbal ability, Critical thinking
College Name: IIT Madras
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Basic HR questions, your understanding of your projects, biggest achievement so far??
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Get to know your resume very well, have a story for each of your resume point
Round: Test
Experience: Written test. Basic Quant and one short essay to test your English.
Round: Interview
Experience: They were looking for people with good math skills and team player.
Round: Interview
Experience: Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down. for core get your basic fundamentals perfect.
Tips: I started preparing for placements from Nov starting but starting early will be better.
General Tips: Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down.
For core, get your basic fundamentals perfect.
Skills: Basic fundamentals
College Name: IIT-Madras
Tips: Get to know your resume very well, have a story for each of your resume point
Round: Test
Experience: Written test. Basic Quant and one short essay to test your English.
Round: Interview
Experience: They were looking for people with good math skills and team player.
Round: Interview
Experience: Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down. for core get your basic fundamentals perfect.
Tips: I started preparing for placements from Nov starting but starting early will be better.
General Tips: Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down.
For core, get your basic fundamentals perfect.
Skills: Basic fundamentals
College Name: IIT-Madras
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Shortlist is done based on the result of the test conducted. The test consists of two parts basic quantitative skills and a short essay to test your English
Tips: Math and Puzzle solving skills are useful They were looking for people with good math skills and team player
Round: Interview
Experience: Interview was held in two rounds. No technical round is held. One should be prepared for basic HR questions, your understanding of your projects etc.
Tips: There is no technical round and no emphasis on technical background
Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down
Get to know your resume very well
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Shortlist is done based on the result of the test conducted. The test consists of two parts basic quantitative skills and a short essay to test your English
Tips: Math and Puzzle solving skills are useful They were looking for people with good math skills and team player
Round: Interview
Experience: Interview was held in two rounds. No technical round is held. One should be prepared for basic HR questions, your understanding of your projects etc.
Tips: There is no technical round and no emphasis on technical background
Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down
Get to know your resume very well
College Name: IIT Madras
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Based on a situation
- Q2. Write a .small C code
- Q3. Simple puzzles about colored balls probability
- Q4. What Is the probability of it raining today in Chennai?
- Q5. Find the probability that India will win the next Cricket World Cup
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Fifty people appeared for the test out of which sixteen were shortlisted.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: How would you promote a newly launched product? What marketing strategies would you use? They asked very simple case studies.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Test was based on data analysis, mainly maths. The interview was to see how much 'C' and probability you know.
Tips: Customized preparation is must along with good CGPA.
Skill Tips: Work details about your internship helps!
Skills: General knowledge, Technical knowledge
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Fifty people appeared for the test out of which sixteen were shortlisted.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: How would you promote a newly launched product? What marketing strategies would you use? They asked very simple case studies.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Test was based on data analysis, mainly maths. The interview was to see how much 'C' and probability you know.
Tips: Customized preparation is must along with good CGPA.
Skill Tips: Work details about your internship helps!
Skills: General knowledge, Technical knowledge
College Name: IIT Madras
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Say something about yourself?
- Q2. Asked on college project
- Q3. Which programming language do you know?
- Q4. What is class, encapsulation and other feature of OOP?
- Q5. Write a program to find the sum of the squares of each term of Fibonacci series
- Q6. What can I do for you?
- Q7. Why would you like to join Cognizant?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Questions were simple but demanded faster solving ability especially the Quantitative ability section.
Tips: Solve every bit of R.S.Aggarwal for Aptitude problems. www.indiabix.com is a good site to solve questions from all the sections.
Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: Started with self description to explaining what projects I was involved in. Talked about my role in the project. Then answered questions from C++ programming language and then wrote the program that the interviewer gave me to do.
Tips: Be Confident. Have the problem solving & "Yes I can Do" attitude. Go with a open mind. Listen to the interviewer carefully. Do not stammer. Keep yourself calm and cool. Be honest.
Round: Interview
Experience: Faced normal questions
Tips: Be confident & keep smiling. Keep track of your body language. Be fluent in speaking English.
General Tips: Be confident and a "can do" attitude will help you grab the job.
Skill Tips: """"
Skills: Communication Skill, Proficiency in English, Basic Computer Progamming Knowledge, Learning ability, Aptitude
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Questions were simple but demanded faster solving ability especially the Quantitative ability section.
Tips: Solve every bit of R.S.Aggarwal for Aptitude problems. www.indiabix.com is a good site to solve questions from all the sections.
Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: Started with self description to explaining what projects I was involved in. Talked about my role in the project. Then answered questions from C++ programming language and then wrote the program that the interviewer gave me to do.
Tips: Be Confident. Have the problem solving & "Yes I can Do" attitude. Go with a open mind. Listen to the interviewer carefully. Do not stammer. Keep yourself calm and cool. Be honest.
Round: Interview
Experience: Faced normal questions
Tips: Be confident & keep smiling. Keep track of your body language. Be fluent in speaking English.
General Tips: Be confident and a "can do" attitude will help you grab the job.
Skill Tips: """"
Skills: Communication Skill, Proficiency in English, Basic Computer Progamming Knowledge, Learning ability, Aptitude
College Name: IIT Madras
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