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Cognizant Internship Trainee Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 6 Sep 2024

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Cognizant Internship Trainee Interview Experiences

9 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via campus placement at Raghu Institute of Technology, Visakhapatnam and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the programming languages learnt so far?
  • Ans. 

    I have learnt Java, Python, C++, and SQL.

    • Java

    • Python

    • C++

    • SQL

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Use of static variables in C?
  • Ans. 

    Static variables in C are variables that retain their values between function calls.

    • Static variables are declared using the 'static' keyword.

    • They are initialized only once and retain their value throughout the program's execution.

    • They have a local scope within the function where they are declared.

    • Example: static int count = 0; // retains its value between function calls

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain in brief about yourself
  • Q2. Why this role attracts you

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant Internship Trainee interview:
  • C
  • Java

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

1. We noticed on your resume that your address is in another city. How will you get here every day if we hire you? Will you commute, or will you move? Will you want us to cover your moving expenses?”
2. We noticed that you’ve held a position as a mid-level manager. This is a junior-level position. Will you be willing to take a step down to accept this job?
3. We noticed that you have most of the requirements for this job, but you don’t have a master’s degree. Are you planning to earn one soon? What do you have to offer in lieu of this credential?

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What can you bring to this company that can help us reach our goals?” How would you describe your experience in your own worlds?
  • Q2. How would you describe your personality, your approach to problem solving, your leadership skills, etc., in your own words?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - There are a lot of ways you can help someone who is searching for work. Whether you're encouraging a friend, family member or professional contact, offering help when needed can motivate someone struggling to find a job. Start by communicating with them and listening to their needs to offer support as they look for employment.
Here are some ideas to support someone looking for a job broken down into categories:

1. Help suggest jobs if you're asked
2.Help them create a professional profile online.
3. Seek out career coaches.
4. Research online job boards.
5. Ask them to list ideal jobs

Before you can help a colleague or loved one search for a job, have them brainstorm some jobs they'd like to perform, even if they aren't in the same field as their previous employment.

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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Self introduction
  • Q2. OOPS Programming
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

50 aptitude questions in 60 minute time slot.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

3 coding questions in 90 minute time slot.

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Define OOPs concepts with real life examples.
  • Ans. 

    OOPs concepts are programming principles that help in organizing code and data for better reusability and maintainability.

    • Encapsulation: Wrapping data and methods into a single unit. Example: A car object with properties like speed and methods like accelerate.

    • Inheritance: Creating new classes based on existing ones. Example: A class Animal can be inherited by classes like Dog and Cat.

    • Polymorphism: Objects of different ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why do you want to work at Cognizant?

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via campus placement at All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society's College of Engineering, Pune and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic arithmetic questions.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About projects and its Explanation.
  • Q2. Select preferable coding language and asked questions on it.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on your resume and prepare it and do one specific language good.
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

For non IT students this test helps me a lot because there is no coding in this test(only for GEN-C)
so if we are good at aptitude then we can easily crack the test.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Many people may think that technical interview was very hard to crack ,but if we know the basic knowledge in coding and have to solve the basic coding programs For non IT students they have to maintain atl...
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. In some companies they ask only certificates verification and in some companies the questions will be based on the HR point of view.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - we have to update our skills then only we can reach high position.

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Logical Reasoning and Aptitude

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. On Coding of the language we chose, I have selected Python
  • Q2. They will give us a puzzle to write in code
Round 3 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Why should we hire you?
  • Q2. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • Q3. Tell me about yourself.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be good with the coding language you choose

Internship Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Tummuri Shanmuk

posted on 13 Jun 2022

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is asp.net? what is dot net
  • Ans. 

    ASP.NET is a web development framework developed by Microsoft. .NET is a software framework for building and running applications.

    • ASP.NET is a part of the .NET framework and is used for building web applications.

    • It allows developers to create dynamic websites and web services using various programming languages like C# and VB.NET.

    • ASP.NET provides a rich set of tools and libraries for rapid application development.

    • It su...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It just hr nrml questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - its not too much hard prepare and do well

Skills evaluated in this interview

Internship Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Baspoji Pramod

posted on 3 Jul 2022

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jul 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Test contains aptitude, logical reasoning MCQs and four basic coding questions.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Interview was easy, interviewer asked three simple coding questions like palindrome or not, prime or not etc. and asked two or three aptitude questions.
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HR round was just verification of documents and asked about expected joining date.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be strong in aptitude, logical reasoning and coding.

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

The assessment comprised an aptitude test and a coding test, featuring seventy-five questions with a duration of approximately two hours. The questions ranged in difficulty from easy to moderate and were all in multiple-choice format.

Round 2 - Technical 

(6 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on HTML tags
  • Q2. Questions on Python exceptional Handling
  • Q3. Questions on SQl
  • Q4. Questions on OOPs
  • Q5. Question on DSA
  • Q6. Questions on ServiceNow as I was applied for a ServiceNow role.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - This process will be of easy to moderate difficulty, covering all core concepts. Therefore, focus on fundamental topics such as DBMS, OOP, DSA, HTML, and others. All questions will be basic, and this will aid in your preparation.

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Internship Trainee interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, HR and Aptitude Test.
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