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Updated 27 Sep 2024

Cognizant Software Trainee Interview Experiences

6 interviews found

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

I applied via campus placement at VIT Business School, Vellore and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Was moderate level and quite easy to solve

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding questions were basic and easy to solve

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Concept based questions and also questions on the coding you written
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Nothing special about it was also quite easy only

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't panic and don't get nervous you will crack it easily
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It was basic aptitude and reasoning

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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 VIT Business School, Vellore and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Was moderate level and quite easy to solve

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding questions were basic and easy to solve

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Concept based questions and also questions on the coding you written
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Nothing special about it was also quite easy only

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't panic and don't get nervous you will crack it easily
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Group Discussion 

Discuss on a topic of current affairs

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About myself and tech interview on sql

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Ask me regarding project, sql, cloud computing, computer network, python

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The experience was awesome and interviewer is very friendly and the environment is very cool as well as after it's required to verify documents.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Dec 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Easy and normalised questions only basics of aplitude& English grammar

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Some questions on technical and some aplitude. Family,bio,
Round 4 - Case Study 

Same as HR and tr easy only be confident at all time of iv

Round 5 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is diff between c and c++ Any code can u type now
  • Ans. 

    C++ is an extension of C with object-oriented programming features.

    • C++ supports object-oriented programming while C does not.

    • C++ has classes and objects while C does not.

    • C++ has function overloading and operator overloading while C does not.

    • C++ has exception handling while C does not.

    • C++ supports namespaces while C does not.

    • C++ has a standard template library (STL) while C does not.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well and practice more before the inv and get the chance

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Software Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

TCS user image Abbas Ali Bohra

posted on 16 Aug 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Medium level MCQ question on topics, general mathematical, english vocab and reasoning . with two coding question easy level;

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - solve prevision paper question
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

They gave 3 codes in which we have to write atleast 2 of them.

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your self?
  • Q2. What are the conclusions of your project?
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude basic question

Round 2 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions, questions were base on basic oops concepts

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - so try to Prepare basics
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
No response
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Amcat shl test
was conducted , long process

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Fib location shifts

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Software Trainee interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are HR, Aptitude Test and Technical.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Software Trainee interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Software Trainee interview -

  1. What is diff between c and c++ Any code can u type ...read more
  2. Concept based questions and also questions on the coding you writ...read more
  3. Ask me regarding project, sql, cloud computing, computer network, pyt...read more

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4.5

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