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based on 1.7K ratings - Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Dec 1, 2015

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

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Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Dec 2014

Interview

It was more of infromal interview. Interviewer asked me abt my back ground and my personal life. Then he asked about my engineering background and questions from there. Then he moved to C language. and i could not answer it. But then i told him that i was confident and given proper training i would excel for sure and interviewer believed in me and selected me.

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Question 1

tell me about yourself?

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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Nov 28, 2015

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru)

Interview

On campus placement. Was part of the group which was eligible for a direct interview. Others had an aptitude round. Only one round of interview. General communication skills were tested. One programming question based on pointers was asked.

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Question 1

I was asked to pick a subject being taught in the semester and talk about it.

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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Nov 27, 2015

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Sep 2013

Interview

interview happened in campus. cleared aptitude test and then cracked the technical interview. there was 2 interviewers for me. the interview went for around 45 minutes and was full of basic OOPS questions

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Question 1

why are pointers not used in C++

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