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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Mar 4, 2015

Anonymous employee

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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Coimbatore) in Dec 2011

Interview

Written Test followed by Technical and HR Round. Written test is multiple choice aptitude questions. Technical & HR Round is as usual normal round which anyone could clear. Written Test followed by Technical and HR Round. Written test is multiple choice aptitude questions. Technical & HR Round is as usual normal round which anyone could clear.

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Question 1

1) About C & C++? 2) How do you think your present leaning would help in IT Indutry?

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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Mar 4, 2015

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

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Average interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcuta) in Oct 2011

Interview

Interview process was swift and smoothly conducted. Wasn't a difficult interview at all. The interviwer was nice. I told him frankly about my skills, what I know and I don't know. He focussed on my strengths, asking me questions from that area rather than glorifying my weakness.

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Question 1

The obvious question, "Why do you want to join our company ? "

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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview

Feb 17, 2015

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant

Interview

Intial round was the aptitude round Next was Technical round which inolved lot of questions on resume and last round was HR round which included behavioural questions. There were a couple of puzzles ans quizzes asked too.

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Question 1

Write a c code for factorial function

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