I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Sep 2021
Interview
Technical Interview:
It was easy and smooth process if you are confident with all the skills included in resume and some puzzle questions.
Hr round: It was normal Hr round along with document verification
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical interview
Write the connection code to a database?
How did you create it in your project?
What are derived data types? Name the user defined data types in C++.
Whether higher normal forms better than lower forms as far
Redundancy is concerned ?
Explain tokens in C++.Also tell about their role and importance.
How would you input data to your code?
Can a database table exist without a primary key ?
What are the similarities and differences between a class and a structure?
What is the reason behind using “Inner Join” and “Outer Join” ?
mostly ask questions related to Java and two question related to SQL1 is query and one is theoretical question and basic of oops and asked one coding question related to Java an SQL query is find the second highest salary in employee table
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
oops,java,sql,one coding question,dbmsmostly ask questions related to Java and two question related to SQL1 is query and one is theoretical question and basic of oops and asked one coding question related to Java an SQL query is find the second highest salary in employee table
The interview focused heavily on my projects, asking about design decisions, challenges, and real-world use cases. I had to explain my thought process clearly. It was a practical and insightful experience that tested genuine understanding.
4 rounds before the interview which inckuded - 2 oa - 1st aptitude ,2nd technical, then 3rd coding round then voice assesment after clearing all these i got selected for interview , then hr then for a formality there was a bot interview in which i faced technical error and i got rejected after clearing 5-6 rounds they reject my application my efforts because of the system error