Cognizant Program Manager interview questions

Awful... Despite promises to the contrary, no follow up on the part of HR recruiter. Follow up emails from me to the HR recruiter have remained unanswered for weeks. From what I understand from networking with current employees, this is the norm and not an exception. It is very much part of the Cognizant culture to be promised the world with little or no follow up. Better to find out now than later.

I spoke with the recruiter who tried to sell me about the Cognizant brand. He mentioned that I would get a set daily rate regardless of the hours I worked. This means they work people long hours and no OT (who works 5 hours a day?). Their interviews were pretty straight forward, what have I done in my past and what I'm looking to get out of my career. I encountered a few flags that led me declining to move forward. I learned that they have a really poor onboarding process and there's a lack of organization support. Another flag, they wanted me to take an interview call at 5 AM. Why on earth would anyone do that? I wasn't desperate for the position, so we eventually spoke a week later. The guy I spoke with could not sell me on why I should move my career with them vs some of the more prestigious consulting firms out there.