I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bangalore Rural) in Feb 2026
Interview
I have attended the GenC-CIS role interview, I had 1 tr and 1 hr interviews
in the technical interview the questions are fondamental cs and general questions. And as for the hr interview the panellist just asked for my educational and other documents.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the difference between software and hardware ?
who is your role model?
Overall it was a easy interview round basic aptitude and basic coding questions were asked not much and overall just have the confidence thats it. The HR was a female for me and she was understanding.
Online aptitude ,online coding, online communication,technical hr it will be resume based questions they ask to solve basic program based on ur cluster ,some theory questions asked then it very easy
Application
I interviewed at Cognizant (Bhopal)
Interview
The interview was easy and focused on basic concepts. Questions were asked from Java, JavaScript, SQL, and OOPs fundamentals. Coding questions were simple, mainly based on arrays and strings like reversing and palindrome. Overall, it was a beginner-friendly interview with emphasis on core concepts and basic problem-solving.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One thing they asked me was to write a basic coding problem on arrays or strings, such as reversing a string or checking if it is a palindrome.