I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in May 2016
Interview
I got call from consultancy. It was huge crowd for interview. Too pathetic interview process.
Before interview they did not tell if finance domain is mandatory. They said it is scheduled interview, but do not believe they will keep you waiting. we were called @ 10 AM, my tech round started @ 4 PM.
In first Tech round - I answered all the questions confidently and accurately, I was sure about Tech Round 2. But I was astonished to hear @ rejection in first round.
Its totally pathetic
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
c++ basics oops, macro vs inline function, predicates, vector vs list
program to print 1,2,3 using 3 threads thread 1 print 1, thread 2 print 2,thread 3 print 3
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant in Jan 2026
Interview
in interview , interviewer started from my project then deep dive into c# language , also explain about your project and interships , also some hr questions which goes about 45 minute
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād) in Dec 2021
Interview
Got call from a different vendor for cognizant. Profile got Shortlisted and have 1st round of interview within a week. Next 2nd round in 1more week. 1st round was full technical. 2nd round managerial and technical stuff with client.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About project,
How you use Multi-threading explain,
Debugging how do you do VS2012.
What compilers you use.
Difference between mutex, semaphore how they are different.
Where can you apply synchronization techniques what will you use to do them.
Storage classes in c
Difference between global and external
Static variable
2nd round with client:
Different CPP programs were given and asked for expected ouput.
cpp programs include all oops concepts, virtual, virtual destructor
The interview is conducted on the superset platform, It was quite a nice experience, but it has been more than 15 days since I do not get any update on that.