I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcutta) in Oct 2013
Interview
Cognizant shortlisted my name by looking through my AMCAT scorecard, an exam which my college conducted in February 2013. In October of that year, I got a mail from both AMCAT and Cognizant that I have been shortlisted for Technical and HR interviews and I have to report on the specified date. So I went to Cognizant GTP office in Bantala, Kolkata. There I saw many people who came for the interview. After conducting initial verifications I was called for my technical interview. The interviewer asked me questions about my final year project in college, the industrial visit conducted by my college and my industrial training. As I was from a non-IT background, I told him that I have a very limited knowledge of C and no other language. So he skipped asking any question related to programming. I told him that I know MS Excel and Word. So I told him about that. After this interview I was called for HR interview. There the interviewer asked about my hobbies and my personality and I was done for the day. After 3 days I got mail that I have been selected for the job.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
"Why you want to join Cognizant when you are from a non-IT background?" I was asked this question in my technical interview and "At what time do you wake up" i was asked about this in my HR interview, which was quite unexpected.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used
It was three round interview with written test and 2 easy interviews. One technical and one with HR for compensation discussion. All were conducted on the same day. In order to get selected need to stand out and answer uniquely.