Written test consists of 25 Verbal ques in 25 mins, 16 aptitude ques in 16 mins , 14 logical reasoning in 14 mins. Apart from this it consists of 2 Programming ques, you can code in C/C++/java. Then there is technical section which consists of 40 ques in 40 mins.
out of around 300 students 88 cleared written.
Now the interviews are scheduled after 8 days.
Interview Day:
First of all there was pre placement talk. they talked about company, employees, profile etc etc
Then the interview process starts. As i entered the room he asked me about my resume. I gave him.
Interviewer- Introduce Yourself?
Me- told!
Interviewer- Tell me about your EMC Corporation Certification?
(As I am EMC Certified Academic Associate in Cloud Infrastructure and Services)
Me- told! explained Cloud Computing from the basics! also explained IaaS, Paas, Saas with examples.
Interviewer-what do you know about Hadoop?
Me- told (I didnt know much about hadoop but i somehow managed to get out of it using explanations about File System )
Then he asked me about C. Memory leakage, pointers, garbage collection. I answered everything with full confidence. Then he wrote a C++ program and asked me to explain it. It was program of function overriding. I explained him correctly. He then asked about Polymorphism, Function overloading and abstract class. I explained him everything with confidence. He was impressed by me :)
Then he asked me about my Project then basic SQL queries and then He told me to insert values from on table to another. As i was unable to recall it at that moment but out of it i told him that Sir i can give it a try and can write it in given time frame. Then he said no need to write.
Now there comes the most unexpected part of interview. He asked me about VENN DIAGRAM.
Fortunately i am good at Set Theory .And i solved the ques that he has given!!
Then he told me that we are done with interview and wait outside for results . After 15 min I got a call for HR Interview.
Lady HR- How are u? Have a seat!
Me-gud evening maam.. i am absolutely alright thank you
HR- Introduce yourself?
Me- told
HR- tell about EMC Certification?
Me- told
HR- strengths and weaknesses?
Me- told!
then she started to fill a form and questioning me like a rapid fire regarding the education and family background , Native Place, and some YES/NO type ques regarding company . She has also asked me about "any offer in hand' I told her that I am placed at Cognizant. (No expressions on her face ;))
Then she told me to wait outside for results!
Results came out and luckily i was among the 42 students who got placed!
