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      Senior Associate Interview

      Feb 2, 2011
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Dec 2010

      Interview

      This is one of the worst companies I have interviewed with. I attended so far four interviews with them. All were phone interviews. First some recruiter who calls himself HR, calls up and then says even before asking for your salary expectation that he can only give this much, and whether if I would be willing to proceed. If you say yes, they would speak to as if they are the best of the best, and tell you that the technical team can call you for an interview anytime in the next 48 hours. Crap, I am I not working and would I not need a safe place to take the call from! How can I attend an interview from anywhere just like that. There was another guy who called when I was in a noisy hotel, another when I was in a movie hall. One of them called me just like that while I was at office and asked me if I have some time to discuss, I said yes, and he started with actually the interview, what a jackass he must be. The first interviewer (so called technical interviewer) would say that the Project Manager might call you next time. Watch out, "might". Once that interview happens you might or might not get a call from the PM. Neither will the HR would update as where it stands. Infact the HR would simply say no updates yet from the dev team, for the first mail and there onwards there would no response. Lovely. Now, two of the times I got call from the so called PMs, that person would ask some lame stupid questions, and then, finally he would say the HR would get in touch with you. (One said that, another said nothing). That means they are just having you a backup in case they dont find a better one, or they cannot get a cheaper stock from elsewhere. No issues with that, but there must be some deadline that must be followed to take a decision and update back the interviewee. And I waited for that HR call forever. Nobody cares, they are piece of jugnuts, who do not have a pinch of professionalism. No responses back to mail and telephones, and that when you think you are almost next to getting a job, its so bad a feeling. I am not talking about waiting for a day or two, one of the HR (the first one) made me wait for 5 weeks, to just tell me that the requirement did not come up. How shitty. And in the sixth week, he is saying got another opportunity, someone will call for an interview. Lovely. I said shovel it up your ##. My experience with the interview process of this company had been so frustrating and unprofessional, if would have had the time and money, I would have filed a legal suite against them for torturing me. Not sure, who creates the process within this company. The only reason I was trying to join this company was because of a friend who suggested me the same, and I was looking for a job switch after 7 years, so I was absolutely not sure of what I was looking for. I WILL NEVER EVER RECOMMEND this company to anybody, unless you are so desperately looking for a new job or starving literally without one, - both of which I am not. Because they will make you wait like you have never ever for anything in your lifetime. The recruitment people suck like crap. I am not sure how it is within in rest of the stuff.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

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      1 Answer

      Question 2

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      1 Answer
      1

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      Apr 20, 2026
      Anonymous employee
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      Sr Associate Interview

      Apr 15, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Winston-Salem, NC
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      Negative experience
      Average interview

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      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cognizant (Winston-Salem, NC)

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      Senior Associate Interview

      Feb 4, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Coimbatore
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. I interviewed at Cognizant (Coimbatore)

      Interview

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