I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Oct 2023
Interview
It lasts for 1 hour and includes basic questions. The virtual interview and the questions were straightforward. Just do it confidently and tell them if you don't know it after the interview.
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Question 1
Basic Questions like HR Questions and basic Coding
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Nov 2024
Interview
The interview projects for the **Programmer Analyst** role at Cognizant were engaging and well-structured. One of the tasks involved writing a program to find the **second largest element in an array**, which tested my coding skills and problem-solving approach. Another challenge required me to write SQL queries, including performing various **table joins**, to demonstrate my understanding of relational databases. I also tackled a dynamic programming problem, implementing **Kadane’s Algorithm** to find the subarray with the maximum sum. Overall, the projects allowed me to showcase my technical abilities, problem-solving skills, and ability to optimize solutions effectively.
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Question 1
How would you join two tables in SQL? What are the types of joins?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Apr 2025
Interview
Medium to difficult, overall the interview process was great. It contains 3 rounds Aptitude, coding and at last interview. The interview was medium to difficult level. The coding contains java or python we can opt any language we want
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Question 1
They asked about coding questions in topics like data structres, Java, sql etc