Cognizant Interview Experience

Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Month: November 2019

Batch : 2020

Rounds :

There were 3 rounds:
1. Online Test
2. Technical Interview
3. HR Interview

Technical Interview :

1) Tell me something about yourself?
Ans: Answered it properly.

2) So you have Microwave Engineering as your subject?
Ans: Yes Sir (I had this subject in 7th sem)

3) What is Microwave Bench?
Ans: I didn't remember it. Then he said do you know it or not. I said I know but not recollecting it. He said okay.

4) What is Polarization?
Ans: Answered it somehow but not correctly. He again said do you know it or if not just leave it.

5)What is Waveguide?
Answer: Answered properly, Interviewer was convinced.

6) What is Sampling?
Ans: Answered it.

7) TDM / TFM ? Ans: Told only full form.

8) C or Java more comfortable
Ans: I said C. Then he said why you have made projects in java. I said I know JSE(Java Standard Edition) as well and I am also comfortable in it.

9)What was your Academic Project?
Ans: Told about project from ECE.

10) Personal project?
Ans: Told about projects (Application using JSE)

11)Write a program of Fibonacci series in c and java.
Ans: Wrote it and then discussed about it for 2 minutes.

In C:
int main(){
int n;
scanf("%d",&n);
int a=-1,b=1,c;
for(int i=1;i< n+2;i++){
c=a+b;
printf("\n %d",c);
a=b;
b=c;
}
return 0;
}

In Java:

import java.util.Scanner;
public class Fibonacci{
public static void main(String args[]){
Scanner kb=new Scanner(System.in);
int n=kb.nextInt();
int a=-1,b=1,c=0;
for(int i=1;i< n+2;i++)
{
c=a+b;
System.out.println(c);
a=b;
b=c;
}
}
}

12) What will you do after writing code?
Ans: I said I will compile it.
He said no first save with .c extension
then?
I said will Run it and give Input and press enter
He said then?
I said output will be printed on screen
He said it will be displayed on the screen.

13) Why IT, if you are from ECE?
Ans: I said I like programming and explained how I started liking it.

14) Then Why have you choose ECE?
Ans: Because I was interested to learn logic gates and number conversion etc.
He said okay Abhishek you may leave now
After this, I was told to wait for the results.
After waiting for 20-30 minutes, I was Luckily called for HR.

HR Round:

1)Quickly tell me something about yourself?
2) Tell me your two strength and weakness?
3) What do you do to overcome your weakness?
4) Why Cognizant?
5)What is your short term goal at Cognizant?

Candidate Name: Abhishek Parmar

Branch: Electronics and Communication