Cognizant

Career Details
Eligibility:

Engineering Degree with 50%

Selection Process:

Written
GD
Interview

Entry Package:
2.1
Organization Details
Industry:
IT/Software, Hardware
Company Profile :

Every application we develop, every challenge we embrace, every investment in new resources, every recommendation we make - is dedicated to one goal:

Making our customers' businesses stronger by empowering them to be more responsive to their customers and to the competitive environment.

We'll achieve this by focusing on the intersection of our clients' emerging needs and the acceleration of business and technological change. Our commitment to innovation keeps us focused on the future and being ready at every level to service change.

1.Analytical section :
This section consists of
a, venn diagram 1-5qn ,this is very easy once you draw the venn diagram you can solve the qns.
b, coding 1 represented as $ and 0 as * 6-10qn . Dont read the question just convert the number to binary.
c, data sufficiency 11-15qn , very easy but concentrate well before answering.
d, cubes problem 16-20qn, i advise you take the section at last , R.S.Agarwal is not enough.
e, general 21-25, but this will be very easy questions.

2.Verbal section :
This section is not that easy, time management is very important , try to answer as many correct answers as you can dont try to complete to the question paper,the cut-off will be very low for this section.
a, Reading comprehension,
b, Correct/incorrect sentence,
c, Jumbled passage.
This section does not contain questions in order, so be careful.

3.Attention section :
This is also a very easy section,
a, Syllogism 1-5qn,
b, Analogy figures 6-10qn,
c, Odd figure out 11-15qn,
d, Puzzle 16-20qn, arrangement based puzzle.

EXCEPT VERBAL SECTION AND CUBES REFER R.S.AGARWAL .
There are 570 who wrote the test from which 370 had been selected for interview .I from EEE.

INTERVIEW:
Interview was very easy he just checks about your confidence and not about your answer , mine was completely technical and few hr questions. Eye contact is very important .

Then the result was announced 220 got selected from 370. They distributed the offer letter immediately and a cake which they bought with them.

3.5
Average: 3.5 (2 votes)

CTS pattern consists of 3

CTS pattern consists of 3 sets:
1.APTITUDE
it consists of 25 quesns nd 30 mts
(1-5) VENN DIAGRAM PROBLEMS (refer to R.S.AGGARWAL Verbal and Non-Verbal for basic problems. You wil get slightly difficult questn.)

6. percentage problem (very simple)
(7-9) GENERAL QUESTIONS
(10-14) DATA SUFFICIENCY (refer to R.S.AGGARWAL Verbal and Non-Verbal (pg no 495)
(15-20) Very simple and scoring
If 1 is representd by $ and 0 is representd by * Then find the following
lcm(25,5,15)
(22 * 33 * 44)
( 20-25) PROBLEM ON CUBES (slightly tough) (refer to R.S.AGGARWAL Verbal and Non-Verbal (pg no 357 part II)

No need to refer R.S.AGGARWAL QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

2.ANALYTICAL
it consists of 25 quesns nd 20 mts
READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES 10 quesns(please dont attempt it first.its very time consuming)we had no negative marking.so just made some guess.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT STATEMENTS FROM THE GIVEN OPTIONS.5 quesns(very simple)
ARRANGE THE GIVEN OPTIONS IN LOGICAL ORDER TO FORM A SUITABLE PASSAGE. 5 quesns(I found few of them tough)

CHOOSE THE INCORRECT STATEMENTS FROM THE GIVEN OPTIONS. 5 quesns (very simple)

3.LOGICAL REASONING
it consists of 20 quesns nd 20mts
PICK THE ODD FIGURE FROM THE GIVEN FIGURES 5quesns
(refer to R.S.AGGARWAL Verbal and Non-Verbal (pg no 207 part II)

CHOOSE THE FIGURE THAT WILL CONTINUE THE SEQUENCE 5quesns (refer to R.S.AGGARWAL Verbal and Non-Verbal (pg no 238 part II) (I dnt remember all of them)

TIME MANAGEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. we got our test results at 6.30 pm. we had tech and hr interview together on the next day at 12.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (CSE BRANCH)
TECHNICAL: asked me to write a program on array of pointers and reversing an array.
gave me a program and I had to give output.
difference between DBMS and RDBMS.
I had mentioned about project in my resume.so he asked me to explain that.
He asked me about my fav subject.I told OS and COMPUTER NETWORKS.
So asked me to explain types of scheduling.asked me few more from OS. did not know the answer.

HR: tell me about yourself.
strengths and weakness.(pls tell the same dat u hav mentioned in resume)
Mention some of ur hobbies.
Why CTS?
Why should I hire u?
What will u do if u r rejected?
I had given 'can work under pressure' and 'good team player' as strengths.He asked me to give instances.
Do u hav any questions? pls ask few.it shows ur confidence level.

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