Cognizant 1

My Name: Mahesh Bale
Email Add: bale_maheshr@yahoo.co.in
Company Name : Cognizant Technological Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Location Offered: Pune (subject to relocation after training period)
You have to work at company office or at customer locations
(Mainly US) as per need of the company)
Position Offered: Programmer Analyst Trainee
(Training period of 12 months)
Date of Campus : July 9 , 2007
Package Offered : Rs.300,500 (annual total compensation and benefits package
During training period)
Selection Procedure :
There was an aptitude test followed by a single interview.

Aptitude Test
It was conducted by MeritTrack ( an organization conducting aptitude tests for various companies )
There were 3 papers one after another without any break
1) English (25 questions 20 minutes)
( 2 passages for RC ,para jumbles , grammar related questions)
2)Quantitative Aptitude (25 questions 30 minutes)
( set theory , speed-time-distance ,geometry etc)
3)Logical Reasoning (25 questions 30 minutes)
(simplest of all ,logic based )

Imp point about apti : some of the questions were repeated from previous
Papers of cognizant available on the internet.

Single Interview
A single interview which was combination of both HR and technical,
Sample questions
1) Tell me about yourself?
2) Why cognizant?
3) Tell something about your projects?
4) Do have any problems with relocation?
( this question is asked because at cognizant you may be needed to relocate)
5) Database related questions
6) puzzles
7) What are your plans about post graduation?
And similar other questions

Final Intake : 43
What to prepare :
Prepare mainly for the aptitude test .
Be prepared about your projects and standard HR type questions
Anything else is unpredictable as many weren’t asked even a single
technical questions