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COGNIZANT Interview Experience - Noida, Feb 8, 2014
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Suruchi Srivastava
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I got interview call letter from COGNIZANT through amcat and it was on 8th feb 2014. We have to give only technical and HR interview.
Technical:
Sir: Tell me about yourself.
Told.
Sir: What are you doing from past 6 months?
I told I\'m preparing for GATE.
Sir: So why you want this job if you are going for GATE?
I explained.
Sir: What is your favorite subject?
Me: Data Structure and Automata Theory. He didn\'t knew about automata so I explained the subject.
Sir: Any other subject?
Me: DBMS.
Sir: Define normalization and its type.
I explained till 4NF.
Sir: Draw the table for a departmental store, how may tables are required and how will you join them?
I explained. Though one point was wrong, he explained that to me.
Sir: On which language you made you project?
Me: JAVA and SQL.
He asked me basics of JAVA.
Sir: Explain your project and what was your part in the project?
Sir: Which member of your group done the best part in your project?
Sir: What you have in you different from others so that I should select you?
Sir: What is the surety that if I select you then you will not go for any other company?
I explained all and got selected for the next round.
My HR interviewer was a lady.
Me: Can I sit mam?
Mam: Yes please, so tell me something about yourself?
I told.
She asked me why I did my schooling and graduation from different places?
I told.
Mam: Tell me about your family.
What are you doing from past 6 months?
What brings you here in Delhi?
As you have visited to many cities, is there any problem to move to Chennai?
Do you want to ask anything from me?
And I give all the answers with full confidence and finally got selected and now waiting for my joining.
All the best.
Technical:
Sir: Tell me about yourself.
Told.
Sir: What are you doing from past 6 months?
I told I\'m preparing for GATE.
Sir: So why you want this job if you are going for GATE?
I explained.
Sir: What is your favorite subject?
Me: Data Structure and Automata Theory. He didn\'t knew about automata so I explained the subject.
Sir: Any other subject?
Me: DBMS.
Sir: Define normalization and its type.
I explained till 4NF.
Sir: Draw the table for a departmental store, how may tables are required and how will you join them?
I explained. Though one point was wrong, he explained that to me.
Sir: On which language you made you project?
Me: JAVA and SQL.
He asked me basics of JAVA.
Sir: Explain your project and what was your part in the project?
Sir: Which member of your group done the best part in your project?
Sir: What you have in you different from others so that I should select you?
Sir: What is the surety that if I select you then you will not go for any other company?
I explained all and got selected for the next round.
My HR interviewer was a lady.
Me: Can I sit mam?
Mam: Yes please, so tell me something about yourself?
I told.
She asked me why I did my schooling and graduation from different places?
I told.
Mam: Tell me about your family.
What are you doing from past 6 months?
What brings you here in Delhi?
As you have visited to many cities, is there any problem to move to Chennai?
Do you want to ask anything from me?
And I give all the answers with full confidence and finally got selected and now waiting for my joining.
All the best.
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