Cognizant Recruitment Process Details
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTS) a dream company for all, is an American multinational information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing company.
- It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States, North America.
- Cognizant is included in the NASDAQ-100 and the S&P 500 indices.
HOW TO GET INTO COGNIZANT
Cognizant mostly conducts its exam through the AMCAT platform. Meritrac is another common platform being used by Cognizant. Cognizant recruitment process (on-campus and off-campus) generally happens for two roles.


Eligibility Cognizant Recruitment | |
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Education | Criteria |
10th Standard | 60% or above |
12th Standard | 60% or above |
Graduation | Batch of BE/B.Tech /ME / M.Tech / MS [5 years] Degree / Students belonging to CSE / IT / ECE / EEE / EIE/ E&E / Applied Electronics / Computer & Technology / Electrical / ETE / ICE / Software Engineering / Mechanical |
Backlog | No backlogs allowed |
Gap in Education | Max Gap upto 2 years is allowed |
Cognizant Coding Syllabus 2022 (Updated)
This section is not there for people whose's college Cognizant is offering the role of Programmer Analyst Trainee which has a package of 4 LPA.
NOTE: There is a language barrier according to the latest CTS Drive Update. You can only code in Java or Python only. They might allow to code in C, C++, C# in the future but do practice coding ques in Java or python to clear the Round-2 (GenC Next Round).
- Number of questions - 4 questions(2 easy + 2 Hard)
- Time allotted - 120 mins
This section is only asked for students whose's college CTS is visiting for an Associate role with a package of 6.5LPA. You can prepare for the same from our CTS Coding Proficiency Dashboard here.
Cognizant Code Debugging (Automata Fix) Syllabus
Cognizant Automata Fix Questions and Papers -
This year they have introduced a new section called Cognizant Automata Fix, wherein they will give you a code that will have a minor error like. Error in if else condition like or for loop were in one equal to sign is missing etc.
Questions can be asked on:
- Basic programming
- Control Structures
- Conditional statements
- Linear data structures
- Advanced data structures
- Sorting and searching algorithm
Cognizant Coding Exam Analysis
- Number of Questions - 7 Question
- Time - 20 mins
- Total Marks - 900
- Section Type: Mandatory
Example -
Check for syntax error/ logical error and correct the error to get the desired output.
Given n, print from n to 0
int main() { int n; scanf("%d", &n); unsigned int i = n; while(i >= 0) { printf("%d\n", i); i--; } return 0; }
Input: 4
Output: Infinite loop
Answer: Error – Logical error
unsigned int i = n; unsigned integer ranges from 0 to 65535, which will be taken in the cyclic order. So i-- will keep repeating in a cyclic way. The loop will never be terminated. So it should be written as int i = n;
Cognizant Logical Syllabus 2022 (Updated)
- Deductive Reasoning
- Coding deductive logic
- Blood Relation
- Directional Sense
- Objective Reasoning
- Selection decision tables
- Syllogism
- Inductive reasoning
- Abductive Reasoning
- Logical word sequence
- Data sufficiency
- Odd Man Out
- Data Arrangements
- Mathematical Orders
- Inferred Meaning
Cognizant Logical Exam Analysis
- Number of Questions - 25 Question
- Time - 35 mins
- Total Marks - 900
- Section Type: Mandatory
Cognizant English Syllabus 2022 (Updated)
According to the latest pattern, only the essay writing question section is there under this CTS Verbal Test. You will be given an essay to write in 30 mins.
Cognizant Verbal Exam Analysis
- Number of Questions - 1 Question
- Time - 30 mins
- Total Marks - 900
- Section Type: Mandatory
Cognizant Quantitative Syllabus 2022 (Updated)
- Basic Mathematics
- LCM & HCF
- Divisibility
- Numbers, decimal fractions and power
- Averages
- Ratio & Proportion
- Algebra
- Surds & Indices
- Applied Mathematics
- Engineering Mathematics
Cognizant Aptitude Exam Analysis
- Number of Questions - 24 Question
- Time - 35 mins
- Total Marks - 900
- Section Type: Mandatory
Sections | No. of questions | Time | Difficulty |
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Quants | 34 | 35 Mins | Medium |
Logical | 25 | 35 Mins | High |
English | 1 | 30 Mins | Medium |
Code Debugging | 7 | 20 Mins | High |
Coding Round 1 | 2 | 40 Mins | Medium |
Coding Round 2 | 2 | 80 Mins | High |
Total | 61 | 240 Mins | Medium |
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COGNIZANT Original Questions
Access COGNIZANT previous year questions.
Interview
Cognizant Interview Process
Cognizant Interview Process consists of Technical Interview and HR Interview. Following are the details of each phase:
Technical Interview
- Questions related to specific technical fields are asked in this round.
- Questions from Core Technical Subjects like Data Structure, C, C++, Java etc. are asked.
- Besides whatever has been mentioned in the resume is questioned so it is better to provide all correct information in your resume.
HR Interview
This is the final round with face to face interaction with the company HR. Questions about qualification, Experience, Industry specific experience, Courses done, strengths and weaknesses, salary expectations, friends, family etc. may be asked. You need to be really confident in this round.