Cognizant Interview experience

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Hi friends 

I am presently doing my final year in MVSR Engg college,Hyderabad. I attended CTS Company. I firstly thank CareerInfoline.com as this site helped me a lot to get placed :)

The CTS conducts written test and Technical interview.

Mark verification regarding written test all guys well known about pattern My suggestion is, in my written i had Venn diagram,cube,binary logic code like 1 is represented as & like this 0 is* like this,data sufficiency

The paper for was easy and a good preparation of R.S.Agarwal quant and aptitute can make you get through in aptitude part.Except cubes,i did everything. Please make sure you get 15 above in quant.

Regarding verbal .... i felt some difficulties here ., the passsage we got was a bit difficult, but a bit of concentration can make you get through in that too. A good basics of grammar is necessary for you to get through. then analytical section every one can do it without any preparation...

The results were declared in 2 hours. n for god's grace my name was called. This is how my interview went

Interview experiences:

Cognizant Interviewer: Goood afternoon.
Myself: GA sir

Cognizant Interviewer: had lunch?
Myself: yes sir (with a broad smile)

Cognizant Interviewer:  What did you have?
Myself: Chicken Biryani.

Cognizant Interviewer:  SO you killed a hen and ate?
Myself: hehe.

Cognizant Interviewer:  oh!! He killed the hen and you had the chicken...right?
Myself: yes sir!

Cognizant Interviewer:  Well, tell something about your family
Myself: told...(some questions related to my answer..told confidently)

Cognizant Interviewer:  Are you good in C? (i replied yes)

Cognizant Interviewer:  what is an array?
Myself: told

Cognizant Interviewer:  what is function overloading?
Myself: Doono sir

Cognizant Interviewer:  what is software development life cycle?
Myself: i donno sir(full stunned by d question.)

Cognizant Interviewer:  ohh..you are from ece right...sry sry...
Myself: Its ok sir(i dont know y i told so)

Cognizant Interviewer:  what is eddy current?
Myself: i donno sir

Cognizant Interviewer:  just try to recollect
Myself: tried n told "sry sir i cannot recollect.it was 2 yrs when i read tht"

Cognizant Interviewer:  thats not thr rite answer.U studied A,B,C... 12 yrs bac but you remember...y cudnt you remember this??
Myself: told some bakwaas

Cognizant Interviewer: asked my fav subj i told mc...asked abt mc
Myself: told

Cognizant Interviewer:  why into software?
Myself: told

Cognizant Interviewer:  how can you cope up wid IT ppl?
Myself: told

Cognizant Interviewer:  you cudnt remember a question of 2 yrs bac...how can i recruit you?
Myself: gave a gud answer

Cognizant Interviewer:  any questions?
Myself: asked n he answered

Cognizant Interviewer:  thank you.

just be thorough with your technical skills and be confident in everything....even your walking style...your way of speech and all...and above all....believe in god and urself....you ll be in CTS...all d best n c you all in CTS :) bye

Job Interview Advice: Talking About Salary

Money is a big item on a job seeker's mind, for sure.  You know you're interested in the job, or you wouldn't be there, and the top of the list for you is finding out the mystery of what you could get paid.  But one of the cardinal rules of interviewing for job seekers is:  Never bring up money in your job interview.  It's a BIG no-no.
ALL you talk about in the interview is what they need, what solution they need, what problem they have, who's been able to fix it before, and how you can fix it.
It's a big worry for people, but it's important that you don't talk about money in the job interview.  Why?  You don't have anything to talk about until they make you an offer.   In fact, if they ask you about money, treat it lightly and say something like this:

• "Are you making me an offer?" (This is actually a nice icebreaker, and some hiring managers will actually say "yes," and it will change the conversation.)
• "I'm looking for a great opportunity, and I assume the pay will be commensurate with the responsibility." (Who can argue with that?)
• "Unless you're making me a job offer, we're still trying to figure out if this is going to be a good fit for both of us, and I think that if it's a good fit, we'll be able to work out the money issue."

But don't bring up money.  If you bring it up before, it will damage you as a candidate.  So, don't ask about the bonuses.  Don't ask about the salary.  Ask nothing about it.  You sell, sell, sell yourself throughout the interview, and talk about the money when they make you the offer.


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