whole test paper and interview


HI EVERYBODY I AM SHARING MY INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE OF COGNIZANT AND I WILL GIVE A BRIEF ABOUT APTITUDE TEST.

THEY GAVE A PAPER IN WHICH FOLLOWING QUESTION WERE GIVEN
(i)HOBBIES
(ii)STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS
(iii)LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM GOAL
(iv)EXPECTATION FROM COGNIZANT
(v)SOFTWARE ORIENTATION
(vi) WHAT ARE QUALITIES REQUIRED FOR SOFTWARE PROFESSIONAL AND WHY DO U THINK THAT U ARE QUALIFIED FOR SOFTWARE PROFESSIONAL.LIST REASONS.

DO PREPARED FOR THIS QUESTIONS AND THIS QUESTION IS IMPORTANT FOR INTERVIEW A GOOD ANSWER OF THIS IMPORTANT

FIRST THEY GAVE US PAPER OF ANALYTICAL SECTION THERE WERE 30 QUESTION TIME GIVEN WAS 30 MINUTES.
ANALYTICAL SECTION:
30 QUESTION
TIME: 30 MINUTES.
NO NEGATIVE MARKING.
(i)5 QUESTION FROM DATA INTERPRETATION.
(ii)5 QUESTION FROM BLOOD RELATION i.e. FAMILY PROBLEM .
(iii) STATEMENT CONCLUSION i.e. STATEMENTS WILL BE GIVEN U HAVE DERIVE CONCLUSION.
(iv) CONCLUSION STATEMENT i.e. CONCLUSION WILL BE GIVEN U HAVE TO DERIVE STATEMENT.
(v) 5 QUESTION FROM CODING DECODING
RS AGGARWAL IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THIS SECTION

THEN THEY TOOK AWAY QUESTION PAPER OF ANALYTICAL QUESTION PAPER

VERBAL SECTION:
25 QUESTION
TIME : 25 MINUTES
NO NEGATIVE MARKING
(i)TWO PARAGRAPHS EACH CONTAINING 5 QUESTION
(ii)FIND CORRECT SENTENCE AMONG 4 SENTENCE
(iii) FIND INCORRECT SENTENCE AMONG 4 SENTENCE
(v)5 QUESTION FROM PARA JUMBLE i.e. 4 OR 5 SENTENCES WILL BE GIVEN U HAVE TO ASSEMBLE THEM AND FORM A PARA.

INTERVIEW:

ME:GOOD AFTERNOON
INTERVIEWER:GOOD AFTERNOON
INTERVIEWER:OK SIT
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS UR NAME?
ME : TOLD
INTERVIEWER:WHEN DID U PASS CLASS 10 AND 12
ME: TOLD
INTERVIEWER: WHERE DO U LIVE?
ME: TOLD
INTERVIEWER:WHY UR CLASS 10 PERCENTAGE IS LOW(HE ASKED ME BECAUSE MY CLASS 10 PERCENTAGE WAS ONLY 60%
ME: I TOLD I DIDN'T GET THE RIGHT COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT
INTERVIEWER: WHY DO U WANT TO JOIN COGNIZANT?
ME: I TOLD THAT I WANT TO JOIN ANY INDUSTRY BECAUSE UNTIL NOW I HAVE ONLY ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE BY JOINING INDUSTRY I WANT TO GAIN PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
INTERVIEWER: TELL ME UR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN LAST YEAR.
ME:JUST TOLD THE NAMES OF SUBJECTS IN MY 7th SEM AND TOLD I HAVEN'T READ PROPERLY MY LAST SEM BECAUSE OF CAMPUSING
INTERVIEWER: WHAT DID U READ FOR CAMPUSING?
ME: APTITUDE
INTERVIEWER: THEN HE ASKED ME TO WRITE LOGIC OF A C PROGRAM WHICH WAS SWAPPING BETWEEN TWO VARIABLE WITHOUT USING THIRD VARIABLE
ME: I DONE THIS PROPERLY
INTERVIEWER: WRITE THE LOGIC TO REVERSE A STRING WITHOUT USING STRREV
ME : DONE BUT NOT PROPERLY BUT HE WAS CONVINCED
INTERVIEWER: ANY QUESTION FROM UR SIDE
ME: I HAVE 3 TO 4 MONTHS TIME THEN WHICH TOPIC I SHOULD PREPARE
INTERVIEWER: HE TOLD ME SOME TOPIC LIKE OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
ME:HOW WAS MY INTERVIEW SIR?
INTERVIEWER : ITS OK BUT OTHER THINGS WILL ALSO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION LIKE UR SEMESTER MARKS UR 10

do's : improve ur english by reading newspaper
> improve vocabulary power
> improve communication skills
> improve ur personality as well
> during campus pls dress well as much as u can

255 students - sit for aptitude test
219 students - cleared aptitude test
175 students - finally selected