Hi All,

Cognizant is going to visit my campus in about a month and I am sharing with you all the selection process, syllabus, eligibility criteria for the same.

CTS or Cognizant is a very well known multinational IT services company and just like me, many of you must be aspiring to work for this prestigious firm.

Eligibility Criteria:

60% or above in class X, XII and Graduation.
A candidate can have a maximum of one backlogs.
One should not have dropped out in any year / semester.

Selection Procedure:

The company visits multiple campuses all over India to recruit new employees and also conducts off campus drives and walk-in interviews. The selection procedure mostly comprises of the following rounds (however, these may differ from one campus to another) :-

Pre-Placement Talk.
Aptitude Test.
Technical Interview.
HR Interview.

Exam Pattern:

CTS conducts AMCAT as well as Merit Trac scores for short-listing candidates. The Cognizant aptitude test pattern features the following sections:

Aptitude Test Pattern ( AMCAT )

Section.                                
No.of questions.          
Time Allotted(in mins).

Quantitative Aptitude.          
16.                                    
16.

Logical Reasoning.              
14.                                    
14.

Verbal Ability.
25.                                    
25.

Total.                                    
55.                                    
55.

Aptitude Test Pattern ( Merit Trac ).

Section.                                                
No.of questions.                      
Time Allotted(in mins).

Analytical Ability.                                  
30.                                                
60.

Verbal Ability.                                        
25.

Total: 55.

Verbal Section : Consists of reading comprehension passages, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, paragraph completion, error based, sentence completion , etc.

Quantitative Ability Section : Syllabus comprises of algebra, time & work, time, speed & distance, arithmetic, percentages, profit & loss, geometry, etc.

Reasoning Section : Consists of questions based on puzzles, blood relations, statements & arguments, coding decoding, data interpretation, data sufficiency, number series etc.

Technical questions:

1. What do you mean by 3NF in DBMS?
2. What is join in DBMS?
3. What is pass by value and pass by reference?
4. What is Operating System?
5. Difference between C++ and Java.
6. What is pointer?
7. They asked some tricky questions on pointer.
8. Also asked to write double linked list programs.

Non- technical questions:

1. Introduce yourself.
2. What is your favorite subject and why?
3. Why do you want to work for us?
4. If company X offers you a better package than us, what would you do?
5. Would you be OK to work in shifts?
6. What have you done in your project?

Preparation tips:

Guys, you all can refer to a lot of websites for campus placement preparation, just remember that it is important to have a structured approach. Refer to LearnFrenzy for aptitude question preparation and for clarity on technical concepts, you must refer to websites like geeks to geeks and practice coding. Hope this will help you all as well.