Candidate-Experiences

Hi Friends,    

   I attended my Cognizant off-campus event held at st.patricks school Hyderabad on 3^rd October which was conducted by merit trac solutions. They announced the written test results on 7^th. The interview held on Nov 3^rd at Auriga auditorium VBIT park Hyderabad.

Written Test

At the time of written test you will be given a omr sheet followed by  HR form so do note all your sem wise percentage, languages you know, short & longterm goals, why CTS etc fill the fields correctly because at the time of interview you will be asked questions based on what you have written here.

Written test consists of two sections

1. Analytical section

2. Verbal section

Analytical Section

This section consists of syllogisms, odd one out, letter and number series, statements conclusion-3 questions given, a bar graph followed by 5 questions, ages, coding and decoding etc.

Verbal Section

The time given was 20 min and we need to answer 30 questions. It consists of 2 passages followed by 5 questions each, find the error in the sentence given-4 questions, analogies, questions given like who is the tallest among 5 members P Q R S T. etc. Time management is very important here. First answer the questions you know well. Attempt the paragraphs at the last.

Technical round:

It held around 15-20min for me.

HR: Tell me about yourself in short

HR: Why you need 5 years?

HR: What is the peak position in a software company

HR: What are the differences between ring and star topologies? he asked me to draw them                        

HR: Tell me about FET

HR: What is the function of it in those devices?

HR: What is the difference b/w transistor and conductor

Me: Transistor acts like conductor, insulator as well as semiconductor according to biasing but conductor is used only for conducting electricity like copper

Me: RAM size, 8085 is a 8bit microprocessor and 8086 is a 16 bit microprocessor.

Me: Said

Me: As this is a combination of embedded systems and computer networks I preferred it.

Me: Said about the layers and functioning

Me: Explained

Me: I don’t know about other protocols sir

Me: Which is for a specific application(not confident)

Me: I just need distinction sir

Me: Thank you sir

Just maintain a smile on your face and maintain confidence levels

HR round:

Me: 93.2

Me: Thank you sir

The results were declared after 1 week through mail. I felt so happy the time I received  mail.

Wishing you all the best. See you at cognizant.