CognizantTechnologySolutions(CTS

AbouttheCompany
CognizanttechnologysolutionsisanAmericanMultinationalcorporationthatprovidescustom
informationtechnology,consultingandbusinessprocessoutsourcingservices.Itsheadquartered
inTeaneck,NewJersey,UnitedstatesandMr.FranciscoDSouzaisthecurrentCEOofthe
company.ThecompanyregisteredanetprofitofUS$1.623billionandarevenueofUS$12.416
billionintheyear2015.
EligibilityforEntryLevelJobs:
Tosatisfy,thecognizanteligibilitycriteriatheCandidatesshouldhavethefollowing

CandidateswithB.E./BTech/M.E./MTechdegreeacrossstreams.
BS/BAgraduateswithmajorinComputerscience,InformationtechnologyorBusiness
informationsystems.
Passpercentageofminimum60%inXII&Xand70%ingraduationisrequiredforCTScareers
2016batch.
Recordinacademicinallsubjectswillbeconsidered.
Shouldnthaveanystandingarrear.

Theabovedetailsisbasedontheinformationavailablewithus.
CTSSelectionProcess:
CTSselectionprocessfortheyear201516isasfollows.Itiscompulsoryforthecandidatetoclear
eachroundbeforegoingtothenextround.
ROUND1
ROUND2

Onlinewrittentest
InterviewRounds

AMCAT
Technical&HR

WRITTENTEST
TheCTSwrittentestisgenerallyconductedbyAMCATandthewrittentestpatternisasfollows.

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Totalnumberofquestions:55questions

Duration:55minutes

Negativemarking:no
IQuantitativeAbility
IIReasoningAbility
IIIVerbalAbility

16Questions

16minutes

14Questions

14minutes

25Questions

25minutes

TopicstoFocus:
QuantitativeAbility

ProblemsonTrain
Numbers
Averages
Ages
Probability
Pipesandcisterns
Timeanddistance
Percentage
Timeandwork
Interest
Partnership
permutationcombination

Cubesanddices
Oddmanout
arrangement
Venndiagramproblems
Seriescompletion

Sentencecorrection
Readingcomprehension
Errorspotting
fillintheblanks
antonyms
Synonyms
rearrangesentences

ReasoningAbility

VerbalAbility

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InterviewRound:

CTSInterviewroundmainlyassessesthebasictechnicalknowledgeofthestudent.Questionsonfamily
background,interests/hobbiesarealsoasked.StudentsshouldbrushuptheirknowledgeinC,C++,
DatastructuresandJavabeforeattendingthisround.Questionsbasedonfinalyearprojectwillbe
asked,andsooneshouldhaveathoroughunderstandingoftheircollegeprojectbeforeattendingthe
interview.Afewquestionsfromtheresumeofthecandidatewillalsobeasked.
GivenbelowaresomeFAQintheCTSInterviewround.
TechnicalQuestions:

Writeashellscripttoaccessajavacodefromwithinashellscript
WhatdoyoulikemostCorJava
QuestionsonC,OS,Java,J2EE
Thenheaskedmetoexplainnormalizationindbms.
UsingpointerWAPtoswap2numbers.Icouldn'tdo.Itcompletelycorrect
SoheagainaskedmetoWAPtofindthelargestamongthreenumbers.
Differencebetweenmicroprocessorandmicrocontroller
Whatisramandrom
Whatismotherboard
Projectandareaofinterest

HRquestions:

Wheredoyouseeyourselfafter4years?
Whyyourpercentagedecreasedin12thcomparedto10thstandard?
Dohaveanyquestionsfortheinterviewer?
Youareanelectronicsperson.WhyyouwanttoworkforanITcompany
Tellmeaboutyourfamilyandeducationbackground
HowwasyourmathematicsinHighschool
Areyouokwithrelocating

TheaboveinformationontheselectionprocessisbasedonthefeedbacksreceivedfromparticipantsinCTS
drives.

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