Programmer Analyst Trainee applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 80% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programmer Analyst Trainee roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Programmer Analyst Trainee according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Drug test: 33%
Presentation: 33%
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Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād) in Mar 2026
Interview
whole interview process is very easy, basic and cool . It was very smooth consisting sql and python and oops conceptual questions all four pillars and few hr questions, the process was about 20 minutes , in sql they asked to write queries
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
sql queries, python basics, oops in depth and examples and few codes