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Programmer Analyst Trainee
Cognizant
3 rounds | 1 Coding
problems
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Preparation
Duration: 8 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, Oops, OS, JavaScript, networks, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS
Tip 1 : Work on DS and algorithms.
Tip 2 : Solve atleast 100 problems on your prefered competitive website like Leetcode or Hackerrank to get a grasp of interview setup. Will greatly help in whiteboard round.
Tip 3 : Stick to plan and be clear with basics.
Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: Above 6.5 CGPA
Tip 1 : Prepare a single page resume. At the most don't exceed by two pages.
Tip 2 : Be prepared with whatever you put on the resume.
Interview rounds
01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration80 Minutes
Interview date19 Jan 2019
Coding problem0
This round comprised of basic aptitude questions and logical reasoning. Verbal and nonverbal also was asked. Final round consisted of Debugging and design questions. Duration was very short with each section having sectional cutoff. It was pretty difficult. Only 3 from our institute made through.
02
Round
Hard
Face to Face
Duration50 Minutes
Interview date8 Feb 2019
Coding problem1
I waited for almost whole day before being called.
Was grilled on all software Engineering topic like DS, Algorithms,DBMS,OS. Answered pretty confidently that made me to clear this round.
1. Alien dictionary
Hard
46m average time
50% success
0/120
Asked in companies
You have been given a sorted (lexical order) dictionary of an alien language.
Write a function that returns the order of characters as a string in the alien language. This dictionary will be given to you as an array of strings called 'dictionary', of size 'N'.
Example :
If the dictionary consists of the following words:-
["caa", "aaa", "aab"], and 'K' is 3.
Then, the order of the alphabet is -
['c', 'a', 'b']
Note:
If the language consists of four letters, the four letters should be the starting four letters of the English language.
However, their order might differ in the alien language.
03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 Minutes
Interview date8 Feb 2019
Coding problem0
Basic HR discussion about self and salary package. Company culture and policies. Why should we hire you? What is your biggest achievement?
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Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company
Skill covered: Programming
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