Friday, January 15, 2010

Cognizant interview xperience!!

Placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions(CTS), on 11.01.10..
after d interview, I had no reason y they shld recruit me..but who cares nymore..well, despite al d silly n serious mistakes i made durin d interview, here is d gud part of wat happened...(not goin into details n mentioning d usuals)
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Interviewer: ur interest, hobbies etc..
myself: readin, solving sudoku n crossword..

Interviewer: wat kind of books??
myself: started wid fictions..currently readin spiritual books.

Interviewer: favourite book??
myself: among fictions, The fountainhead by Ayn Rand..
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Interviewer: y software industry or CTS?
myself: fast growin n demandin sector..wid everythin gettin digitalised, soon der wil b a gr8 demand of software services in our country as well, other than just outsourcin..

Interviewer: can u giv ny xample??
myself: d unique identification number project for a billion plus crowd in d nation.
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Interviewer: any control system applicaton in software industry??
myself: controllin d sendin n receivin of message packets through computer networks, by limiting d number of packets as set point..
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Interviewer:(Situation 1)suppose u hav an imp family function to attend n also a project to b submitted in 2 days..wat u gonna do??
myself: wil attend d function for just an hour or so rather than givin my all day..n work overnight to meet d deadline..but 1st preference to my work..

Interviewer:(situation 2)if ur team member does some serious mistake tat is gonna to cost a lot to ur project n u hav to submit it in 2 days..wil u complain to ur senior??how wil u deal wid ur colleague??
myself: no point of complainin n stuff..no1 does mistake intentionally..wil sit together wid tat colleague to sort out d problem..since he did d mistake so he shld b 1st person to b involved in for correction,rather than sackin hm out..n may b some help n suggestion frm our seniors..
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Interviewer: i think i m done wid u..do u hav ny question??
myself: yes..since v hav 4-5 months b4 joining d company, wat would u suggest, d kind of activity i shld get involved in which wil help me at my work..

Interviewer: this is a very gud quesiton u hav asked..n if u r really interested in gettin into software industry, u shld hav a basic knowledge of languages n Operatin systems..etc etc..n b in contact wid ur seniors for d kind of work they r involved in..etc etc..
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(well, this is all i could remember..n it was a short interview, though)