Hai friends this is GAURAV from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. Recently Cognizent visited our College for Campus selections. Totally approximate 300 members attended written exam ,95 cleared the written test & totally 37 got placed in the Company. Luckily i am also one of the 37 members who got placed. So i want to share my experiences with u,first of all I thank Freshersworld for providing information about cognizent.

Before giving the pattern pls note these imp points.u have to fill up some questions before the test.
1.ur sem marks
2.whats ur expectation from cts
3.wats ur long term and short term goals
4.mention some points that u think nedd to be a good software engineer
5.software orientation
6.ur strengths and weakness
7.hobbies and extra curricular activities
They will surely ask questions from above when u go to interview.so pls be prepared for the answers.

Cognizant paper consists of three sections. they are
1)analytical 25 questions 30 minutes
2)verbal 25 questions 20 minutes
3)attention 20 questions 20 minutes

1)ANALATICAL: IT HAD DATA SUFICIENCY-5Q,Q'S LIKE IF '1' IS '$' (BINARY)-5Q'S AND CUBES-5Q'S
CUBES Q'S WAS: TWO CUBES ARE THERE. ONE IS CUT INTO 125 PARTS AND THE OTHER IS CUT INTO 216 PARTS AND BOTH THESE CUBES ARE JOINED TO FORM A CUBOID. ALL THE CORNER CUBES ARE REMOVED AND THE WHOLE CUBE IS PAINTED - 5Q'S BASED ON THESE LIKE HOW MANY HAVE ONLY 1 SIDE,2SIDE PAINTED. QUESTIONS ON VEIN DIAGRAMS.

2)IT HAD FIND CORRECT SENTENCES/INCORRECT SENTENCES AND TWO PASSAGES
MY ADVICE IS LEAVE THE PASSAGES AND TRY TO SOLVE THE OTHERS AS 25Q/20MIN ARE THERE ONLY.

WE HAD TO FIND NXT FIGURE THERE WAS ALSO CONDITION PROBLEM LIKE SOME ARRngemnt type of prob. QUESTIONS RELATED TO SYLLOGISM

Final round: hr interview
he asked tell me abt urself
WHY CTS?
WHAT DO KNOW ABOUT CTS.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT
QUESTIONS LIKE CONCEPT OF REFRIGERATION?
WHAT WILL YOU DO IF I REJECT YOU?
WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR OUR COMPANY BEING A MECHANICAL ENGINEER?
IMFORMATION REGADING ALL THE CLUBS THAT I MENTIONED IN THE RESUME?
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS?
NECESSARY STEPS TO OVERCOME YOUR WEAKNESS?
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN C AND C++?
DO U HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

So this is it.The interview barely lasted for 25 mintues. My suggestion to face the HR is Be confident & be truthful. Hope my experience will help u & all the best my dear frnds byeee to all.