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Cognizant Syllabus 2021

Cognizant Syllabus for Freshers 2021-22

Cognizant conducts both on-campus and Off-campus drives. Earlier it used MeritTrac for on campus but this has been discontinued from August 01, 2019. Now Cognizant Exam Pattern is changed.

We update our Cognizant Test Pattern page as soon as there is any change in syllabus or process within a day, which is why PrepInsta is the No.1 placement preparation website in India.

NOTE: There is a language barrier according to the latest CTS Drive Update. You can only code in Java or Python only. They might allow to code in C, C++, C# in the future but do practice coding ques in Java or python to clear the Round-2 (GenC Next Round).

Cognizant Online Test Syllabus 2021

Coding Section for CTS Placement Paper

Cognizant Test Syllabus Rounds

Cognizant Test Pattern Important Information
Total no. of question 61
Allotted Time 240 mins
Section Property Mandatory
Negative Marking NA

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Time Duration

Time Duration

240 mins

Total No Of Questions

61

Negative Marking

Negative Marking

No

type of test

Type Of Test

Adaptive

Table of Content

  • Cognizant Syllabus
  • Cognizant Online Test Pattern 2021
  • Detailed Syllabus for CTS
  • Additional Facts
  • Topic Wise Bifurcation
  • Interview Experience

Detailed Cognizant Syllabus and Pattern 2021

Cognizant English Syllabus 2021 (Updated)

According to the latest pattern, only the essay writing question section is there under this CTS Verbal Test. You will be given an essay to write in 30 mins.

Cognizant Verbal Exam Analysis

  • Number of Questions - 1 Question
  • Time - 30 mins
  • Total Marks - 900
  • Section Type: Mandatory

 

Cognizant Essay writing

 

CTS Old Verbal Test Pattern

Previously, CTS use to ask these topics under Verbal Test.

 

Cognizant Verbal English Questions

 

Cognizant Coding Syllabus 2021 (Updated)

This section is not there for people whose's college Cognizant is offering the role of Programmer Analyst Trainee which has a package of 4 LPA.

NOTE: There is a language barrier according to the latest CTS Drive Update. You can only code in Java or Python only. They might allow to code in C, C++, C# in the future but do practice coding ques in Java or python to clear the Round-2 (GenC Next Round).

  • Number of questions - 4 questions(2 easy + 2 Hard)
  • Time allotted - 120 mins

This section is only asked for students whose's college CTS is visiting for an Associate role with a package of 6.5LPA. You can prepare for the same from our CTS Coding Proficiency Dashboard here.

 

 

 

Cognizant Code Debugging (Automata Fix) Syllabus

Cognizant Automata Fix Questions and Papers - 

This year they have introduced a new section called Cognizant Automata Fix, wherein they will give you a code that will have a minor error like. Error in if else condition like or for loop were in one equal to sign is missing etc.

Questions can be asked on:

  1. Basic programming
  2. Control Structures
  3. Conditional statements
  4. Linear data structures
  5. Advanced data structures
  6. Sorting and searching algorithm

Cognizant Coding Exam Analysis

  • Number of Questions - 7 Question
  • Time - 20 mins
  • Total Marks - 900
  • Section Type: Mandatory

 

Example -

Check for syntax error/ logical error and correct the error to get the desired output.

Given n, print from n to 0

int main()
{
    int n;
    scanf("%d", &n);
    unsigned int i = n;
    while(i >= 0)
    {
              printf("%d\n", i);
              i--;
    }
   return 0;
}

Input: 4
Output:  Infinite loop

Answer: Error  – Logical error
unsigned int i = n; unsigned integer ranges from 0 to 65535, which will be taken in the cyclic order. So i-- will keep repeating in a cyclic way. The loop will never be terminated. So it should be written as int i = n;

 

Cognizant Automata Fix Questions

Additional Facts

Detailed Analysis of Cognizant Syllabus: Cognizant Question Paper Mandatory Section

Round 1- 

Sections No. Of Questions Time Difficulty
Quants 24 35 mins Medium
Logical 25 35 mins High
English 1 30 mins Medium
Code Debugging 7 20 mins High
Coding Round 1 2 40 mins Medium
Coding Round 2 2 80 mins high
Total 61 240 mins Medium

Round 2 (Coding Round)

Round 2 is divided into 2 sections i.e,

  • Section 1- Programming Skills
  • Section 2- Problem Solving Data Structures and Algorithm Capabilities

There are 4 coding ques(2 easy + 2 hard) in this round.

After clearing Round 2 you will be allowed to give Round 3

GenC Next Interview and if not then Round 1 Qualifier + Round 2 disqualifier will give GenC Interview.

Round 3-

This Round is also termed as  GenC Next Interview Round. If you succeed in this round you will be able to get the higher package.

Round 3 is basically GenC Next Interview Round. You will be asked question on the topic

  • Problem Articulation
  • Algorithm Capabilities
  • Programming Concepts
  • Cognitive Abilities
  • Right Attitude.

Cognizant Exam Syllabus Eligibility

  • 2021 pass out of B.tech,BCA,MCA,BE , Me , Mtech student.
  • No standing arrears in the current education
  • Education gap of not more than one year.
  • More than 60% or CGPA > 6 in aggregate.

CTS Placement Paper contains four topics in Round 1:

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Latest CTS Interview Experience

Cognizant Off Campus Drive Interview Experience

  • Name: Mayur Jain
  • College: Jeppiar Engineering College, Tamil Nadu
  • Branch: Computer Science
  • Type of interview: Online Interview (4.5 LPA)

Student Interview

During the pandemic, our campus was held in online mode. We had no idea how everything would work. College announced that Cognizant will be coming around October, and thus I took the help of PrepInsta to prepare for Cognizant. I enrolled in the PrepInsta Prime Mock subscription, and here I bagged my 1st job on-campus. Let me tell you in brief about the interview process of Cognizant (in short CTS) : CTS used to hire for two roles from on-campus. They are :
  • GenC(normal package,around 4.5 lpa).
  • GenC Next ( higher package,around 6.5 lpa).
For both roles aptitude is common, and those who score well in aptitude with a good score in automata get selected for further process of GenC Next. Round 1: Aptitude ( Platform: Amcat- Adaptive) Quantitative Aptitude –
  • Basic mathematics questions ( 24 qs,Time – 35 minutes)
  • Reasoning Ability ( 25 qs,Time – 35 minutes)
  • Essay Writing (1 qs, Time- 30 minutes)
  • Automata fix ( 7 qs,Time - 20 minutes)
 
  • Ques 1 : 
  #include int main() { Float x=1.1; switch(x) case 1 : printf(“choice is 1”); break; default : printf(“Invalid choice”); break; } return 0; }  
  • Ques 2 : 
  void main() { int i,j,n=5; for(i=1;i<=n;i++) { for(j=1;j<n;j++) { printf(“%d”,i); } printf(“\n”); } }
  • Ques 3 :
  • Find the index of the equilibrium element in the given array. In an array equilibrium element is the one where the sum of all the elements to the left side is equal to the sum of all the elements on the right side.
I got many qs common from PrepInsta quizzes. And for the automata fix section, my suggestion would be to solve the code debugging qs at first and run the code that is given to you at 1st, will be able to spot the errors, then things will be easier for you. [For GenC profile: Good aptitude score and 2-3 qs in automata] For GenC Next profile: Good aptitude score and +5 qs in automata]. Round- 2 (Coding Round) Results were announced within a week. Cleared the aptitude round. Now round 2 was the coding test.
  • There were 4 coding ques (2 easy + 2 Hard)
  • We were given 2 hours for these ques
I was not able to pass the desired test cases, so then I appeared for the GenC profile Interview. As I was not able to clear the cut-off. Round 3: Technical & HR Interview ( in Amcat based platform, Time – 55 mins) Technical questions :
  • Final Year projects.
  • Principles of OOPs.
  • Difference between delete, truncate and drop.
  • Query to find the 2nd maximum salary from a table.
  • What is a dangling pointer in C?
  • Basics about some recent technologies like Machine Learning, Cloud Computing.
  • Difference between HTTP and HTTPS.
HR questions :
  • Tell me about yourself.
  • Why CTS?
  • What is your dream company?
  • Any problem with relocation?
  • If you are hired in CTS, in which field will you be comfortable working?
  • Any qs for us?
The interview went well. Results were declared within a month. Got placed in CTS for GenC profile. Thanks to the whole team of PrepInsta.

Most Asked FAQs

There is no negative marking in the Cognizant test so you can apply all the questions without any worry.

You can get all the Cognizant Programming Section information on this site itself. As PrepInsta contains all the updated syllabus of Cognizant Placement Paper.

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