Cognizant Syllabus for 2020

Cognizant Syllabus 2019-20

Cognizant conducts both on-campus and Off-campus drives. Earlier it used MeritTrac for on campus but this has been discontinued from Augusts 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.

Cognizant Online Test Syllabus 2019

Coding Section for CTS Placement Paper

  • On-Campus
    • Debugging – 7 questions
  • Off-Campus
    • Coding Round – 2 Questions

Order of Section

Quantitative Section

No of Questions

16

Time

16 Mins

Negative Marking

No

Verbal English

No of Questions

22

Time

18 Mins

Negative Marking

No

Logical Reasoning

No of Questions

24

Time

35 Mins

Negative Marking

No

Code Debugging (Automata Fix)

No of Questions

7

Time

20 Mins

Negative Marking

No
Time Duration

Time Duration

89 mins

Total No Of Questions

69

Negative Marking

Negative Marking

No

type of test

Type Of Test

Adaptive

Table of Content Table of Contents

  • Cognizant Syllabus
  • Cognizant Online Test Pattern 2019
  • Order Of Section
  • Detailed Syllabus
  • Additional Facts
  • Topic Wise Bifurcation
  • Interview Experience

Detailed Cognizant Syllabus and Pattern 2019

Cognizant Quantitative Syllabus 2019 (Updated)

  • Basic Mathematics
    • LCM & HCF
    • Divisibility
    • Numbers, decimal fractions and power
    • Averages
    • Ratio & Proportion
    • Algebra
    • Surds & Indices
  • Applied Mathematics
    • Profit and Loss
    • Simple and Compound Interest
    • Time, Speed and Distance
    • Inverse
    • Time and Work
    • Allegation & Mixtures
    • Percentage
    • Area, shape, and perimeter
  • Engineering Mathematics
    • Logarithms
    • Permutation and Combinations
    • Probability
    • Pipes and Cisterns
    • Geometry, Coordinate Geometry
    • Clocks & Calendar

Cognizant Aptitude Questions

Cognizant English Syllabus 2019 (Updated)

Cognizant Logical Syllabus 2019 (Updated)

  • Deductive Reasoning
    • Coding deductive logic
    • Blood Relation
    • Directional Sense
    • Objective Reasoning
    • Selection decision tables
    • Syllogism
  • Inductive reasoning
    • Analogy and Classification pattern recognition
    • Coding pattern and Number series pattern recognition
    • Statement & Conclusion
    • Seating Arrangements
  • Abductive Reasoning
    • Logical word sequence
    • Data sufficiency
    • Odd Man Out
    • Data Arrangements
    • Mathematical Orders
    • Inferred Meaning

Cognizant Logical Reasoning Questions

Cognizant Coding Syllabus 2019 (Updated)

Questions can be asked on topics such as:

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

 

Cognizant Code Debugging (Automata Fix) Syllabus

There will be 7 questions and you will be given a code in an inbuilt IDE, this code will not compile properly and will generate an error, you have to make small changes to code and fix it to give desired output.

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

The following is the Syllabus for On-Campus pattern -

Sections No. Of Questions Time Difficulty
Quants 16 16 mins Medium
Logical 24 35 mins High
English 22 18 mins Medium
Code Debugging 7 20 mins High
Total 69 89 mins Medium

The following is the Cognizant Syllabus for Off Campus Drive -

Sections No. Of Questions Time Difficulty
Quants 16 16 mins Medium
Logical 24 35 mins High
English 22 18 mins Medium
Coding 2 60 mins High
Total 64 129 mins Medium

Cognizant Exam Syllabus Eligibility

  • Candidate must be a B.tech,BCA,MCA,BE student.
  • Education gap of not more than one year.
  • More than 60% or CGPA > 6 in aggregate.

CTS Placement Paper contains four topics:

Topic Wise Bifurcation

LCM & HCF

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Divisibility

  • Number of Questions: 2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Number Decimal Fraction & Power

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Average

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Ratio & Proportion

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Algebra

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Surds & Indices

  • Number of Questions: 1 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Percentage

  • Number of Questions: 2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Profit & Loss

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Simple & Compound Interest

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Speed Time & Distance

  • Number of Questions: 0-1 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Inverse

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Time & Work

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Allegation & Mixtures

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Area, shape and perimeter

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Logarithms

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Permutation and Combination

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Probability

  • Number of Questions: 1 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Pipes and Cisterns

  • Number of Questions: 1-2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 40-50 Sec

Geometry, Coordinate Geometry

  • Number of Questions: 2 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

Clocks & Calendar

  • Number of Questions: 1  Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 50-70 Sec

Synonyms

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Antonyms

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Contextual Vocabulary

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Error Identification

  • Number of Questions: 8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 30-40 Sec

Sentence Improvement & Construction

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Subject-Verb Agreement

  • Number of Questions: 8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 30-40 Sec

Tenses & Articles

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Preposition & Conjunctions

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Speech & Voices

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Inferential and Literal Comprehension

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Comprehension ordering

  • Number of Questions: 8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Medium
  • Importance: High
  • Suggested time to solve: 30-40 Sec

Selecting Words

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Sentence Selection

  • Number of Questions: 7-8 Ques
  • Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
  • Importance: Medium
  • Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Coding deductive logic

  • Difficulty Level – High
  • Importance – Medium
  • Number of Questions – 4

Blood Relation

  • Difficulty Level: High
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Directional Sense

  • Difficulty Level: Low
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Objective Reasoning

  • Difficulty Level: High
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Selection decision tables

  • Difficulty Level: Low
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Syllogism

  • Difficulty Level: High
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Statement & Conclusion

  • Difficulty Level: High
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Seating Arrangements

  • Difficulty Level: High
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Coding Decoding

  • Difficulty Level: Low
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Decision

  • Difficulty Level: Low
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Analogy and Classification pattern recognition

  • Difficulty Level – High
  • Importance – Medium
  • Number of Questions – 4

Coding pattern and Number series pattern recognition

  • Difficulty Level: Low
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Odd Man Out

  • Difficulty Level: Low
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Data Arrangements

  • Difficulty Level: High
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 6 Questions

Mathematical Orders

  • Difficulty Level: Low
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Inferred Meaning

  • Difficulty Level: Low
  • Importance: Medium
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions

Logical word sequence

  • Difficulty Level – High
  • Importance – Medium
  • Number of Questions – 4

Data sufficiency

  • Difficulty Level – High
  • Importance – Medium
  • Number of Questions – 4

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Interview Experience

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Cognizant Off Campus

Cognizant Off Campus Drive Interview Experience

  • Name: Krish Naruto
  • College: Jeppiar Engineering College, Tamil Nadu
  • Branch: Computer Science
  • Type of interview: Off-Campus Interview (3.38 LPA)

Student Interview

Cognizant’s off-campus interview begins with a written round that is conducted at the center. So, after completing my engineering degree, I started preparing for the written round through PrepInsta and some other competitive exam books. I prepared for three continuous months, after which I appeared for the written round.

  1. Written Round

Cognizant Question Paper was divided into four sections, i.e., Quants, Verbal, Logical Reasoning, and Programming. The test was of 85 minutes with the average difficulty level.

  • The Quants section was pretty difficult as compared to the other three sections. Some of the questions were exactly the same that I studied on PrepInsta. As a result, I was able to get the required passing percentage for the Quants section.
  • The verbal section was way too time-consuming. There were questions about reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar.
  • The Logical Reasoning section was the most interesting one. Major questions were based on Data Sufficiency and Objective reasoning.
  • The programming section majorly had output based questions.

After a week of the paper, I got the selection mail, luckily I scored 86% aggregate and qualified for the next round which was the Automata.

  1.  Automata

In this round, there were two coding questions out of which one was a pattern making, and one was of bubble sort. I gave the paper from home. It was a 60 min test in which the requirements were that the webcam and the microphone should be turned on during the test so that everything is recorded, just in case anyone could cheat. I tried both the codes in which bubble sort was easy as I had already studied it while preparing for the test. Therefore, I was able to execute it, but the cognizant exam pattern making was a bit tricky, so it was executed partially. Since one of my codes was running perfectly; I qualified for the final round.

After ten days I got the mail from Cognizant Visitor Management with the Express check-in code for the main and the final round. It was a Face-to-Face round that was held at the main Chennai premises of the company. I had to log in to the Physical Security Application to confirm that I will be present for the interview. The mail comprised of the interview confirmation and the hall ticket with basic essential documents that I had to carry on the day of the interview

1) My all the Marksheets (Original as well as Xerox).

i)10th

ii)12th

iii) Graduation mark sheet

2) Printout of the Hall Ticket.

3) 3 Passport size photos.

4) 2 copies of my updated resumes.

On the day of the interview we were informed that the Face-to-Face interview would be divided into two separate rounds, first will be the Technical than the HR.

  1. Technical

As I entered the room, the interviewer asked me for my resume. He asked me a total of six questions related to JAVA, out of which I answered four correctly. He asked me to wait outside as there were still four candidates after me.

After almost an hour, we were informed that five students had been selected out of seventeen for the HR round. Luckily, I was one of those five. After ten minutes the HR round began.

  1. HR Round

I was very nervous. There were two candidates before me. Then my turn came. As I entered the cabin, the HR asked me for my resume. He had the results for my technical round in his hand. After going through my resume and analyzing my technical round scorecard, the interview began.

*Why should we hire you?

* What was your role in your final year major project?

* What did you do for the last three months?

* Why do you wish to join Cognizant?

* Where do you see yourself in the next five years?

* Are you are comfortable in relocation to any other part of the country?

* What is your salary expectation?

The interview went on for 20 minutes. After the interview, I was told that they would let me know the result through an email. According to my, the interview went quite well, so I was happy and was expecting a positive response. After a week, I got the confirmation mail with the call letter for the profile of Junior Software Engineer at Cognizant.

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Time Duration

Time Duration

89 mins

Total No Of Questions

69

Negative Marking

Negative Marking

No

type of test

Type Of Test

Adaptive

Table of Content Table of Contents

  • Cognizant Syllabus
  • Cognizant Online Test Pattern 2019
  • Order Of Section
  • Detailed Syllabus
  • Additional Facts
  • Topic Wise Bifurcation
  • Interview Experience

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  • Ravikrishna

    Thanks sir, I got placed in Cognizant because of you :). The whole paper was exactly of the same pattern as given on your instaprep website 🙂

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