Cognizant hiring

2024 Engineering Graduates

About Cognizant

Ranked #3 Certified
LinkedIn top companies Great Place to Work in 20
India countries including India
Apr 2024 Oct 2024

Ranked Recognized
amongst world’s best companies As Google’s Breakthrough partner
by TIME & Statista of the year
Sep 2024 Sep 2024

Named First
in Fortune 2024 Change the World Global IT company to receive
list and World's Best Employer by certification for AI management
Forbes system.
Sep 2024 & Oct 2024 Dec 2024

Job title
Programmer Analyst Trainee / Programmer Analyst

Location
Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Coimbatore, Kochi, Indore and Bhubaneswar.
Candidate must be flexible to relocate to any Cognizant work locations as per the business
requirement and demand.

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Job description
• Understand business requirements, raise clarifications, and create
documentation.
• Develop, maintain, test, debug, and deploy code according to
requirement specifications.

• Understand data requirements and develop test scenarios.

• Navigate the Agile application development environment, deliverables due, and follow the
SDLC.
• Create low-level designs for components.
• Identify and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines, proactively addressing issues and
mitigating points of failure.
• Take ownership to deliver goals in a timely and efficient manner.
• Participate in project team meetings and technical sessions to develop reliable, cost-
effective, and high-quality solutions.
• Continuously upskill, reskill, and cross-skill to adapt to new technologies.
• Possess excellent communication skills.
• Work collaboratively in a team environment.

Eligibility criteria

• 2024 batch of specific B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M. Tech (Streams such as Leather technology,
Food technology, Fashion technology, etc. are excluded).

• Students should possess consistent academic record with minimum 60% in X, XII,
Diploma, UG & PG (rounding off 59.9% is not allowed).

• Students applied for re-evaluation and waiting for the results would be validated with the
initial results score declared.

• Appropriate CGPA to % conversion to be considered as per university norms.

• Students with standing arrears are NOT eligible.

• Flexibility to work from any Cognizant office location in a given shift timing and
technology is mandatory.

• Open to Indian nationals / OCIs / PIOs who are currently residing in India.

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 2025 Hiring process & tentative timelines

One stop registration.

Registration Feb 21 onwards

Screening

If cleared

Round 1 Communication
assessment March 7
(Online) onwards

Aptitude Technical
Round 2
assessment
& assessment
(Online)
March 10 onwards March 11 onwards

All shortlisted candidates will be notified on the hiring

If cleared
category for interview.

Technical Interview
Round 3 March 27
(In-person) GenC GenC onwards
or or GenC
Next Pro

If selected

LOI (Letter of Intent)

• It is mandatory to appear for Communication, Aptitude, and Technical assessment to be eligible

for technical interview.
• Please note, if selected, candidate will join as a fresher as no prior work experience will be
considered.
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Student information
Students will get the communications only to the registered mail ID in
Superset. It must be their personal mail ID and shall be considered as the
primary email ID. This email ID should not be changed at any point
during hiring process or until Full Time Employment (FTE) onboarding.

Mandatory documents for registration:

Candidates must scan and upload the below mentioned documents while registering.
• Resume (maximum of 2 pages) with a high-resolution passport size photograph. Please
note that the photograph should be clicked in a light background and both the ears of the
candidates must be visible.
Mandatory documents for interview
• All academic documents including the college ID card (if available), X, XII, Diploma, UG & PG
marksheets, provisional / degree certificates.
Mandatory documents for onboarding
The final Cognizant onboarding would be subject to satisfactory background verification.
• PAN card - It is a mandatory requirement for onboarding. Please ensure that your last
name, father's name, and other details are accurate. Please note that background
verification will fail if the last name is not updated or if the PAN card name does not match
with the registered name.
• Passport / Voter ID card is required for verifying nationality while joining Cognizant.

Disclaimer:
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should be promptly reported to [email protected].

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make.

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