Cognizant Test Pattern 2016 and Syllabus

CTS Selection Process 2016:

Cognizant Technology Solutions selection process 2016 consists of 3 rounds.

• 1st Round – Aptitude test
• 2nd Round : Technical Interview
• 3rd Round : HR Interview

Cognizant Test Pattern 2016:

The online Test consists of 3 sections as follows. Cognizant Test conducted by Aspiring Minds is an Adaptive test. In this article we will discuss the process followed by them for recruitment.The first round is an online Aptitude Test.

• Quantitative Ability -25 Questions – 30 minutes
• Verbal Ability - 25 Questions - 20 minutes
• Reasoning - 20 Questions - 20 minutes

Quantitative Ability:

Some important  topics covered in Quantitative Ability includes

Numbers
Time,speed,distance
Time and Work
Average,Mixtures,Allegation
Ratio,Proportion
Profit,Loss
Permutation and Combination
Probability

In this section there will be 25 Questions to be attempted in 30 minutes.As you can notice there is roughly around 1 minute per question. As it is also an adaptive paper you will not be able to select the easy question in the first and you should go one by one after completing a question. So, you really need to be on your feet to complete the paper. So you need to practice few questions before going for the test.

Verbal Ability:

Some important topics covered in Verbal Ability includes

Reading Comprehension
Parajumbles
Critical Reasoning
Sentence Correction

In this section there will be 25 Questions to be attempted in 20 minutes. The questions will be mostly from the above topics with significant number of questions from Reading comprehension. As there are lot of reading stuff involved in this section, it is a bit of time consuming. Some prior reading practice will help you in clearing this section.

Reasoning Ability:

Some important topics covered in Reasoning Ability includes

Logical Reasoning
Visual Reasoning
Blood Relation Puzzles
Coding and Decoding

In this section there will be 20 Questions to be attempted in 20 minutes.Here again you have only one minute per question. So you really need to be quick as reading and understanding the puzzle type question will take some time. Again some sort of practice before the exam will be useful.