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I joined Cognizant recently, the project interview calls which I am getting is not from my base location.
I have the location constraint, should I wait for the right opportunity or raise this concern to ADP team so they can look in to it?
As per ADP policy, one should not have any constraints and take the project as FCFS basis.
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I’m curious if you heard back after the interview about moving forward or not????
If not, my take on this: I think this is reading way too much into one aspect of an interview. There are so many reasons one person on a panel might not ask many questions, and many, if not most of them, have nothing to do with whether you’ve been ruled out.
Sometimes they’ve already reviewed your background and don’t need anything clarified. Sometimes they’re there to observe how you communicate with the rest of the panel. Other times, another interviewer has already asked the questions they planned to cover, or they’re simply quieter by nature. Could be that they are observing how you interact with the rest of the panel rather than leading the conversation or that they have been assigned to evaluate only one specific competency.
I’ve had interviews where one panelist barely said a word, and I still got the job. I’ve also had interviews where everyone was incredibly engaged, and I wasn’t selected. There just isn’t a reliable “tell.”
Based on this, I feel that a huge mistake that candidates can make is trying to decode every facial expression, pause, or question. None of us knows what’s happening behind the scenes. The best approach is to stay present, answer confidently, ask the questions that matter to you, and finish the interview strong. The hiring decision—not the number of questions someone asked—is the only thing that tells you how it actually went.
You're spot-on on everything. You 100% get in a rumination phase after interviews, and since interviews roughly have a 30% chance of success, you start to gaslight yourself at times into thinking you can pick up on all the signals.
With experience, you come to realize that chance plays a big part, and different people will have a completely different body language.
I’m not sure I agree with that. It could be the person is new and sitting in on the interview process. Or maybe they feel threatened. A lot of factors. But I wouldn’t necessarily take that as a no. And, I would still ask questions.
Agreed.
You're going through all the time and effort for the entire interview anyways so you might as well just disregard this thought even if there's some vague correlation (which I don't really think there is)
No, I would rather be at home then spent an extra minute with something I have no chance of getting.
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I have had interviews (3 rounds for the same role) where any of them barely asked any questions. They just told me they had everything they needed and flattered me quite a bit before sending me a rejection email. They had clearly made up their minds before they even heard me.
HOWEVER I would still caution against this always being the case. Interview like you normally do because otherwise what’s the point. But do not get your hopes up
I agree it means they don't need more info, but it doesn't necessarily mean they'll reject you.
I had a panel interview after a great first round, the HM was dead seet on hiring me, and I had met 2/3 of them. The third person barely interacted with me. Still got to the next round and got the job.
Though I will say that I see your point if you're applying as an external candidate. It'd be odd to never interact with a person you may work with in the near future and who is not in the company yet.