Cognizant Off-Campus PAT 2025 | BGV stuck at 50% ("Data sent for approval") | DOJ 21 July | Anyone faced this?
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Cognizant Off-Campus PAT 2025 | BGV stuck at 50% ("Data sent for approval") | DOJ 21 July | Anyone faced this?

Hi everyone,

I'm an off-campus Programmer Analyst Trainee (PAT) 2025 candidate with a DOJ of 21 July, and I'm looking for advice from anyone who has gone through a similar onboarding process.

Timeline

  • Received my LOI in February 2026.
  • Received my Offer Letter at the end of June after waiting several months.
  • Received access to the Background Verification (BGV) portal and uploaded all the required documents within 3 days (the deadline was 7 days).
  • Later, I was asked to:
    • Upload my Passport + Citizenship + Voter ID together as a single PDF in the Passport section.
    • Correct my house number.
  • I completed these changes on 2 July.
  • On 3 July, I received another email with a blank checklist, but the email clearly mentioned that if the checklist/table is blank, I should ignore the email.
  • I also completed all my Pre-Joining Formalities before the required deadline and received the "Thank you for Completing Pre-Joining Formalities" email on 5 July.

Current Status

When I checked the backend Inspect/API response, it shows:

  • ✅ Offer Acceptance – 100%
  • ⏳ Background Verification – 50%
    • Status: "Data has been sent for approval."
  • Pre-Joining Forms – 1%
  • Onboarding – 0%

I have already:

  • Raised a support query through the portal.
  • Contacted my recruiter through email and LinkedIn (no response yet).
  • Attended the onboarding/helpdesk sessions, but since I'm an off-campus candidate, I was advised to raise a support query through the portal, which I had already done.

My DOJ is approaching, and I'm getting worried because I've heard from a few candidates that if the BGV approval is delayed, the DOJ may also get postponed.

My Questions

  1. Has anyone else's BGV remained at 50% with the status "Data sent for approval" for a long time?
  2. After BGV approval, did your status change to "Good to go for onboarding" before your Onboarding Pass was generated?
  3. Did anyone receive their Onboarding Pass while BGV was still showing 50%, or does it always have to be completed first?
  4. Did your DOJ get postponed because of this, or did everything get approved automatically?
  5. Is there anything else I should do, or should I simply wait for the internal approval process?

I've attached the Inspect/API screenshot for reference.

Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

u/Mountain-Yak-5142 — 1 day ago

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u/Mountain-Yak-5142 — 24 days ago

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Anyone received any update/interview invite for Amazon SDE-I (AUTA) Job ID: 3015604 after clearing the OA?

Also, has anyone recently appeared for interviews for this role? Please share timeline/pattern if possible. Thanks!

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Cognizant GenC PAT LOI doubt regarding CIS Business Practice mail

Hi everyone,

I received a Cognizant GenC LOI for the Programmer Analyst Trainee (PAT) role with 4 LPA a few months back. Today I received another mail titled:

“Next step for your onboarding: Cognizant CIS Business Practice Opportunity”

The mail says they are inviting us to explore an opportunity in the CIS Business Practice and attached a JD for:
Engineer Trainee – Multicloud.

It also asks to fill a survey form before the deadline confirming willingness to proceed with this role.

My confusion is:

I only want to continue with the original Programmer Analyst Trainee (PAT) role and I am not interested in switching to the Multicloud/Infra support role.

So if I:

  • do not fill the form
  • or select “not interested”

will Cognizant reject/cancel my original PAT LOI or onboarding process?

Did anyone already confirm this with HR or get any official clarification?

Would really appreciate any help from people who received the same mail.

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Would appreciate updates from others in the same situation.

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Has anyone from this batch received any further mail

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Thanks!

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u/Mountain-Yak-5142 — 2 months ago

Hi everyone,

I recently gave the OA for Amazon SDE I (University Hiring, India – Job ID 3015604), and I understand that interviews are being scheduled based on slot availability.

I wanted to check if anyone with the same job ID has:

Received an interview call recently (April–May 2026)?

Already attended interviews for this role?

It would be really helpful to understand the current status and timeline.

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u/Mountain-Yak-5142 — 2 months ago

Hi everyone,

I recently cleared the Amazon SDE I (University Hiring, India) online assessment, and I’ve been informed that interviews will be scheduled based on slot availability (might take around a month).

I want to use this time effectively and would really appreciate guidance from people who have gone through the process recently.

My current prep:

*Comfortable with most medium-level questions

Strong in Java (DSA,OOP, backend fundamentals)

My questions:

*What level of DSA should I focus on now — more medium or start doing more hard?

*How much system design / LLD is expected for SDE I freshers?

*What kind of behavioral questions should I prepare (Leadership Principles)?

Any recent (2025–2026) interview experiences or patterns would really help!

Also, what would be the best way to structure preparation over the next ~1 month?

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u/Mountain-Yak-5142 — 2 months ago

Hi everyone,

I really don’t know how to feel at this point, so just sharing here hoping someone understands.

I’m from the 2025 batch. I applied for GenC (PAT role) at Cognizant around Nov–Dec 2025. I cleared everything — assessment, interview (Jan 16), got the selection mail, and even received my LOI on Feb 16.

At that time, I felt like everything was finally falling into place. I thought “okay, I’m placed now… things are sorted.”

So I stopped applying to other companies.

But now… it’s almost the end of April, and there’s still no offer letter, no update, nothing.

I raised queries through Superset multiple times, but every reply is the same copy-paste:

"We are preparing the offer letter as per business requirements…"

And honestly, it’s getting really hard mentally.

It’s not just the waiting… it’s the uncertainty.

Every day I wake up thinking maybe today there will be an update but nothing comes.

What hurts more is the guilt.

I keep thinking maybe I made a mistake by trusting the process and stopping my job search. Now it feels like I’m stuck in between not a student anymore, not an employee either.

Unemployment feels really heavy when you’re just waiting without any clarity.

I know many others are facing the same issue, so I just want to ask:

Are you also stuck after LOI for GenC/PAT?

Are you still waiting or have you started applying again?

How are you even dealing with this mentally?

At this point, I don’t even need immediate joining… just some clear communication would help a lot.

Would really appreciate hearing from others going through this.

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u/Mountain-Yak-5142 — 2 months ago