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Cognizant Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 29 Sep 2023

Top 10 Cognizant Interview Questions and Answers

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  • Q1. Check for syntax error/logical error and correct the error to get the desired output. void maxReplace(int size,int *inputList) { int i,sum=0; for(i=0;i...read more
    Asked in Programmer Analyst Trainee interview
  • Q2. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 W...read more
    Asked in Programmer Analyst interview
  • Q3. A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 31/2 miles long. The train is 1/4 mile long. How long does it take for the train to pass through the tunnel from t...read more
    Asked in GenC interview
  • Q4. 2.What programming language are you proficient with..?
    Asked in Software Engineer interview
  • Q5. How to decide whether to use "call" or "apply" in javascript?
    Asked in Associate interview
  • Q6. Application of Row_Number, Rank, and Dense Rank? Different stages of defects/Bugs? What are Schema objects? Different types of loads in ETL Testing? What is Junk Dimensio...read more
    Asked in Senior Associate interview
  • Q7. What is an API? Why APIs are so popular these days? What is API Management? Why we need an API Management tool such as Apigee Edge? What is REST? What is the difference b...read more
    Asked in Project Associate interview
  • Q8. Briefly explain the method you will use to execute an array linked list?
    Asked in Full Stack Software Developer interview
  • Q9. Pair Sum You are given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' and an integer 'S'. Your task is to return the list of all pairs of elements such that e...read more
    Asked in GenC Next interview
  • Q10. Maximum Difference You are given an array 'ARR' of the 'N' element. Your task is to find the maximum difference between any of the two elements from '...read more
    Asked in Intern interview

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user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Sep 2023

Interview experience
Rating 5
Very good
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

25 questions we need to be answered in 35 mints

3

One-on-one Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Write the code to find the length of a string without using the string functions. ... #include using namespace std; int main() { char str[100]; int len = 0; ...read more
  • Q2. 1.Explain the concept of pointers in C. ... 2.Can you explain memory leaks? ... 3.How does garbage collection work? ... 4.Explain the mark and sweep algorithm. ...read more
  • Q3. Explain the concept of pointers in C. ... Can you explain memory leaks? ... How does garbage collection work? ... Explain the mark and sweep algorithm. ... What...read more
  • Q4. 1.write the code to find the length of string without
  • Q5. Explain the concept of pointers in c...
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user image Anonymous

posted on 22 May 2023

Interview experience
Rating 5
Very good
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Apr 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Self introduction? My Name is Vanilakshmi D i have done my schooling and College in KGF Karnataka State. I have experienced in Membership enrollment and PDM in ...read more
  • Q2. About Adjudication? The process of reviewing medical claims for necessary information before making payment initial process that is reviewing demographic inform...read more
  • Q3. About Team work? Team work is all the people work together helping one another about knowledge of process and complete the targets
  • Q4. Learning skills ? I have already worked over here company is provide lots of options to learn about process and other general knowledge i able to learn quickly ...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Improve knowledge and skills self conference motivate yourself
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user image Anonymous

posted on 8 Jul 2023

Interview experience
Rating 4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2023.

5 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

Versant Test where spoken and written English checked

3

Aptitude Test Round

Mathematical ability test conducted

4

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. 1. Can you describe your leadership style and how it has evolved over time? 2. How do you ensure that your team members are motivated and engaged in their work?...read more
  • Q2. 1. Can you describe your leadership style and how it has evolved over time? 2. How do you ensure that your team members are motivated and engaged in their work?...read more
5

HR Round (2 Questions)

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user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Sep 2023

Interview experience
Rating 4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. How can you perform rolling updates and rollbacks of applications in Kubernetes?
  • Q2. What is the purpose of Helm in Kubernetes, and how does it simplify application deployment and management
  • Q3. How would you troubleshoot a Pod that is not running as expected in a Kubernetes cluster?
  • Q4. What are DaemonSets in Kubernetes, and when might you use them
  • Q5. What is a Persistent Volume (PV) and a Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) in Kubernetes, and how do they relate to stateful applications?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant AWS Cloud and DevOps Engineer interview:
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Jenkins
  • Ansible
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well
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user image Anonymous

posted on 14 Nov 2022

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Oct 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Wouldn’t it be great if you knew exactly what questions a hiring manager would be asking you in your next job interview?
  • Q2. What can you bring to the company?
2

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

3

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

4

Coding Test Round

Coding tests are programming assessment tools used to objectively evaluate a candidate's programming skills across parameters such as problem-solving, coding aptitude, and de-bugging. Coding tests are widely used by organizations as an intrinsic step in the technical recruitment process.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant Process Associate interview:
  • Tell me about yourself. What are
  • What are your strengths
  • Where would you like to be in yo
  • What's your ideal company? What
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Market yourself. ...
Apply even if you're not fully qualified. ...
Job search like it's your job. ...
Use informational interviews to network. ...
Set yourself apart with letters of recommendation. ...
Know yourself and what you want. ...
Pump yourself up and stay
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Cognizant is hiring For Appium- Mobile Automation!!!
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4-9 Yrs

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Chennai, Pune +1

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6-11 Yrs

₹ 12-20 LPA

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user image Anonymous

posted on 4 Jun 2023

Interview experience
Rating 5
Very good
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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2

One-on-one Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. Self introduction,name gender,cast,education,qualification,hobbies,dreams, how many member family's, experience, etc,
  • Q2. These are all interview asking HR questions
  • Q3. Some important question gk,or listen music HR ask how to listenning musiconce time song sing, cooking how to prepare, last movie when looking, what happend last...read more
  • Q4. Cognizant job how to work, how expect salary or benefits , health, care, oh hostels are details asking for HR.
  • Q5. HR ask freshers all educat6 qualifications and once time resume check after this resume questions tell
  • Q6. After that one company main benefit good work development , ND salary,expectation, benefited health, and office cabs, allow, free food etc
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user image Anonymous

posted on 22 Sep 2023

Interview experience
Rating 4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Do not use an unprofessional email address such as cool_boy@email.com. It shows a lack of professionalism by the candidate.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

Aptitude test uses like, compitative exam, check our mentality or IQ level etc

3

One-on-one Round (9 Questions)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hard working is not important how to smart in our work that's important
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Programmer Analyst interview

user image QUANT MASTERS

posted on 28 Oct 2021

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user image Shaswata Roy

posted on 20 Jul 2023

Interview experience
Rating 5
Very good
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Be truthful in your resume. It is very easy to catch false or lies during the interview by asking basic questions.
View all tips
2

Aptitude Test Round

There were basically 3 sections during the aptitude test. First one was the quantative aptitude test. Next section was a gaming section where basically you have to solve some gaming puzzle using your logical reasoning skill. And the last one was the verbal ability test where question on grammatical analysis like to find the error in a sentence, to put the right preposition etc. was there.

3

Technical Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Question will be asked basically on the topics present in your resume. Like in my resume there were oops so they asked me about the pillars of oops and to descr...read more
  • Q2. The interviewer will also ask you some hr questions like if you will be able for relocate for this job, or if you will be able to learn new technologies for thi...read more
  • Q3. Questions on web development
  • Q4. Questions on cloud computing

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. For the aptitude test I shall recommend to practice the aptitude questions as much as possible as because there is no appropriate syllabus for the aptitude test.
2. For the interview be prepared on the topics that you have added in your resume so that you can answer to any questions asked on those topics with confident.
And that's all. All the best for your bright future.
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user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Mar 2023

Interview experience
Rating 5
Very good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Be honest with your years of experience. All information you share will be verified at the time of joining.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

Written test is of 3 parts.
1.Basic to medium level aptitude, 2.reasoning is also like basic to medium level questions and verbal also
3.and finally gaming part,in this they check our level of concentration, focus,thinking.In this gaming student should be pass the levels of game as much as he/she can
Note:if you pass first one then only your eligible to next part of written test
Total test takes approximately is 90 min

3

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. :This is a virtual interview Self intro Which skills do you have and questions on that About project which you did or doing whatever it may be Technical questio...read more
  • Q2. Python based questions like .. What is the need of the lambda function and is there any alternative for this and give ma ab example of using lambda function?
  • Q3. List comprehensions,string type coding questions
  • Q4. Questions on my project
  • Q5. Testing my Soft skills, communication,and HR questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident in what you know,do lot of good projects to gain the real world experience
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Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Resume Shortlist, Technical and HR.
How to prepare for Cognizant interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Cognizant. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Cognizant expect are Project Management, Java, Test Cases, Project Planning and Test Strategy.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant interview -

  1. What is meant by quality and brief explanation of it with an examp...read more
  2. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegat...read more
  3. Tell me the logic of program to reverse a given string word by word without usi...read more
How long is the Cognizant interview process?

The duration of Cognizant interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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Interview Process at Cognizant

based on 960 interviews in last 1 year

Interview experience

Rating 4.2
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Difficulty level

Easy 25%
Moderate 70%
Hard 5%

Duration

Less than 2 weeks 60%
2-4 weeks 29%
4-6 weeks 6%
6-8 weeks 2%
More than 8 weeks 3%

People are getting interviews through

based on 2.3k Cognizant interviews
Job Portal
Campus Placement
Company Website
Referral
Walkin
Recruitment Consultant
31%
25%
11%
8%
5%
5%
15% candidates got the interview through other sources.
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