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CognizantAnna University Placement Interview Questions
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3 Jan 2025
7 interviews found
Interview experience
Good
Difficulty level
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Duration
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Result
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I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
1
Technical Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Basics of core Java
- Q2. Basics of SQL queries
Interview experience
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Yes, I joined the company
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2023.
2 Interview Rounds
1
Aptitude Test Round
Basic questions in the aptitude round
2
One-on-one Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Tell me about your self ? Basic programming languages questions?
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I have to be confident and your communication should be clear
Interview experience
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Yes, I joined the company
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Oct 2023.
1 Interview Round
1
One-on-one Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Informatica powercenter basics
- Q2. Oracle SQL ,PLSQL
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - ETL+Python+SQL
Interview experience
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Yes, I joined the company
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jan 2024.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Aptitude Test Round
The Aptitude test was moderately difficult.
2
Coding Test Round
The Coding test was simple with java aa language.
3
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Aptitude questions with a very friendly hr
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2021.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Skill Based Assessment Round (1 Question)
Round duration - 180 minutes
This Round consisted of 30 MCQs from various topics like OOPS,JAVA,HTML,CSS,PL/SQL, Operating Systems, DBMS.
After MCQs, there were 4 coding questions and 2 SQL questions.
The difficulty of the first 2 questions was easy and that of 3rd and 4rth was medium.
These questions were from various programming topics such as greedy, dynamic programming, graphs etc.
The entire test duration was 3 hours.
- Q1. One dynamic Programming question One Greedy algorithm question One based on graphs
2
Technical Round (10 Questions)
They asked me coding questions and questions about my project. Since most of my projects were based on Machine Learning, they asked a few ML based question as well.
- Q1. Write a program to perform Binary search on an array of N numbers.
- Q2. Write a program to perform Merge sort on an array of N numbers.
- Q3. Explain all the stages of creating a machine learning model on a given dataset
- Q4. What are the different regularization techniques?
- Q5. What is poison distribution?
- Q6. What is the formula for gradient descent?
- Q7. Explain any clustering algorithm.
- Q8. What is PCA?
- Q9. What is virtual DOM and why ReactJS uses it?
- Q10. What are the bounding methods in React? Difference between Class Component and Functional Component in ReactJS?
3
HR Round (4 Questions)
This was more of a document verification round.
- Q1. Tell me about Yourself
- Q2. What are your hobbies?
- Q3. Tell me about your struggles to win your first hackathon (mentioned in my resume)
- Q4. What is your favourite technology?
Interview Preparation Tips
Professional and academic backgroundAt the time of the interview, I had 0 Years (fresher) of experience. My academic qualification is B.E from Anna University.Cognizant interview preparation:Tips for other job seekers - Practise coding continuously for 2 months before the interview to ace any coding round.
Be Well prepared in all the topics mentioned in your resume.Final outcome of the interviewSelected
Be Well prepared in all the topics mentioned in your resume.Final outcome of the interviewSelected
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2021.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Aptitude Test Round (1 Question)
It was an online test.
There are 4 sections:-
1. Quants
2. Logical
3. English
4. Code debugging
- Q1. Code debugging question:- We have to spot the error in the code and rewrite it. #include int main() { int num, LD; printf("Enter a number" 4589); scanf("...read more
2
Technical Round (7 Questions)
Round duration - 45 minutes
There was a technical interview for about 45 minutes a couple of days after the online test. I received an email with the interview link. Before the interview I took in extra precautions so that my interview goes smoothly. Lighting, background and mic play a very important part and my interviewer at the end of the interview praised my setting.
- Q1. Introduce yourself in two minutes.
- Q2. State the differences between C and C++.
- Q3. Which is the most comfortable programming language for you?
- Q4. Why does Java have no pointers?
- Q5. Explain polymorphism, inheritance and OOPS.
- Q6. 3 aptitude questions one was ratio proportion and 2 were from time and work.
- Q7. What was your final year project?
3
HR Round (3 Questions)
Round duration - 15 minutes
This round was conducted two days after the Technical round. It was a short round of 15 minutes and the questions were limited to my academics and whether I will relocate.
- Q1. Do you have any backlogs?
- Q2. What do you know about Cognizant?
- Q3. Are you comfortable relocating?
Interview Preparation Tips
Professional and academic backgroundAt the time of the interview, I had 0 Years (fresher) of experience.Cognizant interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - As in the JD programming was mentioned and I had heard that irrespective of stream, Programming and IT based questions are always asked, so I prepared through that.Resources to prepare for this interview - I had joined the Discord community of PrepInsta. There they conducted many free sessions on C and DSA which helped me a lot. They also gave sample questions for the Interview on their website which helped a lot.Tips for other job seekers - Be calm during the interview. And as I mentioned before, pay attention to your interview setting.
Having a nice and proper setting with good lighting and no background noise will show the interviewer how professional you are and create a good first impression.Final outcome of the interviewSelected
Having a nice and proper setting with good lighting and no background noise will show the interviewer how professional you are and create a good first impression.Final outcome of the interviewSelected
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jun 2021.
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. General HR questions. Some questions from AI and some from web development
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared with your resume, projects and ready with general HR questions.
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