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CognizantSRM university (SRMU) Placement Interview Questions
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21 Jan 2025
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I applied via Prepinsta and was interviewed in Sep 2021.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Written Type Round (1 Question)
Round duration - 45 minutes
The test was on AMCAT platform and the questions were multiple choice questions.
It was an online test.
There are 3 sections:-
1. Quants
2. Logical
3. English
The questions were of easy to moderate difficulty level.
- Q1. Aptitude question like ratio and proportion, speed time distance etc.
2
Technical Round (10 Questions)
Round duration - 20 minutes
As I belonged to a core background(mechanical) so the interviewer was quite lenient and asked
more from my subjects and basic questions related to C, python and OOPs concepts.
- Q1. Introduce yourself
- Q2. Why do you want to enter the IT sector?
- Q3. Where do you rate your programming skills on a scale of 1 to 10?
- Q4. Are you comfortable to code on this interview call?
- Q5. Define data types
- Q6. Define OOPs concept.
- Q7. What is memory allocation?
- Q8. What do you know about beams?
- Q9. Define Thrust
- Q10. Define turbines and its type?
3
HR Round (3 Questions)
Round duration - 10 minutes
It was an extremely short round where most of it was focused on document verification and id-proofs.
- Q1. Are you a team leader? If yes, please justify
- Q2. Why do you want to join Cognizant?
- Q3. Please show your Aadhaar Card and College ID.
Interview Preparation Tips
Professional and academic backgroundAt the time of the interview, I had 0 Years (fresher) of experience. My academic qualification is B.Tech from SRM, CHENNAI.Cognizant interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - I prepared the following
topics for my interview:-
1. Concept of OOPs
2. Basics of C and
Python
3. Basic ProgrammingResources to prepare for this interview - I earlier prepared by myself but came across a stage where I got confused and nervous. Then, I came across Prepinsta and its courses. The content helped me to strengthen my basics and practice the
questions in ample amountsTips for other job seekers - I would suggest everyone who is appearing for gen C to prepare basics strongly. It will be more than enough if you belong to a core branch.Final outcome of the interviewSelected
topics for my interview:-
1. Concept of OOPs
2. Basics of C and
Python
3. Basic ProgrammingResources to prepare for this interview - I earlier prepared by myself but came across a stage where I got confused and nervous. Then, I came across Prepinsta and its courses. The content helped me to strengthen my basics and practice the
questions in ample amountsTips for other job seekers - I would suggest everyone who is appearing for gen C to prepare basics strongly. It will be more than enough if you belong to a core branch.Final outcome of the interviewSelected
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 Feb 2023.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Aptitude Test Round
Logical reasoning, Pattern identifying
2
One-on-one Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Make a fibonacci series. Explain about yourself and your project.
3
HR Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Are you comfortable in relocating?
- Q2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Nov 2021.
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. I have attended Cts interview on college during placements and it was 20 minutes tech round where the interviewer digged on Core Java, SQL, OOPS.
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have your basics clear and prepare resume on the basis of your strength. you will go through.
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Dec 2021.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Resume Shortlist Round
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2
Aptitude Test Round
Asked to solve 3 quantitative aptitude questions profit and loss topics
3
Technical Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Asked oops concept questions Like abstraction, inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism
- Q2. About python and garbage collector in python
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice more quantitative aptitude topics like
Profit and loss, ages, speed, distance and time and learn any one programming language in depth.
Profit and loss, ages, speed, distance and time and learn any one programming language in depth.
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Oct 2020.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Transformers(Since i was dumb enough initially to venture into IT being from EEE background) which is no where related to Job
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Unless you are from IT this is not worth it.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Amcat based exam.Be quick and accuracy does matter.
Tips: Solve AMCAT papers from m4maths.com
Duration: 55 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Be confident and and brush up your basics.
If you have not mentioned any projects thtas okay they'll ask questions from your area of interest so you have to be good in that.
Tips: Keep a smile, good communication skills,and basic knowledge of programming and core subjects
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Basic questions keep a smile it really works
Skills: Java Programming, Core Courses Concepts
College Name: SRM University
Experience: Amcat based exam.Be quick and accuracy does matter.
Tips: Solve AMCAT papers from m4maths.com
Duration: 55 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Be confident and and brush up your basics.
If you have not mentioned any projects thtas okay they'll ask questions from your area of interest so you have to be good in that.
Tips: Keep a smile, good communication skills,and basic knowledge of programming and core subjects
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Basic questions keep a smile it really works
Skills: Java Programming, Core Courses Concepts
College Name: SRM University
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Maths was easy with simple questions on profit loss, time speed distance, streams and boats, percentage etc.Verbal section had synonyms antonyms along with the reading passages. LR section had very simple questions which could be done easily by applying very little brain.
Tips: Questions generally repeat and online sites like skillrack.com, m4maths help a lot.
Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions are based on your skills and on the resume given by the applicant.
Tips: For technical interview one should have a good idea about the computer languages and the subject studied during the course. If you are a computer student then subjects like data structure, networking, database management should be thorough.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The Hr round was for a very short duration and we had a very friendly discussion.
Tips: Don't try to be partial towards one state and show them that you are flexible in working in any conditions.
General Tips: Be confident in what you answer and if you don't know the correct answer it is better to say no rather than guessing.
Skill Tips: Go through the basics of all the subjects.
Skills: java , c++, sql, c
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
Experience: Maths was easy with simple questions on profit loss, time speed distance, streams and boats, percentage etc.Verbal section had synonyms antonyms along with the reading passages. LR section had very simple questions which could be done easily by applying very little brain.
Tips: Questions generally repeat and online sites like skillrack.com, m4maths help a lot.
Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions are based on your skills and on the resume given by the applicant.
Tips: For technical interview one should have a good idea about the computer languages and the subject studied during the course. If you are a computer student then subjects like data structure, networking, database management should be thorough.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The Hr round was for a very short duration and we had a very friendly discussion.
Tips: Don't try to be partial towards one state and show them that you are flexible in working in any conditions.
General Tips: Be confident in what you answer and if you don't know the correct answer it is better to say no rather than guessing.
Skill Tips: Go through the basics of all the subjects.
Skills: java , c++, sql, c
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: questions were easy, practice helped me alot to get through this round.
Tips: practice apti regularly, make learning new words a hobby.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: overall it was a nice experience, as the interviewer was very soft spoken and very keen in getting to know if the candidate could be a real asset to the company.
Tips: just stay confident about whatever you say,take care of what words you use while answering as formal language is preferred during interviews.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: it was a good experience, the interviewer was very jolly, and they just want to know if you are ready to be a professional or not! confidence is still a must.
Tips: stay calm and speak clearly, don't try to fake anything for they will know!
General Tips: stay calm and confident about what you actually know you'll surely get through
Skill Tips: regular practice helps alot with apti and logical, english needs to be regularly read.
Skills: general aptitude, verbal , logical
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
Motivation: no bond, nice starting package, high growth rate, developing company
Experience: questions were easy, practice helped me alot to get through this round.
Tips: practice apti regularly, make learning new words a hobby.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: overall it was a nice experience, as the interviewer was very soft spoken and very keen in getting to know if the candidate could be a real asset to the company.
Tips: just stay confident about whatever you say,take care of what words you use while answering as formal language is preferred during interviews.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: it was a good experience, the interviewer was very jolly, and they just want to know if you are ready to be a professional or not! confidence is still a must.
Tips: stay calm and speak clearly, don't try to fake anything for they will know!
General Tips: stay calm and confident about what you actually know you'll surely get through
Skill Tips: regular practice helps alot with apti and logical, english needs to be regularly read.
Skills: general aptitude, verbal , logical
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
Motivation: no bond, nice starting package, high growth rate, developing company
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
General Tips: Dont take tension just chill!!!!!!
Skill Tips: Be cool and practice hard
Skills: aptitude
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
Motivation: Seeing my fellow mates preparing hard for placement
Skill Tips: Be cool and practice hard
Skills: aptitude
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
Motivation: Seeing my fellow mates preparing hard for placement
7 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We had no group discussionns
Tips: Prepare from indiabix or freshersworld Prepare the cucurrent topics well
Round: Test
Experience: WE HAD amcat format.We had 3 sections1st was the English SectionN. 2nd was the aptitude analytical and last was the logical. THEY had separate time durations. QUESTIONS were easy. But one really need to focus on the time limits
Tips: Preapre from Rs Aggarwal... arun sharmaalso Preapre from www.skillrack.com to work on the time limits. PREpare from www.mwww.m4maths.com or www.freshersworld.com to prepare from previous year questions. Preapre more and more from skillrack as it completely helps u prepare according to amcat format
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked about the basics concepts in Ece..Like what is resistance, give ex of saw tooth and square waves from practicl life and what are layers ij OSI. I was asked to write a program on reverse of a string. Abt my project work. FRom resume. PREPARE well from Resumes. I was asked about cloud computing and latest trends in IT sector. And about all the subjects taught in my Btech
Tips: Prepare online.My subject was elecronic devices. so I had downloaded pdf question online on electronic devices;, networking, VLSI and micro controller THESE downloaded questions were enough for the interviews. Also prepare well frofr resume
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I didnot know the latest news about cognizant but still I gave a brief description about the companyAbout relocation I said I had no problemMy weakness ise working I forget about the world around me but the HR said thats ur strenghth so I said but my
General Tips: Prepare well onlinemake proper use of internet. INternet has solution to everythingRemain dedicated. Where there is a will there is a way. Clear ur basics. Read questions online. Prepare a good resume and have deep knowledge about everything in ur resume.know everything like if ur hobby is singing. Know about ur fav singer and every detail of singer's lyf
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
Motivation: One of the top IT company.provideds a very good growth.onsite facilities
Experience: We had no group discussionns
Tips: Prepare from indiabix or freshersworld Prepare the cucurrent topics well
Round: Test
Experience: WE HAD amcat format.We had 3 sections1st was the English SectionN. 2nd was the aptitude analytical and last was the logical. THEY had separate time durations. QUESTIONS were easy. But one really need to focus on the time limits
Tips: Preapre from Rs Aggarwal... arun sharmaalso Preapre from www.skillrack.com to work on the time limits. PREpare from www.mwww.m4maths.com or www.freshersworld.com to prepare from previous year questions. Preapre more and more from skillrack as it completely helps u prepare according to amcat format
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked about the basics concepts in Ece..Like what is resistance, give ex of saw tooth and square waves from practicl life and what are layers ij OSI. I was asked to write a program on reverse of a string. Abt my project work. FRom resume. PREPARE well from Resumes. I was asked about cloud computing and latest trends in IT sector. And about all the subjects taught in my Btech
Tips: Prepare online.My subject was elecronic devices. so I had downloaded pdf question online on electronic devices;, networking, VLSI and micro controller THESE downloaded questions were enough for the interviews. Also prepare well frofr resume
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I didnot know the latest news about cognizant but still I gave a brief description about the companyAbout relocation I said I had no problemMy weakness ise working I forget about the world around me but the HR said thats ur strenghth so I said but my
General Tips: Prepare well onlinemake proper use of internet. INternet has solution to everythingRemain dedicated. Where there is a will there is a way. Clear ur basics. Read questions online. Prepare a good resume and have deep knowledge about everything in ur resume.know everything like if ur hobby is singing. Know about ur fav singer and every detail of singer's lyf
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
Motivation: One of the top IT company.provideds a very good growth.onsite facilities
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