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Cognizant Application Programming Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 31 Oct 2022

Cognizant Application Programming Analyst Interview Experiences

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

All topics are cover in the questions

Round 3 - Aptitude Test 

Moderate level questions from all topics

Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. They asked questions according to your respective branches
  • Q2. Sone aptitude questions to be solve , codings and some technical questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident in front of interviewer and gid body language also needed and go through your
basics and last no the least have a good communication skills is very important to exel yr interview.

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions on java spring boot, java 8 new features with examples, core java questions on generics and garbage collection.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Knowledge on microservices and java 8 is necessary

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Explain about your framework, Oops Concepts, Collections, Questions on Selenium and Appium basics

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good to have knowledge on basics of Selenium and Appium, Easy to clear interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. PlSQL technical questions and functional related of banking domain

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Tell something that you never faced in an interview untill now?

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About Mainframe , Scenario Based mostly , DB2 Query
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Scenario Based , COBOL DB2 JCL VSAM CICS TOOLS , SQLCODES etc.
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Normal package discussion , location constraints

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Mostly Scenario Based Questions. It willbe for project specific interview so mostly asked on project related query

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Sql queries, joins, stored procedures, code in vb.net

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Very smooth. 3 rounds in total.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. It was a technical round of 4-5 rounds and my position is for SAP MES role, they were asked many questions in ME/MII both.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident in answering the questions they asked.
Have good technical knowledge on Mii and functional knowledge on Sap ME, so that you can answer better.
Have good understanding of SAP ui5.
Listen to the question carefully and anwer it.
Don't be in a hurry to anwer before they complete their questions.

All the best.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basics of redux and react es6 js css3

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - First of all go through the job description .Brush up all your basics .And do practice hands on coding.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. 1) OOOps concept 2) SQLbasic question all theory questions no coding

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare all theory questions like generics, delegates, joins, views, oops

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Application Programming Analyst interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Aptitude Test, Resume Shortlist and Technical.
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