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Updated 17 Dec 2024

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Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 17 Dec 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Nov 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (7 Questions)

  • Q1. Java new features in 8
  • Q2. Difficulties faced in the current/previous project & how we resolved it
  • Q3. What is OOPS
  • Q4. What is Functional programming
  • Q5. Difference between OOPS and functional programming
  • Q6. Which framework I worked in Java
  • Q7. What all are the annotations that we use in Spring Boot & it's usage
2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself, work experience & education

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant Associate interview:
  • Java 8
  • Spring Boot
  • OOPS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be good at the basics of Java and Spring Boot

Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Dec 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is pure vs impure pipes
  • Q2. Generics in typescript
  • Q3. Rxjs Operators- scenario based
  • Q4. Dependency injection in angular

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Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 20 Nov 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is difference between traits and fragments
  • Q2. How to mask a data
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why we need to hire you
  • Q2. Why are you switching current org

Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 18 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. All the questions related to my previous domain
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. All the questions related to my previous domain
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion and shifting timings, location etc.

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Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 7 Nov 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. How does angular application works?
  • Q2. Advantages of angular?

Skills evaluated in this interview

Associate Interview Questions

user image Sandesh Sawant

posted on 13 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Sfdc config and customisation
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Trigger lwc integration config
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What is salary expectation for this role.

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Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Sep 2024

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

I was interviewed in Aug 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Scenario based interview questions in Java Concurrency
  • Q2. Java design patterns
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why you were interested in Cognizant?
  • Q2. Tell me about life experience

Associate interview

user image Sayan Chakraborty

posted on 25 Mar 2022

Associate Interview Questions

user image Vaibhav Ghalagi

posted on 10 Aug 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Oops related question
  • Q2. Multithreading and many
  • Q3. Java is oo or not
  • Q4. Colelction framework
  • Q5. Core java queries

Skills evaluated in this interview

Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Jul 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

45 min. MCQ questions and coding exercises

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Coding Exercise in desired language
  • Q2. Managerial questions
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary Expectation

Skills evaluated in this interview

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Associate interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, HR and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant Associate 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, Project Planning, Test Cases, Test Strategy and Unit Testing.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Associate interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Associate interview -

  1. How to decide whether to use "call" or "apply" in javascri...read more
  2. you have a train booking system.what will be the primary feature you will te...read more
  3. What is class, encapsulation and other feature of O...read more
How long is the Cognizant Associate interview process?

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

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Interview Process at Cognizant Associate

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3 Interview rounds

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  • Technical Round 2
  • HR Round
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6%
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