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Cognizant Associate/Senior Associate -(Technical) Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Experienced

Updated 4 Aug 2021

Top Cognizant Associate/Senior Associate -(Technical) Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

  • Q1. 1.Difference between role and profile, 2. For what level of owd the share object will be available fo an object in apex sharing. 3.How to check fls in apex class.4. With ...read more
  • Q2. Tell me about certificates authentication mechanism and encryption / Decryption mechanism in CPI?
  • Q3. What CPI related things have you worked on?
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Cognizant Associate/Senior Associate -(Technical) Interview Experiences for Experienced

8 interviews found

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

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. What CPI related things have you worked on?
  • Ans. 

    I have worked on CPI optimization and analysis for various software projects.

    • Implemented CPI reduction techniques like loop unrolling, pipelining, and cache optimization.

    • Analyzed CPI using performance profiling tools like perf and Intel VTune.

    • Worked on CPI optimization for a video encoding software, resulting in a 20% performance improvement.

    • Collaborated with hardware engineers to optimize CPI for a new processor archi...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to connect S4 HANA ECC system to CPI system?
  • Ans. 

    To connect S4 HANA ECC system to CPI system, use SAP Cloud Connector and configure the connection in CPI.

    • Install and configure SAP Cloud Connector on the server where the S4 HANA ECC system is installed.

    • Create a destination in SAP Cloud Connector for the CPI system.

    • Configure the destination in CPI using the Cloud Connector details.

    • Test the connection to ensure successful integration.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. How to configure SFTP adapter?
  • Ans. 

    To configure SFTP adapter, follow these steps:

    • Create a communication channel with SFTP adapter type

    • Provide the SFTP server details like hostname, port, username, password, and remote directory

    • Configure the sender/receiver agreement with the communication channel

    • Test the connection and transfer files

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Tell me about certificates authentication mechanism and encryption / Decryption mechanism in CPI?
  • Ans. 

    Certificates authentication and encryption/decryption mechanisms are used in CPI for secure data transfer.

    • Certificates are used to authenticate the sender and receiver of data in CPI.

    • Encryption/decryption mechanisms are used to secure the data during transfer.

    • CPI supports various encryption algorithms such as AES, RSA, and SHA.

    • Certificates can be uploaded to CPI and used in communication channels for secure data transf

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be honest about your experience..If you don't know some topic or haven't worked on that particular thing, do not lie about it. Be upfront about it.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. 1.Difference between role and profile, 2. For what level of owd the share object will be available fo an object in apex sharing. 3.How to check fls in apex class.4. With sharing also consider fls in apex c...
  • Ans. 

    Technical interview questions on Apex, Aura and Webservices

    • Role defines the responsibilities and expectations of a position, while profile defines the access and permissions of a user

    • Share object is available for the same OWD level or higher

    • FLS can be checked using the Schema.DescribeFieldResult class in Apex

    • FLS is considered even with sharing in Apex class

    • Webservices callout can be done using the fetch() method in LWC...

  • Answered by AI

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I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. 1. Core and Advanced java concepts (collections, multithreading, exception and java 8, 9, 11 features).
  • Q2. 2. Spring (core, MVC, security, boot (data jpa concepts, cache, cookies, features, pagination and sorting, crudrepository and jparepository etc)).
  • Q3. 3. Hibernate basic questions and why need Hibernate over spring orm and jdbc?
  • Ans. 

    Hibernate is an ORM tool that simplifies database operations. It offers better abstraction and reduces boilerplate code.

    • Hibernate provides a higher level of abstraction over JDBC and Spring ORM.

    • It reduces boilerplate code and makes database operations simpler.

    • Hibernate supports caching and lazy loading, which improves performance.

    • Hibernate supports object-oriented programming concepts like inheritance and polymorphism.

    • ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn in depth on Java, and spring basics and orm frameworks and must have RDBMS knowledge, frontend frameworks and AWS added advantage.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technical background and your skill related questions asked during the interview.generally the interviewee asked about your roles and responsibilities ,why are you switching the job.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Cognizant management is very poor and not responsible for employees concern. Due to health issues, I am not able to continue to work with cognizant.they are terminating the employees without proper reason.

The interviews will be conducting in cognizant based on project vacancies.but, most of the time they won't properly conduct the interview on time promptly.
Mostly 2 rounds of technical and 1 hr interview will be there.

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Difference between string and stringbuilder
  • Ans. 

    String is immutable while StringBuilder is mutable.

    • String is a final class and cannot be modified once created.

    • StringBuilder is a mutable class and can be modified without creating a new object.

    • String concatenation creates a new String object each time, while StringBuilder can append to the same object.

    • String is thread-safe while StringBuilder is not.

    • Use String for small strings that won't change, and StringBuilder for

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. SIEM Investigation & Attacks and integration

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - There are two round first was the telephone and second was VC then then HR round and after completing HR round you got mail for documentation & Salary discussion and got offer letter

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Overall
  • Q2. Explain about yourself brief. Focus and explain key achievement from your past company. Explain how you resolved real time problems. Rest technical questions and Few SQL query. Be honest with your answer...

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Mar 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Strong knowledge of OOPS
  • Q2. A clear idea of abstract class and interfaces
  • Ans. 

    Abstract classes are classes that cannot be instantiated and can have both abstract and non-abstract methods. Interfaces are contracts that define a set of methods that a class must implement.

    • Abstract classes can have constructors, while interfaces cannot.

    • A class can implement multiple interfaces, but can only inherit from one abstract class.

    • Abstract classes can have instance variables, while interfaces cannot.

    • An examp...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Extension method
  • Q4. SOLID design principle
  • Ans. 

    SOLID is a set of design principles for object-oriented programming.

    • S - Single Responsibility Principle: A class should have only one reason to change.

    • O - Open/Closed Principle: A class should be open for extension but closed for modification.

    • L - Liskov Substitution Principle: Subtypes should be substitutable for their base types.

    • I - Interface Segregation Principle: A client should not be forced to depend on methods it...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Generics and delegate
  • Q6. Design pattern

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be confident

Skills evaluated in this interview

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I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Sep 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Do you know work?
  • Q2. Are you able to handle it independently?
  • Q3. What is your expectation?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident in answering anything right or wrong.... don't show any confusion

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. About networking

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview was smooth and fine . Questions was based on real lyf problem . But no satisfied with package .

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