Cognizant Associate Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Moderate with AMCAT format questions.

Q1. About java concepts
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Q2. About college project
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Q3. Mostly questions from CV
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Q1. Where do you want to see yourself 5 years down the line.
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In 5 years, I see myself as a Senior Associate leading a team and contributing significantly to the growth of the company.
• Advancing to a Senior Associate role within the company

• Leading a team and mentoring junior associates

• Contributing to the growth and success of the company

• Continuing to develop my skills and expertise in the industry
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Q2. What motivates you to work in our organisation.
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I am motivated to work in your organization because of the innovative projects, collaborative team environment, and opportunities for growth.
• Innovative projects: I am excited about the chance to work on cutting-edge projects that push the boundaries of technology.

• Collaborative team environment: I thrive in environments where teamwork and communication are valued, and I believe your organization fosters this kind of cul...read more
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3 questions related to Easy medium DSA level were asked.

Q1. SQL related question( theory) mostly on different types of joins
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Q2. Asked to find a prime number
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Q1. Basic Discussions related to documents
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Q1. Loop in linked list problem
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Loop in linked list occurs when a node points to a previously visited node, creating an infinite loop.
• To detect a loop, use two pointers - slow and fast. If they meet, there is a loop.

• To remove a loop, use the same two pointers to find the loop node and then break the loop.

• Examples of linked list problems with loops include finding the start of the loop and determining the length of the loop.
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Q2. Concurrent hash map internal working
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Concurrent hash map is a thread-safe implementation of hash map.
• It allows multiple threads to access and modify the map concurrently.

• It uses a technique called lock striping to achieve high concurrency.

• Each bucket in the map has its own lock, so multiple threads can access different buckets simultaneously.

• If a thread needs to access a bucket that is already locked, it waits until the lock is released.

• It provides atomic...read more
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Q1. Duplicate word from list of string
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A program to find duplicate words from a list of strings.
• Split the strings into words using whitespace as delimiter

• Create a hash table to store the frequency of each word

• Iterate through the words and update the frequency in the hash table

• Return the words with frequency greater than 1
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Q1. .net design patterns
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Q1. Why are you switching job
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