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Top Cognizant Associate Interview Questions and Answers
- Q1. How to decide whether to use "call" or "apply" in javascript?
- Q2. you have a train booking system.what will be the primary feature you will test?
- Q3. What is class, encapsulation and other feature of OOP?
Cognizant Associate Interview Experiences
304 interviews found
Anonymous
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I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.
Easy test
Focus on primary skills
Any past projects
Hobbies
Focus on any one programming language
C language
1 coding question
15 multiple choice questions
(1 Question)
- Q1. About yourself Strengths Weaknesses
Selected
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.
The test lasts 2 hours, providing ample time for individuals to complete all required tasks and questions.
I was assigned a three-hour test to complete.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Generic Technical Question
- Q2. Generic 4th year project based question
(1 Question)
- Q1. Generic HR question
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.
Coding test to evaluate programming skills.
Advanced level coding questions to test knowledge of DSA. Other question related to concepts of DB were also aksed.
(3 Questions)
- Q1. Technical interview focused on things mentioned in CV. Db concepts were tested, question related to projects. Use cases were given to test problem solving skills.
- Q2. Linked list traversal and finding an element.
- Ans.
Traversing a linked list involves iterating through each node to find a specific element.
Start at the head of the linked list
Iterate through each node by following the 'next' pointer
Compare the value of each node with the target element
Stop when the target element is found or reach the end of the list
- Q3. Traversing trees and graphs.
- Ans.
Traversing trees and graphs involves visiting each node or vertex exactly once in a systematic way.
Depth-first search (DFS) and breadth-first search (BFS) are common traversal algorithms for trees and graphs.
DFS explores as far as possible along each branch before backtracking, while BFS explores neighbors before moving on.
In-order, pre-order, and post-order are common traversal methods for binary trees.
Example: In-ord...
(1 Question)
- Q1. Basic HR questions, mostly asking about flexibility of work location.
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I was interviewed before Feb 2023.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. How to group and add data
- Ans.
Grouping and adding data involves organizing data into categories and performing mathematical operations to calculate totals.
Group data based on a common attribute or criteria
Use aggregation functions like SUM, COUNT, or AVERAGE to add data within each group
Examples: Grouping sales data by region and calculating total sales for each region
Examples: Grouping student data by grade level and calculating average test score
- Q2. Azure basics experience
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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Nov 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. About my previous Project, roles and responsibilities.
- Q2. Some questions on Git commands, Jenkins, webservices.
Interview Preparation Tips
- Web Services
- REST API
- SOAP UI
- Jenkins
- Git hub
- TIBCO BW
Most importantly don't be afraid to fail and keep learning from those failures.
Best wishes.
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.
Easy and simple within 1 hour it will be completed
Moderate exam and takes more time to complete this exam
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There was 1 interview round.
(1 Question)
- Q1. Basic concept of oops
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Dweepayan Sharma
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.
The aptitude test was conducted by AMCAT - 2020 with a general balance of numeric( time, distance, combination, pattern recognition) and qualitative(reasoning, puzzle) problems. This was followed by an automata(coding) round with 7 problems with unit test cases. The key is to read the problem, understand it in a small amt of time and arrive at a solution
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Write a program to print only first 5 prime numbers in a finite series. Why and when do we use Stack/queue
- Ans.
Program to print first 5 prime numbers in a series
Use a loop to iterate through the series
Check if each number is prime
Print the first 5 prime numbers found
Use Sieve of Eratosthenes for better performance
- Q2. Core domain questions.
(3 Questions)
- Q1. Introduce yourself - why do you think you're interested in Softwares?
- Q2. Would you like to travel outside?
- Q3. Where do you see yourself in next 5 years
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M.S. AMEER SOHEL
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.
Learn aptitude clearly
(1 Question)
- Q1. Write a program in c
- Ans.
Program in C to print array of strings
Declare an array of strings
Initialize the array with strings
Use a loop to print each string in the array
(1 Question)
- Q1. Can you relocate
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I was interviewed before Apr 2023.
(1 Question)
- Q1. Hash map working and concurrent hash map working and difference
- Ans.
Hash map and concurrent hash map are data structures used for storing key-value pairs, with the main difference being concurrency support in the latter.
Hash map is a basic data structure that stores key-value pairs and allows for efficient retrieval of values based on keys.
Concurrent hash map is a thread-safe version of hash map, designed for use in concurrent environments where multiple threads may access and modify t...
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