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Updated 26 Feb 2022

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Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Manual testing and SQL

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

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. JAVA questions, spring, design patterns, tools used

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn Data structures and algorithms, Design patterns, and OOPS concepts

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Nov 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. 1. Oops concept
  • Q2. Design pattern
  • Q3. Check constrain in SQL
  • Ans. 

    Check constraint is used to limit the values that can be inserted into a column.

    • It is a type of constraint in SQL

    • It is used to limit the values that can be inserted into a column

    • It is used to ensure data integrity

    • It can be used to check for a range of values, data types, or conditions

    • Example: CREATE TABLE Students (id INT, name VARCHAR(50), age INT CHECK (age >= 18));

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be Confident during Interview.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. TCS interviews ask questions according to your experience and these questions like basic, deeper and advanced.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - TCS interviews check your confidence, way of presenting your answers and that's it.

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

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. About cisco ucce day to day activity and call flow and critical issue you were faced !! Be bold and strong

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be strong what your telling !!

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

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technical questions related to particular skill and few scenario based questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared with your skill and also be ready to answer on why do you want to leave your current company and why you want to join this company.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. What is a servlet actually?
  • Ans. 

    A servlet is a Java program that runs on a web server and handles client requests.

    • Servlets are used to create dynamic web pages and web applications.

    • They can handle HTTP requests and responses.

    • Servlets can be used to process form data, authenticate users, and more.

    • Examples of servlet containers include Apache Tomcat and Jetty.

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  • Q2. What is the structure of a war file if you unzip it.?
  • Ans. 

    A war file is a compressed file format used to package Java web applications.

    • A war file contains web application components such as servlets, JSPs, HTML pages, and other resources.

    • The file structure includes a WEB-INF directory containing web.xml deployment descriptor, lib directory containing JAR files, and classes directory containing compiled Java classes.

    • The war file can be unzipped using any standard zip utility.

    • E...

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  • Q3. How do you create a custom annotations?
  • Ans. 

    Custom annotations can be created using the @interface keyword in Java.

    • Create a new interface with the @interface keyword

    • Define the annotation's properties using methods

    • Add default values for the properties

    • Add the @Retention and @Target annotations to specify how the annotation can be used

    • Example: @interface MyAnnotation { String value() default ""; }

    • Example usage: @MyAnnotation(value="example")

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Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Mostly technical related to your skill as mine was cyberark PIM so question were well about the same
  • Q2. Cyberark components, deployment upgrade Disaster recovery PSM PSMP AAM
  • Q3. Cyberark reports including PVWA reports, safe oermssion Vault permssion
  • Ans. 

    The question is about Cyberark reports including PVWA reports, safe permission, and Vault permission.

    • Cyberark reports provide information on the usage and access of privileged accounts and assets.

    • PVWA reports provide details on the activities performed by users through the PVWA interface.

    • Safe permission reports show the permissions assigned to users for accessing specific safes.

    • Vault permission reports provide informat...

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go through well about the basics if you have experienced and hand on on your skills

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Dec 2019. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. I was asked about my work experience, what am I good at w.r.t ITIL modules.
  • Q2. How would you rate yourself on a scale of 10 on your field.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident while answering and if you don't know answer for any question, be honest and let them know that you are not aware but eager to learn.

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Salary expectation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Develop your communication skill so that you can sell you better and negotiate on salary well.
Find a valuable point about you on the topic of negotiation. For example you quote more salary and HR says that too, In that case you bring up valuable point like related experience , additional course , whatever you feel related to on going job mention it.

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How many rounds are there in Cognizant AST Consultant interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Aptitude Test.

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