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Cognizant Backend Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 9 Apr 2023

Cognizant Backend Developer Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude and coding and communication skills questions test in the first round.

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What ever we trained and whatever we mentioned in the resume based on that questions will prepared.
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hr will as about background and which location we preferred like that.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare properly give the best your side and get the good result.

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

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Java8- streams ,default & static method,senerio based question to filter employee according to 2nd highest age using streams.
  • Q2. Collections,mltithreading,oops,Strings basic questions
  • Q3. Spring vs SpringBoot,Spring boot annotation used in projects.
  • Ans. 

    Spring is a framework while Spring Boot is an extension of Spring. Spring Boot uses annotations to simplify configuration.

    • Spring is a framework for building Java applications

    • Spring Boot is an extension of Spring that simplifies configuration

    • Spring Boot uses annotations to configure the application

    • Spring Boot provides a lot of defaults and auto-configuration

    • Spring Boot is ideal for microservices and cloud-native applica

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Project related questions -end to end process explanation.
  • Q5. Azile process, Sql basic queries.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare your project well,be clear about your role.
Mention only those thing in Resume you are aware of.

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

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Why accenture?
  • Q2. Your strengths and weekness
  • Q3. Why not other MNCs like TCS or jpmorgan

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Diff types of data passing in COBOL,
  • Ans. 

    COBOL supports various data passing techniques.

    • COBOL supports passing data by reference using the CALL BY REFERENCE clause.

    • COBOL also supports passing data by content using the CALL BY CONTENT clause.

    • COBOL also supports passing data by value using the CALL BY VALUE clause.

    • COBOL also supports passing data by address using the CALL BY ADDRESS clause.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Backend Developer Interview Questions & Answers

IBM user image Guthi Varalakshmi

posted on 5 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Bit manipulation
  • Q2. Experience questions
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How do u find a loop
  • Ans. 

    A loop can be found by iterating over a collection of elements repeatedly until a certain condition is met.

    • Iterate over a collection of elements using for loop, while loop, or foreach loop

    • Check for a condition to determine when to exit the loop

    • Examples: for(int i=0; i

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How do u know know merge LL
  • Ans. 

    Merge LL refers to merging two linked lists into a single sorted linked list.

    • Use a dummy node to start the merged list

    • Compare the values of the nodes from both lists and add the smaller one to the merged list

    • Move the pointer of the merged list and the list from which the node was added

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Experience discussion
  • Q2. Project discussion

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is structure padding ?
  • Ans. 

    Structure padding is the process of adding empty bytes to a structure to align its data members on memory boundaries.

    • Padding is added to ensure that each data member in a structure starts at a memory address that is a multiple of its size.

    • Padding is necessary for performance optimization and to prevent memory access violations.

    • For example, if a structure has a char followed by an int, padding may be added between them

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is translation unit ?
  • Ans. 

    A translation unit is a source file along with all the headers and source files included in it.

    • Translation unit is the smallest unit of compilation in C++.

    • It consists of a source file and all the header files and source files included in it.

    • Each translation unit is compiled separately before being linked together.

    • Translation units help in organizing and modularizing code.

    • Example: If a.cpp includes b.h and c.cpp, then t...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic Coding questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - If you want to join as a C/C++ developer , just brush up your basics.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Aug 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is ambition in your life

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - keep speek in english, maintain deciplain
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 DSA questions from leetcode

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Valid sudoko from leetcode
  • Q2. DBMS Related primary key and cadidate key

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. General question about your work fields
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java, spring boot
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java, Spring boot , coding

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Backend Developer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Resume Shortlist, Aptitude Test and Technical.
How to prepare for Cognizant Backend Developer 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 Java, Microservices, Spring Boot, Java Spring Boot and Hibernate.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Backend Developer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Backend Developer interview -

  1. Spring vs SpringBoot,Spring boot annotation used in projec...read more
  2. java8- streams ,default & static method,senerio based question to filter employ...read more
  3. Hr will as about background and which location we preferred like th...read more

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