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Cognizant Cyber Security Engineer Interview Questions and Answers
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I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jan 2022. There was 1 interview round.
(1 Question)
- Q1. Questions about Firewall, WAF and cloud were asked!
Interview Preparation Tips
Most of the questions will be asked from your resume and from the answer you answer for the previous questions.
Be clear and to be point.
Have an effective communication with the interviewer.
Don't keep the whole session as QnA sessions, try to interact and discuss with the interviewer.
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.
Interview Questionnaire
3 Questions
- Q1. Difference between virus and Trojan?
- Ans.
A virus is a self-replicating program that spreads by infecting other programs, while a Trojan is a program that appears harmless but actually has malicious intent.
Viruses attach themselves to clean files and spread when the infected file is executed.
Trojans are often disguised as legitimate software and trick users into installing them.
Viruses can cause damage to files and systems, while Trojans can steal data or give...
- Q2. Recent cyber attack
- Q3. About OSI layer?
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Keep yourself interested during whole interview
Have a good listening skills
Use gesture to explain
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There was 1 interview round.
Interview Questionnaire
3 Questions
- Q1. What is second level cache?How to implement second level cache?How to optimize sql query?what are solid principles?
- Ans.
Second level cache is a caching mechanism used to improve performance by storing frequently accessed data in memory.
Second level cache is implemented at the application level and can be configured using frameworks like Hibernate.
To optimize SQL queries, one can use indexes, avoid using SELECT *, and use JOINs instead of subqueries.
SOLID principles are a set of design principles for writing maintainable and scalable cod...
- Q2. Mostly FAQ but somewhat in depth?
- Q3. How to deploy application in aws?
- Ans.
To deploy an application in AWS, you need to create an EC2 instance, configure security groups, install necessary software, and upload your application code.
Create an EC2 instance in the desired region and select the appropriate instance type
Configure security groups to allow traffic to and from the instance
Install necessary software and dependencies on the instance
Upload your application code to the instance
Start the ...
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Skills evaluated in this interview
I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Aug 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. What is my longterm and short-term goals.
- Ans. My short-term is to become an expert in solving queries And long term is to become valuable employee in an organisation and managing a team, also helping new recruits to learn the work.
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.
Interview Questionnaire
2 Questions
- Q1. THERE WERE 4 ROUNDS.1-APTITUDE 2-PSEUDO TEST 2-TECHNICAL INTERVIEW 4-HR ROUND
- Q2. 1ST ROUND WAS VERY SIMPLE 2ND WAS LITTLE COMPLEX 3RD&4TH ROUND WAS VERY SIMPLE
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I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There was 1 interview round.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Where do we use BigInteger in java ?
- Ans.
BigInteger is used for mathematical operations involving very large integers in Java.
BigInteger is used when the range of values supported by primitive data types like int and long is not sufficient.
It is commonly used in cryptography and security applications.
It provides methods for arithmetic, bitwise, and logical operations on large integers.
Example: calculating factorial of a large number, generating large prime nu
- Q2. Merge Sort Algo code in java
- Ans.
Merge Sort Algo code in java
Divide the array into two halves
Recursively sort the two halves
Merge the sorted halves
Time complexity: O(n log n)
Interview Preparation Tips
- Core Java
- DSA
Skills evaluated in this interview
I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. In and out of project. How bucketing concept works. Data localisation in Hadoop. Persistence in spark.
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. 1) OOOps concept 2) SQLbasic question all theory questions no coding
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Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. Java collection
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I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. Technical question related to the application?
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