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Updated 29 Mar 2024

Cognizant Design Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
-

I was interviewed in Feb 2024.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Not tough and focus on logic

Round 2 - Coding Test 

C and c++ coding and programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice well and read dumps, be confident

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What is name mangling?
  • Ans. 

    Name mangling is a technique used by compilers to give unique names to functions and variables to avoid naming conflicts.

    • Name mangling is used in C++ to support function overloading.

    • It is also used in Python to avoid naming conflicts in modules.

    • Name mangling can make it difficult to access variables and functions from outside the class in which they are defined.

    • In C++, name mangling can be seen by using the 'nm' comman

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Why do you resigned previous job
  • Ans. 

    Seeking new challenges and opportunities for growth.

    • Desire for new challenges and opportunities for growth

    • Seeking a better work-life balance

    • Company restructuring or downsizing

    • Relocation to a different city or country

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Tell me about your self, I tried to speak him but trigl the words due to fear.
Tips: I think to attend more interview

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CRITERIA:6.5+ CGPANO BACKLOGS
Tips: TRY TO WORK HARD IN THE EARLIER SEMESTERS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR MOST OF THE COMPANIES.

Round: Test
Experience: 30 TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, PURELY BRANCH SPECIFIC, EASY AND BASIC CONCEPTS WERE ASKED.30 APTITUDE AND ENGLISH QUESTIONS, VERY EASY
Tips: PREPARE TECHNICAL PART WELLPRACTICE APTITUDE AND ENGLISH FROM www.indiabix.comVERY HELPFUL WEBSITE
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: HR Interview
Experience: GENERAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED:ABOUT MYSELFFAMILY BACKGROUNDSCHOOLING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTSABOUT JOINING TCE
Tips: DON'T MANIPULATE THE TRUTH.ANSWER CLEARLY AND CONFIDENTLY.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: TECHNICAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO ELECTIVE SUBJECTS WERE ASKED.ALSO DESIGN STEPS OF VARIOUS STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS WERE ASKED.
Tips: BE PREPARED. SAY "DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER" INSTEAD OF SPEAKING NONSENSE. ANSWER ONLY WHAT IS ASKED. EXTRA INFO GIVEN BY YOU CAN GET YOU IN UNWANTED TROUBLE!! :P

General Tips: BEST OF LUCK.
Skill Tips: MAIN FOCUS ON THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE INTERVIEWERS IN ENGLISH!!
Skills: COMMUNICATION SKILLS
College Name: NIT SURAT
Motivation: GOOD REPUTATION. IT WAS EXACTLY MATCHING TO THE JOB PROFILE I ASPIRED FOR.TATA GROUP IS A BIG BRAND IN INDIA AND CAN LEAD TO MANY FUTURE BENEFITS IF YOU SERVE THEM FOR CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
Funny Moments: THEY ASKED ME: "ANY SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVING OUR SELECTION PROCEDURE?"I ANSWERED: "YOU SHOULD CHANGE IT. TEST SHOULD BE ONLINE RATHER THAN BEING OFFLINE i.e. PEN AND PAPER."THEY WERE IMPRESSED AND APPRECIATED IT. :P

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

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Past experience and communication skills

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jul 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Coming to AEM,Interviewer has covered all the topics.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Pls don't join in TechMahindra.Especially for AEM Folks.Because there are no projects at all.They force you to learn and work in other domain.Then your AEM knowledge will vanish.Worst Company.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Routing and switching related

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do your best. Study well.
Its all about God's grace.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Questions based on the CV we kept
  • Q2. Questions related to powershell, storages, networking in azure IaaS, NSG

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare whatever u kept in CV and the basics

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2021. There were 3 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 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is AD dns dhcp?
  • Ans. 

    AD DNS DHCP are Microsoft technologies used for network management and authentication.

    • Active Directory (AD) is a directory service used for authentication and authorization of users and computers in a network.

    • Domain Name System (DNS) is used for name resolution of network resources.

    • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is used for automatic IP address assignment to network devices.

    • AD, DNS, and DHCP are often used ...

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  • Q2. What is IaaS SaaS PaaS?
  • Ans. 

    IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS are cloud computing models that provide different levels of infrastructure, software, and platform services.

    • IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provides virtualized computing resources over the internet, such as servers, storage, and networking.

    • SaaS (Software as a Service) delivers software applications over the internet, eliminating the need for local installation and maintenance.

    • PaaS (Platform as ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Aptitude Test 

General questions for 1 hors online exams

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be confident in your role and select which role you want to work

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Spring and SpringBoot

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Design Engineer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Aptitude Test and Coding Test.

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