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Cognizant Desktop Support Engineer Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

Updated 25 Feb 2025

Cognizant Desktop Support Engineer Interview Experiences for Freshers

2 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Job Portal

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

There was a aptitude test for 1 hr.

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview in Jan 2023.

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 

Normal basic technical question and some simple aptitude question which anyone can solve.

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is difference b/w Hardware and software
  • Ans. 

    Hardware refers to physical components of a computer system, while software refers to programs and applications that run on the system.

    • Hardware includes components such as the CPU, motherboard, RAM, and hard drive.

    • Software includes programs such as Microsoft Office, web browsers, and antivirus software.

    • Hardware is tangible and can be physically touched, while software is intangible and cannot be touched.

    • Hardware can be...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Where do you live. what is your favourate place to visit.
  • Ans. 

    I live in New York City. My favorite place to visit is Central Park.

    • I enjoy walking around the park and taking in the scenery

    • I love visiting the Central Park Zoo and seeing the animals

    • I often have picnics with friends and family on the Great Lawn

    • During the winter, I like to go ice skating at Wollman Rink

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Diont worry to much for interview the interview can be cleared my normalmprepration also.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Desktop Support Engineer Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies for Fresher

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Q2. What is technical issue in Desktop support Engineer
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Q5. What is Ram? What is HDD.?? What is Motherboard??? How we connect ... read more

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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.
  • Answered Anonymously

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Excellent and friendly-nature interview

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(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

  • Answered by AI
  • 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)

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Genpact Software Engineer interview:
  • Core Java
  • DSA
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Not a very good interview experience. I was asked 2-3 questions only. Not satisfied with interview process.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Interfaces
  • Q2. Oop concepts

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I interviewed for software engineer profile. Interview process were easy 1st apti round 2nd pseudo code round 3rd technical and HR. It was quite easy.

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Aug 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. They ask only basics of programming languages which are mentioned in resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be good in communication skills and be aware of general questions.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Java Basic questions and Git

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - After selection they haven't rolled the offer and put the profile on hold and then doesn't pick calls.

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Feb 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

1.It covers all aptitude topics, and English sentences
2.Essay writing
3.Coding

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. In TR , languages which u mentioned in resume they will ask Basic programing Questions on Btech project They will say one idea , we need to tell the logic how can we develop (it may varies)
  • Q2. Testing questions Polymorphism, abstraction,constructors, SQL basics
Round 3 - HR 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your family background?
  • Q2. Why should we hire you?
  • Q3. Tell me about yourself.
  • Q4. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • Q5. Knowledge about updated technologies

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Resume is important for your TR. Mention only languages u know well.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. All basic questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please be good in basics

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. In 5 programs without effecting one by one how can you debug a particular program and how can you know tha program is calling in debug
  • Ans. 

    To debug a particular program without affecting others, use breakpoints and step through the code.

    • Set a breakpoint in the program you want to debug

    • Step through the code using a debugger to identify the issue

    • Use logging statements to track the flow of the program

    • Check the call stack to see which functions are being called

    • Use conditional breakpoints to stop the program at specific points

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Desktop Support Engineer interview for freshers?
Cognizant interview process for freshers usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process for freshers are Aptitude Test, HR and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant Desktop Support Engineer interview for freshers?
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 Customer Service, End User Computing, OS Installation, Pharmacy and Windows System Administration.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Desktop Support Engineer interview for freshers?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Desktop Support Engineer interview for freshers -

  1. What is difference b/w Hardware and softw...read more
  2. About DOMAIN, About Active Directory, LAN Configuration, Printer Sharing , Know...read more
  3. All over questions desk Stop support rela...read more

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