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Cognizant Desktop Support Engineer Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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suraj lotankar
I applied via Job Portal
There was a aptitude test for 1 hr.
Anonymous
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I was interviewed in Jan 2023.
Normal basic technical question and some simple aptitude question which anyone can solve.
(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...
- 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
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I was interviewed before Sep 2020.
(1 Question)
Round duration - 140 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
Test timing was at 2:00 pm , it was conducted in a college and the environment was good for the test. Camera was a primary part of test, so no suspicious activity.
- Q1.
Sum of Two Numbers Represented as Arrays
Given two numbers in the form of two arrays where each element of the array represents a digit, calculate the sum of these two numbers and return this sum as an ar...
- Ans.
Given two numbers represented as arrays, calculate their sum and return the result as an array.
Iterate through the arrays from right to left, adding digits and carrying over if necessary
Handle cases where one array is longer than the other by considering the remaining digits
Ensure the final sum array does not have any leading zeros
Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
The round was conducted at around 12 p.m. I was called at the college location and then it was conducted. The interviewer was quite polite and frank.
Round duration - 8 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
This round was conducted right after finishing and clearing the technical round at the same place and on the same day.
Interview Preparation Tips
Tip 1 : Practice atleast 2-3 Coding problems daily so your logic building becomes stronger.
Tip 2 : Exercise problems based on OOPS concepts and others too.
Tip 3 : If you can have your own project built, then it's the major point and will act as a plus point.
Tip 1 : Your resume should be in standard form, short and simple will be more effective.
Tip 2 : Whatever you have learned, you need to mention it in your resume as that will be your primary source of selection and having project on your resume is important.
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.
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- Q1. Hr
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There was 1 interview round.
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. 1.Describe a situation where you have taken a quick decision and failed, and a situation where you succeeded. 2. What is a skill you have tried to achieve but failed? 3. Describe a decision you have taken ...
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2. Every skill you learn, even if you didn't excel in it is not to be considered a waste of time/failure, you learn something simply by participating.
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.
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- Q1. Tell me about Yourself, some questions related to machine learning, and I was asked more questions to differentiate like differences between ml and ai, python and c, c and java and procedural and functiona...
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I was interviewed before Jun 2021.
(2 Questions)
Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
It was an mcq + coding round. There were aptitude and ouput based question in mcq. And coding questions were easy
- Q1.
Find the Duplicate Number Problem Statement
Given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' containing numbers from 0 to (N - 2). Each number appears at least once, and there is one number that appears twice. Yo...
- Ans.
Find the duplicate number in an array of integers from 0 to (N-2).
Iterate through the array and keep track of the frequency of each number using a hashmap.
Return the number with a frequency greater than 1 as the duplicate number.
Time complexity can be optimized to O(N) using Floyd's Tortoise and Hare algorithm.
- Q2.
Reverse String Operations Problem Statement
You are provided with a string
Sand an array of integersAof sizeM. Your task is to performMoperations on the string as specified by the indices in arrayA... - Ans.
Given a string and an array of indices, reverse substrings based on the indices to obtain the final string.
Iterate through the array of indices and reverse the substrings accordingly
Ensure the range specified by each index is non-empty
Return the final string after all operations are completed
Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
It was technical + hr round. there were 2 people as interviewer. They stated from intro and asked some basic puzzles and hr questions. After that they asked about my projects, technologies and some ds algo and dbms questions.
Interview Preparation Tips
Tip 1 : Practice aptitude
Tip 2 : Focus on practicing coding
Tip 3 : Learn from mistakes
Tip 1 : Mention some projects that you have done
Tip 2 : Try to have skills that are required for the role
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I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. Oops Concepts,JAVA 8
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.
Easy DSA questions and some questions on resume
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2020. There was 1 interview round.
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1 Question
- Q1. How do you get the second to last element from a SQL table?
- Ans.
To get the second to last element from a SQL table, use the OFFSET-FETCH clause.
Use the ORDER BY clause to sort the table in descending order.
Use the OFFSET-FETCH clause to skip the last row and fetch the second to last row.
Example: SELECT column_name FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name DESC OFFSET 1 ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY;
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