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Cognizant Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 21 Mar 2024

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Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 21 Mar 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
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Result
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Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basics of any programming language required
    • Add your answer
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Good communication required
    • Add your answer

Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 28 Nov 2023

Interview experience
3
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Difficulty level
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Process Duration
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Result
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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain about Data pages
  • Ans. 

    Data pages are used to store and retrieve data in a database.

    • Data pages are physical units of storage in a database.

    • They contain a fixed number of data records or rows.

    • Data pages are organized in a hierarchical structure, such as a B-tree.

    • They are accessed by the database engine to read or write data efficiently.

    • Examples of data pages include index pages, data heap pages, and data overflow pages.

    • Answered by AI
    Add your answer
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic salary discussion
    • Add your answer

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident

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Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 8 Oct 2022

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. Basics concepts on technology.
    • Add your answer
  • Q2. Broadcast join ,repatriation,coalesce scala-word count
    • Add your answer
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Basic coding like plaindrome,word count program ,brodcasat joint in scala and sql-second height salary .group functions analytical functions,joins.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have good basic skills and coding knowledge and brief explanation on project worked on previously.

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Developer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 10 Oct 2021

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Asked to introduce myself
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  • Q2. Asked to solve one code to print the matching characters of two strings
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  • Q3. Asked one logical question
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  • Q4. Asked on my project
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and if know any answer don't lie say anything with confidence

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Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 3 Apr 2021

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What will you do when your teammate is lag on the given task
    • Add your answer

Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 17 Sep 2021

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Based on our resume and project
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep strong grip on any one subject so that if they can ask u u are fav subject say everything in grip so that they feel confirm and project is main

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LTIMindtree user image Anonymous

posted on 27 Dec 2021

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Dec 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Basic Programming questions.
    • Add your answer
  • Q2. Fibonacci program
    • Add your answer
  • Q3. OOPS concepts.
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basic OOPS concepts and basic programs.

Associate Interview Questions & Answers

HCLTech user image Anonymous

posted on 21 Dec 2020

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Nov 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basic communication skills were tested. Sone techical questn too. Versant test is mandatory
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please never go for these third party vendors. They misguide you regarding profile . I went for this third party vendor named savantis solution and it really misguided me

Software Developer Interview Questions & Answers

Infosys user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Feb 2021

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. They asked me on java and I have joined as a fresher they not much questions as I got selected as fresher on oops concepts and collections
    • Add your answer
  • Q2. Please be confident while facing interview and they will check your communication skills
    • Add your answer

Software Developer Interview Questions & Answers

LTIMindtree user image Anonymous

posted on 9 Aug 2021

I was interviewed in Mar 2021.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. .net core , mvc basics and some scripting language
    • Add your answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Stick to basics , know about your current project . If interviewer asks you if you have to ask anything , do ask . For my case I asked for his advice where I need to improve. He answered genuinely and even came to know about my other technical skills .
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Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Developer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and HR.
How to prepare for Cognizant 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, Javascript, SQL, Python and Presales.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Developer interview?

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