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Cognizant Financial Analyst Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

Updated 25 Apr 2023

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Financial Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 25 Apr 2023

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Mar 2023.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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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2

HR Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. What is your biggest achivement so far
  • Q3. Why you lookong for a job
  • Q4. Why do you want to work form our company
3

Aptitude Test Round

Quantitative aptitude

4

Group Discussion Round

Hard work vs smart work

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - stay positive

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Financial Analyst Interview Questions

DXC Technology user image nagarjun.l Vasista

posted on 26 Nov 2024

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. About revenue recognition
  • Q2. Forecasting, Budgeting

Financial Analyst Interview Questions

Wipro user image Anonymous

posted on 14 Mar 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Self introduction (virtual interview)
  • Q2. Qualifications requirement
  • Q3. Few questions regarding share market as I have applied for Portfolio department.
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions regarding growth and future aspects
3

HR Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Background Verification round
  • Q2. HR one on one rapid fire kind off
  • Q3. Package discussion round
  • Q4. Offer letter and accepting process
  • Q5. Onboarding process and google meet.

Financial Analyst Interview Questions

Accenture user image aayrish sheikh

posted on 26 Jun 2024

Interview experience
2
 Poor
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Flexible for night shift
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What we can do to reduce cost

Financial Analyst Interview Questions

HCLTech user image Vishwa Gautham

posted on 18 May 2023

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Nov 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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2

Aptitude Test Round

It's was easy comprehensive learning of knowledge

3

Group Discussion Round

It's was give topic i will prove can get speech for group wise of improve

4

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. It's was very good speech for that knowledge
  • Q2. It's can hard work

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I will mainly provide can concept of learning techniques of job
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and was interviewed before Apr 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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2

Aptitude Test Round

Basic Aptitude test with Quants, Reasoning, and reading comprehension with 30 questions each

3

Coding Test Round

Very Basic Level, three questions like finding whether a number is prime or not and adding two numbers

4

One-on-one Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Q2. Why do you want to join this job with an engineering background
  • Q3. You don't have any foundation in finance. How will you cope?
  • Q4. What did you learn from your engineering years
  • Q5. Do you know basic-level Excel

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Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Nov 2021.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain Trade Life Cycle
  • Q2. Explain Clean price and Dirty price
  • Q3. Explain Fixed Income Securities.
  • Q4. Role of Investment Bank
  • Q5. Different functions of Investment Bank.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Explain every step in detail.Make sure you give the examples and definition.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Work related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please be ready for rotational shift, ready to join early.

Financial Analyst Interview Questions

TCS user image Anonymous

posted on 18 Dec 2023

Interview experience
1
 Bad
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Dec 2022.

1 Interview Round

1

HR Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. It was about project
  • Q2. Was about previous experiences
  • Q3. Salary expectation

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Financial Analyst Interview Questions

Atos user image Anonymous

posted on 26 Jul 2022

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Jan 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Do not use an unprofessional email address such as cool_boy@email.com. It shows a lack of professionalism by the candidate.
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2

Assignment Round

Latter writting, it was easy topics actually.

3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Finance related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good company to start carear. Be confident while interview and keep knowledge about job profile you applied for .

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Financial Analyst interview for freshers?
Cognizant interview process for freshers usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process for freshers are Resume Shortlist, HR and Aptitude Test.
How to prepare for Cognizant Financial Analyst 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 Banking, Bonds, Derivatives, Excel Powerpoint and FX.
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