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Cognizant Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Freshers

Updated 6 Mar 2025

Top Cognizant Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

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878 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. The questions were on oops and java8.
  • Q2. Stream api coding questions
  • Q3. Functional interface questions
  • Q4. Trivia questions on oops concept
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. The interview has a few coding questions and few technical questions on java,hibernate and spring

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare java8 well

Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What microservices patterns are you aware ? let's assume that there is a microservice based architecture and service A is calling service B which in turn service C. If service b fails, how will you manage transaction and logging ?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Questions on coreJAVA
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your hobbies
  • Q2. Strengths and weakness

Top Cognizant Engineer Trainee Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. what type of operating system in apple phone
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Engineer Trainee Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. If 10 people had a meeting and they shake hands only once with each of the others, then how many handshakes will be there in total ?
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Logical Reasoning , Blood relation questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic Oops concepts
  • Q2. Palindrome , pattern questions

Quality Assurance Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Explain your Project. Explain V model. Explain SDLC. Explain STLC. Explain Agile ceremonies. Do you attend all the agile ceremonies? Tell me the positive and negative test cases for water bottle. What is difference between Retesting and Reg... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude questions were asked

Round 2 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions and 2 SQL

Top Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 What is call by ref and call by value 8 What is namespace 9  What ... read more
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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 What is call by ref and call by value 8 What is namespace 9  What ... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Was easy. hashmap array question

Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Easy apti questions.

Top Cognizant Full Stack Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Briefly explain the method you will use to execute an array linked list?
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Full Stack Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Oops in Java Patterns in Java JDK,JRE,JVM MVC Array questions strings in Java This,super keywords Java problems like palindrome, prime number,and so many problems and logics Why java is platform independent Why java is not platform dependen... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is the difference between hashtable and hash map
  • Ans. 

    Hashtable is synchronized and does not allow null keys, while hashmap is not synchronized and allows one null key.

    • Hashtable is synchronized, while hashmap is not.

    • Hashtable does not allow null keys, while hashmap allows one null key.

    • Hashtable is thread-safe, while hashmap is not.

    • Hashtable is slower than hashmap.

    • Hashtable is part of the legacy collection classes, while hashmap is part of the Java Collections Framework.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare with previous asked questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

Top Cognizant Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Nth Fibonacci Number Problem Statement Calculate the Nth term in the Fibonacci sequence, where the sequence is defined as follows: F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2), with initial conditions F(1) = F(2) = 1. Input: The input consists of a single intege... read more
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Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement Given an array of integers, determine the maximum possible sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum is... read more
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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 11 Sep 2024

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about the core
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Relocation, salary

Top Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 What is call by ref and call by value 8 What is namespace 9  What ... read more
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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 What is call by ref and call by value 8 What is namespace 9  What ... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is roadmap
  • Q2. Metrics you capture

Top Cognizant Business Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is Mainframe Technology?
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Business Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. You have 10 boxes of balls (each ball weighing exactly10 gm) with one box with defective balls (each one of the defective balls weigh 9 gm). You are given an electronic weighing machine and only one chance at it. How will you find out which... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
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 

There were basically 3 sections during the aptitude test. First one was the quantative aptitude test. Next section was a gaming section where basically you have to solve some gaming puzzle using your logical reasoning skill. And the last one was the verbal ability test where question on grammatical analysis like to find the error in a sentence, to put the right preposition etc. was there.

Round 3 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Question will be asked basically on the topics present in your resume. Like in my resume there were oops so they asked me about the pillars of oops and to describe then in brief
  • Q2. The interviewer will also ask you some hr questions like if you will be able for relocate for this job, or if you will be able to learn new technologies for this job etc.
  • Q3. Questions on web development
  • Q4. Questions on cloud computing

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. For the aptitude test I shall recommend to practice the aptitude questions as much as possible as because there is no appropriate syllabus for the aptitude test.
2. For the interview be prepared on the topics that you have added in your resume so that you can answer to any questions asked on those topics with confident.
And that's all. All the best for your bright future.

Top Cognizant Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Check for syntax error/logical error and correct the error to get the desired output. void maxReplace(int size,int *inputList) { int i,sum=0; for(i=0;i
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Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Check for syntax error/logical error and correct the error to get the desired output. void maxReplace(int size,int *inputList) { int i,sum=0; for(i=0;i
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a code to reverse string "Selenium"
  • Ans. 

    Code to reverse a string

    • Use the built-in reverse() function to reverse the string

    • Convert the string to an array of characters, reverse the array, and then join the characters back into a string

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Synchronization in selenium
  • Ans. 

    Synchronization in Selenium is the process of ensuring that the test scripts wait for the web elements to load before performing actions on them.

    • Synchronization is important to avoid timing issues and ensure accurate test results.

    • There are two types of synchronization in Selenium: implicit and explicit.

    • Implicit synchronization uses the default timeout value to wait for elements to load.

    • Explicit synchronization uses exp...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - normal interview prepare for coding two codes are asked

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant interview for freshers?
Cognizant interview process for freshers usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process for freshers are Aptitude Test, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant 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 Communication Skills, Non Voice Process, voice process, non voice and bpo.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant interview for freshers?

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

  1. if you promised a customer for the product on a specific day and your company w...read more
  2. Write a code of Prime number which are printed in the Right angle triangle form...read more
  3. two puzzles: 1. how can you cut a cake in 8 pieces in minimum number of cuts(an...read more
How long is the Cognizant interview process?

The duration of Cognizant interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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