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Updated 31 Jan 2023

Cognizant Full Stack Engineer Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via campus placement at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam and was interviewed before Jan 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

THERE ARE QUANTS, REASONING AND VERBAL

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. MY ROLE IS PROGRAM ANALYST TRAINEE. IN HR ROUND THEY ASKED ME IN CORE: 1. WHAT IS FLIP FLOP 2. WHAT IS DIODE IN PROGRAMMING: 1. WHAT IS ENCAPSULATION. 2. WHAT IS ABSTRACTION. 3. WHAT IS INHERITANCE. 4. ...
  • Q2. AFTER TECHNICAL HR ROUND THERE IS PERSONAL HR ROUND. IN THAT ROUND THEY VERIFY OWR CERTIFICATE LIKE PAN, AADAAR CARD, 10TH AND 12TH CERTIFICATE.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - PREPARE BASIC OOPS AND C PROGRAMMING QUESTION.
ALSO PREPARE SOME APTITUDE ALSO.
BASIC PROGRAMME LIKE PRINT 1 TO 100, PRINT FIBANOCCI SERIES, PRINT ADD NUMBER, ETC......

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

The Test consist of question from verbal reasoning , quants and logic (blood relation /direction questions / etc )

Round 2 - Coding Test 

A few simple questions you can use any of your favourite languages mostly related to data structure and algorithm

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions for most related to my project my favourite subject a couple of data structure and algorithm questions and Java concepts along with some CSS
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mostly about my goals ambitions technologies that I want to learn

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice core concepts OS for entry-level position

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basic coding question

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic Technical Question
  • Q2. Questions on oops concept
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Where are Logic App logs stored?
  • Ans. 

    Logic App logs are stored in Azure Monitor Logs (formerly known as Log Analytics).

    • Logic App logs are stored in Azure Monitor Logs, which is a centralized log storage and analytics service in Azure.

    • Logs can be viewed and analyzed using Azure Monitor Logs queries.

    • Logs can also be integrated with other Azure services for monitoring and alerting purposes.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to get the 5th top position data in Sql?
  • Ans. 

    Use the OFFSET and FETCH clauses in SQL to get the 5th top position data.

    • Use the ORDER BY clause to sort the data in descending order.

    • Use the OFFSET clause to skip the first 4 rows.

    • Use the FETCH clause to retrieve only the next row after skipping the first 4 rows.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. How do you implement custom middleware in .net core?
  • Ans. 

    Custom middleware in .NET Core can be implemented by creating a class that implements the IMiddleware interface and adding it to the application pipeline.

    • Create a class that implements the IMiddleware interface

    • Implement the InvokeAsync method in the middleware class to handle the request processing logic

    • Add the custom middleware to the application pipeline in the Configure method of the Startup class

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Explain Authentication & Authorization in asp.net core?
  • Ans. 

    Authentication verifies the identity of a user, while authorization determines what resources a user can access.

    • Authentication confirms the identity of a user through credentials like username and password.

    • Authorization determines the permissions and access levels of a user based on their authenticated identity.

    • In ASP.NET Core, authentication is handled through middleware like Identity, OAuth, or JWT tokens.

    • Authorizati...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Explain session management in asp.net core?
  • Ans. 

    Session management in ASP.NET Core involves storing and retrieving user-specific data during a user's visit to a website.

    • Session data is stored on the server side by default in ASP.NET Core

    • Session data can be accessed and manipulated using the HttpContext.Session property

    • Session data can be configured to use different storage providers such as in-memory, distributed cache, or SQL Server

    • Session data is typically used to...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for NTT Data Dot Net Fullstack Developer interview:
  • Dot Net
  • Azure
  • Angular
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare from begginer to expert level on the JD

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions about Spring
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Deep into spring
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About SQL and quireis
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Jun 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude test questions, let's test your knowledge about preposition

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your self
  • Ans. 

    Sir/Madam. First of all, Thank you for giving me this opportunity to introduce my self. My Name Samiksha Dhalwar. I am from yavatmal. I did my bachelor's degree in BCA from CMCS college amravati University. Currently I am pursuing my master degree in MCA from GH Raisoni amravati University .I am skilled in react JS and have good knowledge of Java.I intern in growsoft Technologies LLP company as a Full stack developmen

  • Answered by Samiksha Dhalwar
  • Q2. What is your strength and weekness
  • Ans. 

    Sir,I am hardworking self motivated and optimistic person. I always over prepare for any work that is assigned to me

  • Answered by Samiksha Dhalwar
  • Q3. Why do you need job
  • Q4. What are your career goals
  • Q5. Why do you want to join in this company
  • Ans. 

    As s fresher, I need a platform to start my career. I have gone throught your company profile and learnt that your company encourage fresh talent and provide good work culture .By joining your company.

  • Answered by Samiksha Dhalwar
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Springboot -all questions relevant to springboot were asked
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(6 Questions)

  • Q1. About the knowledge of front-end of website design
  • Q2. About the knowledge of Back-end of website
  • Q3. About the skill
  • Q4. Anything about my life
  • Q5. About the knowledge of course
  • Q6. There is about many things

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I want any opportunity that will help my skill to grow and improving fresher tagging.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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Round 2 - Coding Test 

(9 Questions)

  • Q1. What is sychronization ?
  • Ans. 

    Synchronization is the process of coordinating multiple threads to ensure safe and consistent access to shared resources.

    • Synchronization is used to prevent race conditions and ensure thread safety.

    • It can be achieved using synchronized blocks or methods.

    • Synchronization can cause performance issues if not used properly.

    • Example: Synchronizing access to a shared counter variable in a multi-threaded application.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is encapsulation ?
  • Ans. 

    Encapsulation is the process of hiding implementation details and providing access to only necessary information.

    • Encapsulation is achieved through access modifiers such as public, private, and protected.

    • It helps in achieving data abstraction and information hiding.

    • Encapsulation provides better control over the data and prevents unauthorized access.

    • Example: A class with private variables and public methods to access the...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is interface in java ?
  • Ans. 

    An interface in Java is a collection of abstract methods and constants that can be implemented by a class.

    • Interfaces are used to achieve abstraction and provide a way to implement multiple inheritance in Java.

    • All methods in an interface are abstract by default and cannot have a body.

    • A class can implement multiple interfaces but can only extend one class.

    • Interfaces can also have default and static methods with a body.

    • Ex...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What is collection framework?
  • Ans. 

    Collection framework is a set of classes and interfaces that provide a way to store and manipulate groups of objects.

    • It provides interfaces like List, Set, Queue, etc. for storing collections of objects.

    • It also provides classes like ArrayList, HashSet, PriorityQueue, etc. that implement these interfaces.

    • It allows easy manipulation of collections using methods like add, remove, contains, etc.

    • It provides algorithms like ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. What is diffrence between Arraylist and vector ?
  • Ans. 

    ArrayList is not synchronized while Vector is synchronized.

    • ArrayList is faster than Vector as it is not synchronized.

    • Vector is thread-safe while ArrayList is not.

    • Vector is a legacy class while ArrayList is not.

    • Vector can grow by a specified amount while ArrayList grows by 50% of its size.

    • Example: ArrayList list = new ArrayList<>(); Vector vector = new Vector<>();

    • Example: list.add(1); vector.add(1);

    • Example: list.get(0);

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. What are the legacy classes in java?
  • Ans. 

    Legacy classes in Java are the classes that have been replaced by newer versions but are still supported for backward compatibility.

    • Legacy classes are part of the Java API and are still supported for backward compatibility.

    • They have been replaced by newer versions but are still used in older applications.

    • Examples of legacy classes include Vector, Hashtable, and Enumeration.

    • Legacy classes are not recommended for use in ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. What is joins in SQL ?
  • Ans. 

    Joins in SQL are used to combine data from two or more tables based on a related column.

    • Joins are used to retrieve data from multiple tables in a single query.

    • There are different types of joins such as inner join, left join, right join, and full outer join.

    • Inner join returns only the matching rows from both tables, left join returns all rows from the left table and matching rows from the right table, right join returns...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. What is autoboxing and auto-unboxing ?
  • Ans. 

    Autoboxing is the automatic conversion of primitive data types to their corresponding object wrapper classes.

    • Autoboxing allows primitive data types to be used as objects.

    • Auto-unboxing is the reverse process of autoboxing.

    • Autoboxing and auto-unboxing are performed automatically by the compiler.

    • Example: int i = 10; Integer j = i; // autoboxing

    • Example: Integer j = 10; int i = j; // auto-unboxing

  • Answered by AI
  • Q9. Difference between where clause and having clause in SQL ?
  • Ans. 

    Where clause filters rows before grouping, having clause filters groups after grouping.

    • Where clause is used to filter rows based on a condition before grouping.

    • Having clause is used to filter groups based on a condition after grouping.

    • Where clause is used with SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE statements.

    • Having clause is used with SELECT statement and GROUP BY clause.

    • Where clause cannot contain aggregate functions.

    • Having clause c...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Quantitive aptitude, reasoning

Round 3 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. What is your weakness and strength?
  • Q3. Why should I hire you
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Programming related questions

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Full Stack Engineer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Aptitude Test, HR and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Cognizant Full Stack Engineer 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, Microservices, Net MVC, Spring Boot and .NET.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Full Stack Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Full Stack Engineer interview -

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