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Updated 22 Apr 2021

Cognizant IT Infrastructure Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. They gave me live troubleshooting scenario's

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - NA

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Networking questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain Active directory
  • Ans. 

    Active Directory is a directory service developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks.

    • Centralized database for managing network resources

    • Stores information about users, computers, and other network objects

    • Allows administrators to control access and permissions

    • Facilitates single sign-on for users across network services

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  • Q2. Explain routing
  • Ans. 

    Routing is the process of selecting the best path for network traffic to reach its destination.

    • Routing involves determining the optimal path for data packets to travel from the source to the destination.

    • Routers use routing tables to make decisions on how to forward packets based on destination IP addresses.

    • Routing protocols like OSPF and BGP are used to exchange routing information between routers.

    • Static routing involv...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Dress nicely
Be confident

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions regarding previous projects
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions regarding terraform
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is OOPS and it's pillar ?
  • Ans. 

    OOPS stands for Object-Oriented Programming System. Its pillars are Inheritance, Encapsulation, Abstraction, and Polymorphism.

    • Inheritance allows a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class.

    • Encapsulation restricts access to certain components within a class, protecting the data.

    • Abstraction hides the complex implementation details and only shows the necessary features to the outside world.

    • Polymorphism a...

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How secure in o365, transport rule, security, email flow , smtp
  • Ans. 

    O365 provides secure transport rules and email flow using SMTP.

    • Office 365 (O365) ensures secure transport rules for email flow.

    • Transport rules in O365 allow administrators to control email flow and apply security measures.

    • SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used for sending and receiving emails securely.

    • O365 offers various security features like encryption, anti-malware, and anti-spam filters to protect email commu

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

Online assesment first HR person call, then the online versant test and online assesment. Then call for an interview.

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is iis, and few questins about web farms and web garden

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Question related to VMware were details on HA and DRS. Working of VMotion. Election of host in HA process. Questions in Windows Server were related to AD decommissioning, RAID details, Server provisioning.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident about what you have on your resume, as interviewer mostly would go through your resume and ask stuff on your resume
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Regarding c language

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