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Updated 22 Feb 2024

Cognizant Junior Programmer Analyst Interview Experiences

1 interview found

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

I applied via campus placement at Visveswaraiah Technological University (VTU) and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Some easy aptitude questions.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me how much you know of cloud. Difference between Java and JS.
  • Ans. 

    Cloud computing involves delivering computing services over the internet. Java is a programming language, while JavaScript is a scripting language.

    • Cloud computing involves delivering services like servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence over the internet.

    • Java is a statically typed, object-oriented programming language commonly used for building enterprise applications.

    • JavaScript i...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself. What you did from yesterday and let me know each part.

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Walk-in

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the types and number of constraints in your specific context?
  • Ans. 

    There are various types of constraints in DOT NET development, including primary key, foreign key, unique, check, and default constraints.

    • Primary key constraints ensure each record in a table is unique.

    • Foreign key constraints enforce referential integrity between tables.

    • Unique constraints ensure that all values in a column are distinct.

    • Check constraints validate the data before it is inserted or updated.

    • Default constra...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is the difference between an independent class and an abstract class?
  • Ans. 

    Independent class can be instantiated while abstract class cannot be instantiated directly.

    • Independent class can be directly instantiated using the 'new' keyword.

    • Abstract class cannot be instantiated directly, it can only be used as a base class for other classes.

    • Independent class does not require any derived class to implement its members.

    • Abstract class can have abstract methods that must be implemented by derived cla

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical coding with the technical team
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What are your reasons for changing your job?
  • Ans. 

    Seeking new challenges, growth opportunities, and a better work-life balance.

    • Looking for new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow.

    • Seeking a better work-life balance.

    • Interested in working with new technologies or in a different industry.

    • Wanting to advance my career and take on more responsibilities.

    • Company restructuring or changes in management.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It's important to prepare thoroughly in order to succeed in the interview.
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Interviewer was rude
  • Q2. Oops c# basics sql azure
Round 2 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is work of team lead? how do you handle workload of yours and the junior assigned to you? how do u handle conflicts?
  • Ans. 

    Team lead is responsible for managing the workload of the team, including assigning tasks, providing guidance, and resolving conflicts.

    • Assign tasks to team members based on their skills and workload capacity

    • Provide guidance and support to junior team members to help them complete their tasks successfully

    • Monitor progress of tasks and ensure deadlines are met

    • Resolve conflicts within the team by listening to all parties i...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Other deep technical questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't join this company they do not treat the candidates with respect at all. For every wrong answer or the answer that was given was not satisfied, the manager smirked and mocked the candidate.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. How to connect to PHP to SQL ?
  • Ans. 

    To connect PHP to SQL, use functions like mysqli_connect or PDO to establish a connection and execute queries.

    • Use mysqli_connect function to establish a connection with MySQL database

    • Use PDO class to connect to various types of databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.

    • Execute SQL queries using functions like mysqli_query or PDO::query

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Full form of PHP?
  • Ans. 

    Hypertext Preprocessor

    • Stands for Hypertext Preprocessor

    • Server-side scripting language

    • Used for web development

    • Open source and free to use

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Haepar text pre prosesar
  • Q4. Php and SQL opsn sorss language

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Covered all areas of dot net developments
  • Q2. C#,oops,entity framework,.net mvc,sql server
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Arithmetic, reasoning, English

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Fresher

I applied via Monster and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

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 

100 questions were there related to html, css, web api and javascript

Round 3 - Group Discussion 

Group discussion was on Functional programming verses OOPs

Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why you want to join this company.
  • Q2. Where you see yourself after 5 years.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Capgemini Programmer Analyst interview:
  • Javascript
  • React.Js
  • HTML
  • CSS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Overall experience was good.... Basic should be clear. Confidence is the thing which is required mostly. Also should be humble as they also check for the attitude. Problem solving skill is also checked.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jan 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

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 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Basics of object oriented programming
  • Q2. Roles and domains worked
  • Q3. Types of cursors and joins in sql
  • Ans. 

    Types of cursors and joins in SQL

    • Cursors: Forward-only, Static, Dynamic, Keyset-driven

    • Joins: Inner, Left, Right, Full, Cross

    • Cursors are used to iterate through a result set

    • Joins are used to combine data from multiple tables based on a common column

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Security mechanism apart from authorisation and Authentication
  • Ans. 

    Data encryption, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems.

    • Data encryption

    • Firewalls

    • Intrusion detection and prevention systems

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Basics of model view controller
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Implement of gang of 4 patterns and program execution

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Gang of 4 patterns is must for experience person and also project work flow along with basic .net rarely specialised area like azure or mvc or kind of

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Performance Tunings Joins
  • Q2. SSIS Bufferr and memories related queries Parallel processing in SSIS Power BI reporting life cycle DAX questions on power BI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Role of CPU AND Cores in Performance Improvement Sharding concepts TABLE PARTITION DATA WAREHOUSE
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Role based questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I gave Interview for BI Developer
They focused mainly on the Performance Tunings concept. Role of CPU and Cores in performance Tuning. Basic SQL and SSIS related questions.
Data warehouse concepts and in detail of star and snowflake schema

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Dec 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What do you mean by OOPS?
  • Ans. 

    OOPS stands for Object-Oriented Programming System.

    • OOPS is a programming paradigm that focuses on objects and their interactions.

    • It involves concepts like inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and abstraction.

    • OOPS allows for modular and reusable code, making it easier to maintain and scale.

    • Examples of OOPS languages include Java, C++, Python, and Ruby.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write a program on Random number
  • Ans. 

    A program to generate random numbers.

    • Use the random module in Python to generate random numbers.

    • Specify the range of numbers to be generated using the randint() function.

    • Seed the random number generator for reproducibility using the seed() function.

    • Use the random() function to generate random floating-point numbers.

    • Use the choice() function to randomly select an item from a list.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is join in SQL?
  • Ans. 

    Join in SQL is used to combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column between them.

    • Join is used to retrieve data from multiple tables in a single query

    • Types of join include inner join, left join, right join, and full outer join

    • Join is performed using the JOIN keyword followed by the table name and ON keyword to specify the related column

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself.
  • Q2. Why you choose this organization rather than other

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for TCS Software Programmer interview:
  • introduction
  • projects
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - keep in resume what you know .Go with well prepare skills that you gonna have and dont waste time focusing on other topics (out of resume)

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Cognizant interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Aptitude Test, Technical and HR.

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