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Cognizant L2 Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 2 Feb 2024

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L2 Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Feb 2024

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Just asked some concepts of coding

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about recent ongoings in india and also they also asked an specific ongoing issue actually they just wanted to know how we understood that and how we expressing it in proper language

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be confidence in your statements

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. WebEx related questions?
  • Q2. Cucm related questions

L2 Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

HCLTech user image mohamed iburahim

posted on 2 Oct 2023

Interview experience
3
Average
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 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cluster,vmware,hardware,os
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hardware,os,vmware,ad,cluster
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via campus placement at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Coimbatore and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Normal APTITUDE SYLLABUS

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. SQL and Java questions
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is jdk, string related questions, basic java oops questions?

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

Tata Group user image Surya Prakash Tiwari

posted on 8 Jun 2022

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 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is array?? Detail in programming
  • Ans. 

    An array is a collection of similar data types stored in contiguous memory locations.

    • Arrays can be one-dimensional or multi-dimensional

    • Elements in an array can be accessed using their index

    • Arrays can be initialized during declaration or later in the code

    • Arrays can be passed as arguments to functions

    • Example: int arr[5] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

    • Example: char str[10] = "Hello";

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  • Q2. About programming and Java script

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always prepare for interview and need you have to know about jd

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I was interviewed in Mar 2022.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about the basic to advance .NET questions
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Some more detailed and scenario based questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I was selected in both the round and Hr also asked for submitting the documents, but after when I took the follow up HR was not giving the clear answer about the next discussion.
Please dont waste your time by giving an interview here.

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Dec 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Self introduction, project, programming basics. The interview questions completely asked in what you mentioned in resume, like project based, skills based that programming language s and all

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident, talk attentive and cler, be prepare your self what you mentioned in resume that's it

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Selenium,java ,api testing,maven,manual testing

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be clear with concepts what u worked on

I was interviewed in Apr 2021.

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Select columnname as 1 from employee table,Output if employee table contain 100 record?
  • Ans. 

    The question is asking to select a column named 'columnname' as '1' from the employee table and provide the output if the table contains 100 records.

    • The column 'columnname' does not exist in the employee table, so the query will result in an error.

    • The value '1' will be selected for each record in the employee table, resulting in 100 rows with the value '1'.

    • The output will be a single column with 100 rows, all containin

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Can we perform DML operation on UDF function?
  • Ans. 

    No, DML operations cannot be performed on UDF functions.

    • UDF functions are read-only and cannot modify the data in the database.

    • DML operations can only be performed on tables or views.

    • UDF functions can be used in SELECT statements to retrieve data.

    • Examples of UDF functions include string manipulation, date calculations, and mathematical operations.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Diff b/w Virtual and new keyword?
  • Ans. 

    Virtual keyword is used for method overriding while new keyword is used for hiding base class member.

    • Virtual keyword is used to allow a derived class to override a method in the base class.

    • New keyword is used to hide a base class member in the derived class.

    • Virtual keyword is used with the base class method while new keyword is used with the derived class method.

    • Virtual keyword is used for runtime polymorphism while ne

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What is method hiding?
  • Ans. 

    Method hiding is a technique in object-oriented programming where a subclass provides a method with the same name as a method in its superclass.

    • Method hiding is also known as static polymorphism or compile-time polymorphism.

    • It allows a subclass to provide its own implementation of a method without affecting the superclass's implementation.

    • The method in the subclass must have the same name and signature as the method in...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Return type of patial view and render partial view?
  • Ans. 

    Partial view returns HTML string while render partial view writes directly to response stream.

    • Partial view returns HTML string that can be used in the main view

    • Render partial view writes directly to response stream

    • Partial view can be used to render reusable components

    • Render partial view can be used to render a partial view without a layout

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Select a.*,b.* From employee a,Employee2 b? Output please...
  • Ans. 

    SQL query to select all columns from two tables.

    • Use SELECT statement to select columns from tables.

    • Use aliases to differentiate columns from different tables.

    • Separate table names with comma in FROM clause.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to prepare basic questions instead at high level ,answer question what interviewer want to listen, Don't try to give answer in hotpotch way else they will come with next ques ... Best of luck

Skills evaluated in this interview

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How many rounds are there in Cognizant L2 Engineer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Coding Test and HR.

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