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Cognizant Program Analyst Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Updated 20 Sep 2024

Cognizant Program Analyst Interview Experiences for Experienced

6 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Two codes will be given oncampus recruitment.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Aptitude problem solving questions
  • Q2. Basic coding was given
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Feb 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 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions related to mentioned technology in cv
  • Q2. Project details and senario based questions
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. More depth into the technical knowledge
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Formalities questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared about your project and technology mentioned in cv

Program Analyst Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies for undefined

Q1. Tell what you know abt react
asked in Cognizant
Q2. Array and linkedlist and arraylist difference
Q3. What is redux nd redux saga
Q4. Then do you have any qns to us.
Q5. How useref used?

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Self intro , About routing protocols ,Hadoop concepts , osi layers ,. Aptitude questions basic , swap the number program , palindrome program , output prediction program for loop
  • Q2. For loop while loop difference
  • Ans. 

    For loop is used for iterating over a sequence while while loop is used for executing a block of code repeatedly.

    • For loop is used when the number of iterations is known beforehand

    • While loop is used when the number of iterations is not known beforehand

    • For loop is faster than while loop for iterating over a sequence

    • While loop is useful for creating an infinite loop until a certain condition is met

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Java oops concepts
  • Q4. Array and linkedlist and arraylist difference
  • Ans. 

    Array, LinkedList, and ArrayList are data structures used to store and manipulate collections of elements.

    • Arrays are fixed in size and can only store elements of the same data type.

    • LinkedLists are dynamic in size and can store elements of different data types.

    • ArrayLists are dynamic in size and can only store elements of the same data type.

    • Arrays have faster access time for elements, while LinkedLists have faster insert...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Basic hr questions how will you perpare , where would you see yourself after 5 year
  • Q6. Strength and weakness

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. My profile was ingenium.I was asked about the architecture,basic insurance terms,migration activity since i worked on that activity,batch abend.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident,answers that u are completely unaware u can say i dont know otherwise try and give some background related to it.

Cognizant interview questions for designations

 Program Analyst Trainee

 (19)

 IT Program Analyst

 (3)

 Program Manager

 (3)

 Program Director

 (1)

 Program Associate

 (1)

 Program Analysis Associate

 (2)

 Programmer Analyst

 (542)

 Test Analyst

 (18)

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Oct 2019. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. 1. Questions related to networking & infrastructure.
  • Q2. 2. Questions related to your engineering stream may not be related to programming.
  • Q3. 3. Questions that you will probably never understand.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Only advice is be true to yourself and your education. Do not let them think that you will do whatever they ask for. If you have studied your subject honestly then believe in your knowledge. Do not try to cheat the interviewer. Sincerity is what matters in an interview.

I was interviewed before Jul 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I gave amcat exam.From there I got a call from Cognizant.
Tips: Amcat exam is very good for a fresher as it will provide you a lot of job opportunities.

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Since my b.tech background was electrical so few questions were asked from topics related to machine.They asked me to write a C program. In the HR interview they just gelled well with me and specially they looked how confident I was.
Tips: little bit of knowledge about programming will do and be confident through out your interview.do not panic

Interview questions from similar companies

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. How you manage your team
  • Q2. My projects

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was simple interview

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. If u r not from CSE they will ask one basic program and other questions from your resume .
  • Q2. Write program to reverse a string
  • Ans. 

    Program to reverse a string

    • Declare a string variable

    • Loop through the string from end to start

    • Append each character to a new string variable

    • Return the new string variable

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be strong in what you put inside your resume

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Why should I hire you?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - While facing the interview keep calm and listen to the question carefully.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Oops, dbms, data structures
  • Q2. Basically things will be asked from your resume. If you have listed python then expect questions from there. Apart from this common Oops, dbms and data structure questions can be expected.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Thoroughly prepare questions from your resume.

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Program Analyst interview for experienced candidates?
Cognizant interview process for experienced candidates usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process for experienced candidates are One-on-one Round, Resume Shortlist and Coding Test.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Program Analyst interview for experienced candidates?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Program Analyst interview for experienced candidates -

  1. Array and linkedlist and arraylist differen...read more
  2. For loop while loop differen...read more
  3. What are the basics concepts of Oops and explain the...read more

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