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Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Freshers

Updated 2 Dec 2024

Top Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

  • Q1. What is stack? How do you convert a queue to stack?
  • Q2. What is the difference between structure and class?
  • Q3. Two defined table and fetching data is done one table has 20 records of 20 students another table has 10 student information if i want to pick the common record how to pi ...read more
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111 Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Experiences for Freshers

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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 6 Nov 2022

I applied via campus placement at SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai and was interviewed in May 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

It consists of reasoning, quantitative and qualitative assessment with Normal difficulty

2

Communication round Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Listening and speaking rounds with many stages. First listen and fill, listen and write, listen and speak and grammar correction
3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. C program for even and odd
  • Q2. Puzzles and HR questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It's simple and don't stress too much, the questions are not of high calibre, if you are from CSE department they ask deeper coding concepts from oops

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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 26 Aug 2024

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

I applied via campus placement at Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore and was interviewed before Aug 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

It was very easy to clear

2

Coding Test Round

It was a basic coding question

3

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic questions like willing to relocate
  • Q2. Ready to work in night shifts

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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 30 Aug 2023

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

I applied via campus placement at UEM Kolkata and was interviewed before Aug 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Verbal, reasoning and quant questions easy to medium

2

Communication round Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic english question
3

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. OOPs,Dbms,Dsa simple aptitude questions and few HR questions

Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 15 Mar 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Mar 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

The aptitude test was quite good, I prepared and was able to solve questions with enough time provided

2

Coding Test Round

The coding test was about writing only main logic's for the use case. It was in python and the materials provided was quite helpful

3

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. They asked myself, my college final year project
  • Q2. Asked about the technical things I added in my resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The overall experience was quite good and it was my first interview experience as a fresher and I got selected as programmer Analyst.

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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 15 Oct 2022

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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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2

Aptitude Test Round

The topics are releted to time and distance , work, resoning.

3

Coding Test Round

Coding are releted to array and string.

4

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. In the technical round , my interviewer asked the question releted to my project.
  • Q2. Some question are reletd to CSS, HTML, GCP.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - relax and focus on the basic and previous quetion reletd to previos year interview question.
do not feel hegitate while answering the question because that interviewer want to check your confidence that you are eligible for that company or not, so give the answer properly.

Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Apr 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 -
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Apr 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Two simple questions were asked.

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Simple Interest question were asked.
  • Q2. Given an array, write a code to check which number is prime number.

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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 16 Feb 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via campus placement at REVA Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore and was interviewed before Feb 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Aptitude test was conducted online.

2

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is difference between while and Do while
  • Q2. OOPs concepts explanation with examples
  • Q3. Tell me about your technical projects

Skills evaluated in this interview

Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 26 Mar 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via campus placement at Thakur College of Engineering and Technology KandivaliMumbai, Mumbai and was interviewed before Mar 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Basic maths, and verbal knowledge questions

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked about Java OOPS concept., Database. Final year project details. Basic HR questions.
  • Q2. SQL DDL,DML questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Clear your Basics.

Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 20 Mar 2024

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

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Mar 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is Captcha?
  • Q2. Security principles
  • Q3. Oops concepts and polymorphism

Skills evaluated in this interview

Programmer Analyst Interview Questions

user image Bhargav Arisetty

posted on 22 Sep 2022

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Write a c program reversing your name
2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. It's just a normal discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hello Guys, please prepare well for technical interview

Skills evaluated in this interview

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Programmer Analyst interview for freshers?
Cognizant interview process for freshers usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process for freshers are Aptitude Test, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant Programmer Analyst interview for freshers?
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 Manual Testing, Smoke Testing, Test Cases, Test Data and Test Planning.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Programmer Analyst interview for freshers?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Programmer Analyst interview for freshers -

  1. Two defined table and fetching data is done one table has 20 records of 20 stud...read more
  2. If i want to select uncommon records which does not match how to pi...read more
  3. Technical: SQL queries of join b/w three tables Sorting in descending order c ...read more
How long is the Cognizant Programmer Analyst interview process?

The duration of Cognizant Programmer Analyst interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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