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Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 3 Mar 2025

Top Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 W ...read more
  • Q2. What is stack? How do you convert a queue to stack?
  • Q3. What is the difference between structure and class?
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Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Experiences

542 interviews found

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

Aptitude on amcat platform

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions about your skills, few coding questions
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself

Programmer Analyst Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

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Q2. What is stack? How do you convert a queue to stack?
Q3. What is SQL? define ddl? Why should we hire you?
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Q4. What is the difference between structure and class?
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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Sachin Singh Rajput

posted on 31 Oct 2023

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2023. 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 

Relation, ratio , average, time and distance

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. OOPS concepts, java , SQL
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Situation based questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare your resume Resume
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

10 questions need to score 7

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Lot of questions regarding coding related oops concepts

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Quite easy basic questions were asked Its easy to crack

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Only 3 codes were given I solved only 2 code and I took output

Round 4 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. They asked about my core subject questions and also about extra curricular activities
  • Q2. Tell me about urself Strength and weakness Skills Core subject questions

Get interview-ready with Top Cognizant Interview Questions

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Sql, Java, DBMS related
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioral and analytical skills checking

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be Confident
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Jdbc, Sequence,Error Handling
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

The coding test was from tough. 60 MCQs and 2 coding questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical interview session was good. Interviewer asked about my collage project and related question. Asked java programming question
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write some loop statements in any programming lang you know and explain it line by line.
  • Ans. 

    Examples of loop statements in programming languages with line by line explanation.

    • For loop in Python: for i in range(5): print(i) - iterates over numbers 0 to 4 and prints each number.

    • While loop in Java: int i = 0; while(i < 5) { System.out.println(i); i++; } - prints numbers 0 to 4 using a while loop.

    • Do-while loop in C++: int i = 0; do { cout << i; i++; } while(i < 5); - prints numbers 0 to 4 using a do-while loop.

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked whatver we haven in resume
  • Q2. Data structures

Cognizant Interview FAQs

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

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

  1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegat...read more
  2. Two defined table and fetching data is done one table has 20 records of 20 stud...read more
  3. Q1. Write a program to check whether the given String is pallindrome or not usi...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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Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Process

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