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Cognizant Project Associate Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 10 Mar 2025

Top Cognizant Project Associate Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. What is an API? Why APIs are so popular these days? What is API Management? Why we need an API Management tool such as Apigee Edge? What is REST? What is the difference b ...read more
  • Q2. 1.Four pillars of OOPS concepts with real time example and have you used in your project or not? 2.Abstract class and interfaces with realtime example 3.Finalise and disp ...read more
  • Q3. Write a program to display most frequent element in an array using Streams and Lambda expression. Difference between ArrayList and HashSet. What is the use of default met ...read more
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Cognizant Project Associate Interview Experiences

124 interviews found

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

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Releated to My Technology Dot Net, db question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Answer need to be given a/c to exp. If you are fresher then you can tell what is oops its pillar and implementation but when you are exp then this answer not for you. you need to elaborate and show need to tell scenario where you can implement. Answer must be related to the context only

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

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. About your self and experience.
  • Q2. Programming concepts and By showing real time program asked the outputs
  • Q3. Database concepts and some queries

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and if you don't know accept that. If you not answered any questions ask them for answer. So that you will know

Project Associate Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

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Q5. What concentration of H2SO4 and HCl is used in your laboratory?
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. 1.Four pillars of OOPS concepts with real time example and have you used in your project or not? 2.Abstract class and interfaces with realtime example 3.Finalise and dispose method 4.Garbage collection ...
  • Ans. 

    Interview questions for Project Associate position covering OOPS concepts, MVC, ADO.NET, and SQL.

    • Four pillars of OOPS: Abstraction, Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism

    • Abstract class: Cannot be instantiated, can have abstract and non-abstract methods

    • Interfaces: Contract that defines a set of methods, can be implemented by classes

    • Finalize method: Called by garbage collector before object is destroyed

    • Dispose method: ...

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for basic concepts of OOPS , C#, Dot NET , MVC and MS SQL.

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Questions on automation tools
  • Q2. Sallenium webdriver, TestNG framework,automation testing

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - learn before going for interview

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Asked in Selenium and Java. Went through 2 rounds of interviews

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The interview is bit tricky but you can crack it if you are little patience.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident with your answers

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

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good experience and i had three rounds of interview..
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Indeed and was interviewed before Jun 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

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Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Project Associate interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, HR and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant Project Associate 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 Test Strategy, Project Management, Test Cases, Test Planning and Project Planning.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Project Associate interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Project Associate interview -

  1. What is an API? Why APIs are so popular these days? What is API Management? Wh...read more
  2. 1.Four pillars of OOPS concepts with real time example and have you used in you...read more
  3. Write a program to display most frequent element in an array using Streams and ...read more
How long is the Cognizant Project Associate interview process?

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

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