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Cognizant Pyspark Developer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 12 Dec 2024

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Pyspark Developer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 12 Dec 2024

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

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Nov 2024.

3 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the optimization techniques used in Apache Spark?
  • Q2. What is the difference between coalesce and repartition, as well as between cache and persist?
2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is the SQL query to find the second highest rank in a dataset?
  • Q2. What is the SQL code for calculating year-on-year growth percentage with year-wise grouping?
3

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What tools are used to connect Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with Apache Spark?
  • Q2. What is the process to orchestrate code in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant Pyspark Developer interview:
  • sql
  • spark
  • python
  • Cloud
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It is essential to prepare thoroughly before the interview.

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Pyspark Developer Interview Questions

Infosys user image Jeet Dhanesha

posted on 7 Sep 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why Spark is used?
  • Q2. What are RDDs and DataFrames

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Coding Test Round

1. Find duplicate
2. 2,3 highest salary

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Basic python coding, list, dict, generators etc

2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary negotiation

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for DXC Technology Pyspark Developer interview:
  • Python
  • Spark
  • RDD
  • SQL
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Code well
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Conceptual questions

Pyspark Developer Interview Questions

TCS user image Anonymous

posted on 7 May 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic SQL and Python Questions
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Nov 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Write a code for reverse an integer?
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Differences between docker image and container
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Oct 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

HR Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. 2 way 3 way matching
  • Q2. Accounts payable and accounts receivable
  • Q3. Some general questions
2

Technical Round (7 Questions)

  • Q1. T code to review po
  • Q2. If you find mismatch in quantity who to you contact
  • Q3. Vendor ledger entry
  • Q4. Where you see grn
  • Q5. First self introduction
  • Q6. How you learn from where you learn
  • Q7. You have theoretical knowledge no practical how can u do

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Listen questions properly what the interviewer are asking and say what the need other wise silent my big mistake is saying more what they asking
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Aug 2024.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduced yourself?
  • Q2. What is the use of the yield() method in threading?
  • Q3. What is hash collision and how it can be handled?
  • Q4. What is use of Method reference instead lambada expressions in java 8?
  • Q5. What is vertical and horizontal scaling in micro services?
  • Q6. Write a java program to make upper case of first letter in the each word in the below String "i am a java programmer"?
2

Magerial round Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. How the escalation matrix works in case of production defects?
  • Q2. What is your recent challenging task you have done in current project?
  • Q3. Can you have ability to handle tasks individually?
  • Q4. Is it okay to give the Deliverables under pressure?
3

HR Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself?
  • Q2. Why your leaving current company?
  • Q3. What is your current CTC and expected CTC?
  • Q4. Do you have all the relevant documents of previous companies?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please prepare thoroughly related to java8 and mutithreading and Microservices

Skills evaluated in this interview

Java Developer Interview Questions

IBM user image Anonymous

posted on 1 Dec 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference between hashmap and hash table
  • Q2. Static block related questions
  • Q3. Arraylist and linkedlist question

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Pyspark Developer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Cognizant Pyspark Developer 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 Pyspark, Python, Spark, Big Data and Life.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Pyspark Developer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Pyspark Developer interview -

  1. What is the difference between coalesce and repartition, as well as between cac...read more
  2. What is the SQL query to find the second highest rank in a datas...read more
  3. What is the SQL code for calculating year-on-year growth percentage with year-w...read more

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