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Cognizant Senior Associate 1 Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 8 Feb 2024

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Senior Associate 1 Interview Questions & Answers

user image praveen kumar

posted on 8 Feb 2024

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

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Covered core Java along with java 8 coding and lot of questions in Spring boot & Microservices.
  • Q2. Count the character of string. Using streams
  • Ans. 

    This question asks to count the characters of a string using streams.

    • Use the Java Stream API to convert the string into a stream of characters

    • Use the 'count' method of the Stream class to count the number of characters

    • Return the count as the result

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discuss about the cctc and ectc.
  • Ans. 

    CCTC and ECTC are acronyms used in the context of salary discussions.

    • CCTC stands for Cost to Company and refers to the total cost incurred by a company for an employee.

    • ECTC stands for Expected Cost to Company and refers to the expected cost a company is willing to incur for a potential employee.

    • CCTC includes the employee's salary, allowances, bonuses, benefits, and any other expenses borne by the company.

    • ECTC is usuall...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Feb 2022. There were 3 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Sitecore’s Basic concepts
  • Q2. Dev related ques. Like how Api is called. Related to authentication and authorization. Oops concepts.
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary expectations.
  • Q2. What was the best thing about previous organization and what made you switch from there.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant Senior Associate 1 interview:
  • Sitecore
  • OOPS
  • MVC Architecture
  • sitecore publish
  • Sitecore template
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - No much advice. Just brush up your oops concepts. .net ques and understand how sitecore workflow works

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. 1. Abinitio components used by you till now
  • Ans. 

    I have used various Abinitio components such as Reformat, Join, Partition, Dedup, Sort, Normalize, etc.

    • Reformat

    • Join

    • Partition

    • Dedup

    • Sort

    • Normalize

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 2. How do we compare 2 flat files in GDE
  • Ans. 

    Comparing 2 flat files in GDE involves using the Join component and specifying the keys to match.

    • Use the Join component in GDE to compare 2 flat files

    • Specify the keys to match in the Join component

    • Choose the type of join (inner, outer, left, right) based on the comparison needed

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. 3. What is the most challenging work you have done till now and explain.
Round 2 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is SCD? Explain
  • Q2. Scenario for SCD

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Accenture Senior Associate 1 interview:
  • Ab Initio
  • SQL
  • Shell Scripting

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

It’s an normal aptitude test basically it’s an English test

Round 2 - Coding Test 

It’s bit tough and need a skills of your preferred language

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 3 layer of money laundering ?
  • Q2. Who is CEO of Genpact?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Explore about job description and role, about company as well

Senior Associate 1 Interview Questions & Answers

Capgemini user image durga roja Nagreddy

posted on 25 Oct 2024

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is accrual,deffrels, name of accounts
  • Ans. 

    Accrual refers to the recognition of revenues and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when cash is exchanged.

    • Accrual accounting matches revenues with expenses in the same accounting period

    • Accruals are recorded as adjusting journal entries at the end of each accounting period

    • Common accruals include accrued salaries, accrued interest, and accrued taxes

    • Accruals help provide a more accurate representation of a c

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is balance sheet,baddebts
  • Ans. 

    Balance sheet is a financial statement that shows a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time. Bad debts are debts that are unlikely to be collected.

    • Balance sheet provides a snapshot of a company's financial position.

    • It includes assets (such as cash, inventory, and property), liabilities (such as loans and accounts payable), and shareholders' equity.

    • Bad debts are debts that are...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is accrual
  • Ans. 

    Accrual refers to the recognition of revenues and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when cash is exchanged.

    • Accrual accounting matches revenues with expenses in the same accounting period, even if cash has not been exchanged.

    • Accruals are recorded as adjusting journal entries at the end of an accounting period.

    • Examples of accruals include accrued interest, accrued salaries, and accrued taxes.

    • Accrual accounti...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Bed debts entries

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please respond confidently with out hesitation.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Sep 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

In this you have to practice to crack this round. In this round you see coding test, Quants like other company did.

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Depends on which role you apply for this.
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic Introduction, Company details, Work related question, Basic HR round questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview process is same like other company did. but yes not too hard to crack.(depends for which position you apply for this) If you prepared yourself then you will crack this out.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself
  • Q2. Tell me about memorable day
  • Q3. Tell me about College life
Round 2 - Group Discussion 

What are you weakness and strength

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Do you have any experience?
  • Q2. Why do you want to join?
  • Q3. What will you be in future?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hi everyone. I hope everyone is doing well. It was a good experience with Wipro. They were really good with everyone. They were asking questions sequence. Don’t fear what they might ask but sure you need to well prepare and confident.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary expectation
  • Q2. Work experience
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about P2P cycle
  • Ans. 

    P2P cycle refers to the Procure-to-Pay cycle in accounting, which involves the process of obtaining goods or services from a vendor and paying for them.

    • P2P cycle starts with the requisition of goods or services needed by a company.

    • Next, the company issues a purchase order to the vendor specifying the details of the order.

    • Upon receiving the goods or services, the company matches the received items with the purchase orde...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. P2P journal entries

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How much years of experience in previous organisation
  • Q2. Qualification and experience
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What have u learnt in last organization? How it helps u to upskill yourself
  • Q2. 3 weakness and strength
  • Q3. Why u want to join

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always be known why you want to join and leave the current organization

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Senior Associate 1 interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, HR and Resume Shortlist.
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  1. Count the character of string. Using stre...read more
  2. Discuss about the cctc and ec...read more
  3. Dev related ques. Like how Api is called. Related to authentication and authori...read more

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