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Cognizant Senior Data Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 12 Sep 2024

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Senior Data Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 12 Sep 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hacker rank test mostly on sql

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Focused on Statistical analysis and sql. More sql questions on window functions
  • Q2. Sql joins and aggregation functions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Debugging,data analysis, coding,

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Data analysis, debugging,coding

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare well

Senior Data Analyst Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

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Q4. How do you handle overfitting and underfitting in Decision Trees
Q5. What metrics do you use to evaluate classification models
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Be ready to face interview by sharing your screen to write SQL queries for scenario based questions like joins,rank and dense rank, constraints,nested queries and questions like 3rd highest salary. For p...
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manager round is like all scenario based questions like schedule refresh and project related questions like data connectivity sources, methodologies you are using, sprints,scrum meetings, BRD and FRD's.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident while saying your known answers and other questions which you don't know will be carry forward to next interview and learn unknown concepts.

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I applied via Recruitment Consulltant

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Base SAS questions related to PDV, Data pre-processing, merging, character function and SAS macros.
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. SAS and data science python questions. Project done in the previous company. What was the problem and how did you solve that give the details.
  • Q2. I have worked on the Life sciences domain so questions were related to how to add the value to the business. How to initiate POC to client.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare at least one technology in Python/R/SAS and the project that you have done you should have a good understanding of the problem what you have solved and what value you have generated. Your curiosity to work in new company as the new projects.

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 (1)

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 (21)

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What are the challenges you have faced as a data analyst in your day to day life
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How did you create data models
  • Ans. 

    I create data models by identifying relevant data sources, defining relationships, and using tools like SQL and Python.

    • Identify relevant data sources

    • Define relationships between different data points

    • Utilize tools like SQL and Python for data modeling

    • Validate and refine the data model based on feedback and analysis

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just focus on functional domain knowledge

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

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Resume screening Self introduction Roles and responsibilities
Round 2 - Assignment 

Given task Statics standard deviations Attrition Average of given table values and Given graph economi graph and poverty graph base on that need to gave answers 30 qustion and 60 min time duration

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Versant test should be need to attend Hirepro will have interview prosess in YouTube will check and prepare mid level hard
  • Q2. We can goo for online prosess how it is
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manger Level round they will ask KPI NPS AHT standard deviations Service Level handling Root cause Analysis Weighted average Same product how will calculate Totall Swer % how will get Many of like bpi <20 ...
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion and update structure of our role and responsibilities
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about Spark architecture
  • Ans. 

    Spark architecture is a distributed computing framework that consists of a cluster manager and worker nodes.

    • Spark architecture includes a driver program, cluster manager, and worker nodes.

    • The driver program is responsible for dividing the Spark application into tasks and scheduling them on the worker nodes.

    • Worker nodes execute the tasks and return the results to the driver program.

    • Spark can run on various cluster manag...

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via campus placement at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

The first round had 3 parts which had technical(code snippets,dbms etc), aptitude, english

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Basic questions on arrays and strings

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This is yet to happen
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Various sql queries and questions were asked
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. 

    Experienced data analyst with a background in statistics and programming.

    • Over 5 years of experience in analyzing and interpreting complex data sets

    • Proficient in statistical analysis tools such as R and Python

    • Strong background in data visualization techniques

    • Excellent communication skills for presenting findings to stakeholders

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About ETL performance and mapping
  • Q2. About SQL advanced Query

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do have basic pratical exprience. And practise scenario based questions.

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Senior Data Analyst interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant Senior Data 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 Data Analysis, Excel, Interpersonal Skills, Predictive Analytics and Risk Assessment.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Senior Data Analyst interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Senior Data Analyst interview -

  1. How did you create data mod...read more
  2. Be ready to face interview by sharing your screen to write SQL queries for scen...read more
  3. I have worked on the Life sciences domain so questions were related to how to a...read more

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