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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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Q2. How do you improve the performance of Linear Regression
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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 
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 

(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.

All the very best for your job search🔎

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant

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 - 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.

Cognizant interview questions for designations

 Data Analyst Intern

 (1)

 Senior Data Scientist

 (1)

 Data Scientist

 (14)

 Big Data Analyst

 (1)

 Associate Data Scientist

 (1)

 Data Science Engineer

 (1)

 Data Analyst

 (38)

 SAS Programmer Analyst

 (1)

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

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview questions from similar companies

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Oct 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. How much travel can you stand
  • Q2. I can travel explore

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview was easy but particular about your evaluation.

I appeared for an interview in Oct 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Wipro didn't bother to ask any technical questions.They were more interested in how students express themselves in a particular situation than asking routine technical stuff!
  • Q2. Simple interaction on my liking,hobbies,best moments in my life... On what basis would I make a recruitment for a particular job if given a chance?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There were 4 sections in all. The test was conducted by AMCAT!.

The verbal ability section included 3-4 passages,synonyms and antonyms and few basic questions on English grammar.There were 25 questions in all.

The second section consisted of 25 very simple to simple mathematics questions.The questions revolved on age calculations,probability and combinations,ratios,statistics,inferences.

Third section had 30 reasoning and common sense quesions.Easiest section to score.

Last section was Express your ideas!. This was a pretty interesting section.I was given an opinion on a topic( simple and interesting ) and was told to express my views on it.And the section was limited to 200-250 words.




Tips: Keep your mind open!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 81

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer asked me about my general background, on why only electronics and telecommunications,my favorite subjects,about my project work and it's application in wipro.
Then came a question!
How can you improve the recruitment process that companies go through in different colleges?
I suggested him to make the all day long recruitment process a bit more smarter by digitizing it!. If a particular student receives a notification( similar to flight bookings) on his cell telling his batch no and time left for his turn, then the traditional tiring process can be avoided and more time can be invested in questioning than queuing outside the interviewers cabin. He liked it.
Then he asked me about any of my involvement in social activities and how young generation can be more proactive in getting practical experiences than being a book worm!
I shared my views based on teaching methodologies inculcated in schools and colleges and how we can improve them by exposing student right from the school level to practical knowledge.

He also checked my attitude on learning new stuff in future.

And finally he asked me a silly question!
What if the pothole lid was square shaped than round?
Tips: Stay calm and interact well!

Round: HR Interview
Experience: My points were -
1.how is the job
2.who is required for this job
3.abilities and skills for this job
4.Who's more flexible on this job
5.Who's has got more logical and analytical thinking
6.And Who's more good in their basic understanding of xyz domain.


Tips: Chilled out process.Just be honest and smart.

Skills: Logical And Structured Thinking
College Name: MIT college of engineering

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. All about project, c , c++

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident
Don't lie
Work on your communication skills

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Apr 2022. There were 2 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 - Group Discussion 

I have good group discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Infosys Programmer Analyst interview:
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • C
  • Java
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I'm good programmer, i have quickly learner any languages and good group discussion
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on OOPS, c# and .net framework

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Concepts in OOPS and questions in c# and .Net framework

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 Coding Test.
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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