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Updated 24 Oct 2024

Cognizant Senior Devops Engineer Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How to call APIs in Python
  • Ans. 

    To call APIs in Python, you can use libraries like requests or urllib.

    • Use the requests library to make HTTP requests to APIs

    • Send GET, POST, PUT, DELETE requests using requests library

    • Parse JSON responses using the json module

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to write script to configure Veracode with ADO
  • Ans. 

    To configure Veracode with ADO, you can write a script that automates the process of setting up the integration.

    • Use Veracode API to authenticate and interact with Veracode services

    • Create a script that retrieves Veracode API credentials from ADO secure variables

    • Automate the process of configuring Veracode settings in ADO pipelines

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Good analytic skills needed to clear it

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Data structure and algorithms and python specific questions

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary expectations
  • Q2. How much years will be there in company

Senior Devops Engineer Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

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Q4. what are stages involved in release pipeline ? Explain the code
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 4 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 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Aws infra , VpC , EC2
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Gitlab , Terraform , Ansible related
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Interest , why cognizant .

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Work on your basics and keep your urself updated with new Technologies
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was purely technical. You need to explain it very clearly. The session was held for an hour. You can crack the interview if you perform well.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well and share your working knowledge.

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Interview questions from similar companies

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mostly Cloud related questions
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. If round 1 is clear , then be confident in round 2
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary related mainly

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions related to devops and considering my experience some team management questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and have in-depth knowledge on skill

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basics in resume and all the projects you have worked on mostly.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please be ready and prepared with your resume.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your job role.
  • Ans. 

    As a Sr Devops Engineer, my job role involves managing and improving the infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and automation processes to support development teams.

    • Managing and maintaining infrastructure using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Kubernetes

    • Designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment

    • Monitoring system performance and troubleshooting issues

    • Collaborating with development t...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. My company migrate on- premises server to aws rds what points to remeber during this migration.
Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Jenkins CI-CD Pipelines how to declare that and how to integrate which plung'ins to integrated with jenkins actually plung'ins name.
  • Ans. 

    Jenkins CI-CD pipelines are declared using Jenkinsfile and can be integrated with various plugins for additional functionality.

    • Declare Jenkins CI-CD pipelines using Jenkinsfile in the root directory of the project.

    • Integrate plugins like Git, Docker, Slack, SonarQube, etc., for specific functionalities.

    • Use declarative syntax or scripted syntax in Jenkinsfile based on requirements.

    • Configure stages, steps, post actions, a...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write terra form to create multipal EC2 instances.
  • Ans. 

    Use Terraform to create multiple EC2 instances

    • Use Terraform's EC2 instance resource to define the instances

    • Specify the number of instances using count parameter

    • Use a for_each loop to create multiple instances with unique names and configurations

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Write to playbook for spinup to Tom cat server.
  • Ans. 

    Playbook for spinning up a Tomcat server

    • Install Java on the server

    • Download and extract Tomcat

    • Configure Tomcat server.xml file

    • Start the Tomcat server

    • Verify Tomcat is running

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
No response

I appeared for an interview in Aug 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is the GitHub Actions and usages
  • Ans. 

    GitHub Actions is a CI/CD tool provided by GitHub for automating workflows and tasks in software development.

    • GitHub Actions allows you to automate tasks like building, testing, and deploying code directly from your GitHub repository.

    • You can create custom workflows using YAML files to define the actions to be taken based on events like push, pull request, or issue creation.

    • GitHub Actions supports a wide range of program...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. CI/CD pipeline and explain in detail
  • Ans. 

    CI/CD pipeline automates the process of integrating code changes and deploying them to production.

    • CI/CD stands for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment

    • Automates the process of building, testing, and deploying code changes

    • Helps in detecting and fixing integration errors early in the development cycle

    • Uses tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Travis CI, etc.

    • Ensures faster delivery of code changes to production

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Detailed questions on Terraform
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
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. Docker git kubernetes
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic ctc related and your strength

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Senior Devops Engineer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are One-on-one Round, HR and Technical.
How to prepare for Cognizant Senior Devops Engineer 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 Continuous Integration, Networking, Build, Cloud and Configuration management.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Senior Devops Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Senior Devops Engineer interview -

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