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Cognizant Senior Java Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 19 Dec 2024

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Senior Java Developer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 19 Dec 2024

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

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

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Given an array {1, 2, 1, 4, 5, 4, 8, 7}, how can you use Streams to remove duplicates while retaining only the even numbers?
  • Q2. What is the use of Static and final when you will use Static methods
  • Q3. What is the difference between @restController and @controller Annotation
  • Q4. What is microservices why we use it

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant Senior Java Developer interview:
  • Java SpringBoot
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Need to have strong knowledge on basics Java Spring boot and Microservices

Senior Java Developer Interview Questions

user image Etesh Kumar Bandari

posted on 14 Dec 2024

Interview experience
1
 Bad
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Jdbc connection properties
  • Q2. Putmapping, postmapping

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - they just want who knows configuration stuff, doesn't matter if you can code or not

Senior Java Developer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 31 Aug 2024

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

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

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Architecture based questions on microservices
  • Q2. Architecture based questions on springboot boot, circuit breaker

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Bw prepared with architecture

Senior Java Developer Interview Questions

user image Isha Madan

posted on 17 Sep 2022

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Java 8 features Oops concept
2

Coding Test Round

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be relevant to answer
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Senior Java Developer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 6 Jan 2024

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

I was interviewed before Jan 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Hashmap internal working
  • Q2. Design patterns

Senior Java Developer interview

user image Drunken Engineer

posted on 16 Nov 2021

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Apr 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (8 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your self
  • Q2. How garbage collection works in java
  • Q3. Difference between String s = "xyz" and String s = new String("xyz")
  • Q4. Difference between JVM JRE JDK
  • Q5. What is public static void main method
  • Q6. Difference between final finally finalize
  • Q7. Internal working of HashSet
  • Q8. Hierarchy of ArrayList
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jun 2024.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

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2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Spribg boot annotations
3

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Java 8 stream api
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What is flatMap in java 8?

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked program to return element in a balance array element. Solid design principle Springboot questions
  • Q2. Asked grouping by stream program
  • Q3. Spring questions
  • Q4. How to remove autoconfiguration in springboot

Skills evaluated in this interview

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Senior Java Developer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Cognizant Senior Java 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 Microservices, Spring Boot, Java, Spring and Core Java.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Senior Java Developer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Senior Java Developer interview -

  1. Architecture based questions on springboot boot, circuit brea...read more
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