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Updated 7 May 2024

Cognizant Senior QA Analyst Interview Experiences

3 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Difference between smoke and regression testing
  • Ans. 

    Smoke testing is a quick and shallow test to check basic functionality, while regression testing is a comprehensive test to ensure existing functionality is not affected by changes.

    • Smoke testing is performed to verify if the critical functionalities of an application are working as expected after a build or release.

    • Regression testing is performed to ensure that changes or fixes in the software do not introduce new bugs...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java basic questions SQL query (Join, second larger salary) Dynamic xPath writting

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I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Dec 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. First round interview
  • Ans. Technical round with basic coding knowledge
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Second round interview

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basic coding questions and coding can be there. This is purely depending on the interviewer and project which they are taking the interview.

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

I applied via Naukri.com

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Java collections basics
  • Q2. How to handle webtable in selenium
  • Ans. 

    Webtables in Selenium can be handled using methods like findElements, getText, getAttribute, etc.

    • Use findElements method to locate the table and its rows

    • Iterate through rows and columns using loops

    • Use getText method to retrieve text from cells

    • Use getAttribute method to retrieve specific attributes like class, id, etc.

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Types of waits in selenium
  • Ans. 

    Types of waits in Selenium include implicit, explicit, and fluent waits.

    • Implicit wait: Waits for a certain amount of time before throwing a NoSuchElementException.

    • Explicit wait: Waits for a certain condition to occur before proceeding further in the code.

    • Fluent wait: Waits for a condition to be true with a defined polling frequency.

    • Example: driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Fibonacci program in java
  • Ans. 

    Fibonacci program in Java generates the Fibonacci sequence up to a specified number.

    • Use a loop to generate the Fibonacci sequence

    • Start with 0 and 1 as the first two numbers in the sequence

    • Each subsequent number is the sum of the two preceding numbers

    • Example: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mainframe testing
  • Q2. Agile process and ceremonies
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It was easy though you can crack it

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Where do you see yourself in next 5 years

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always work hard and be unique

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jan 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference between rank and dense_rank
  • Ans. 

    Rank assigns unique numbers to each row based on order. Dense_rank assigns consecutive numbers to each row based on order.

    • Rank assigns a unique number to each row based on the order of the column specified in the ORDER BY clause.

    • Dense_rank assigns consecutive numbers to each row based on the order of the column specified in the ORDER BY clause.

    • Rank leaves gaps in the numbering sequence if there are ties in the column v...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Difference between union and union all
  • Ans. 

    Union combines and removes duplicates, Union All combines all rows including duplicates.

    • Union is used to combine the results of two or more SELECT statements into a single result set.

    • Union removes duplicates from the result set.

    • Union All combines all rows from the SELECT statements, including duplicates.

    • Union is slower than Union All as it has to remove duplicates.

    • Example: SELECT column1 FROM table1 UNION SELECT column...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your salary expectations?
  • Q2. Tell me about yourself.
  • Q3. Preferred Job location

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare all top ETL testing questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I was interviewed before Jun 2022.

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. Questions related to selenium and framework
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion happened with Sr Manager

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Regarding QA questions

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