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Cognizant Senior Security Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 13 Oct 2021

Cognizant Senior Security Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Oct 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. How can we make an Symantec agent that is offline for too long time to communicate back to SEPM?
  • Ans. 

    To make an offline Symantec agent communicate back to SEPM, use a heartbeat mechanism and configure a communication schedule.

    • Implement a heartbeat mechanism to regularly check the agent's status

    • Configure the agent to communicate with SEPM at specific intervals

    • Use a communication schedule to define when the agent should attempt to connect

    • Ensure the agent has access to necessary network resources and ports

    • Consider using ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be clear about what you know and what you have done till date. Explain clearly about what you can offer to the company and what are your expectations both in terms of job role and salary

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Why should we hire you?
  • Q2. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • Q3. What do you know about our company?
  • Q4. Are u willing to relocate?
  • Q5. What are your educational qualifications?
  • Q6. What are your technical skills?
  • Q7. How can you define you are a different person from others?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be confident and maintain good communication skills and eye contact with the interviewer.

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic oops concepts Attribute routing Sal query

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Only two round second interview is manager round

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Online technical MCQ exam you have to clear..
  • Q2. After online technical MCQ telephonic round approx 30min.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basic knowledge will be asked at technical round.
Be confident while giving answer.


Based on prior experience they will ask questions.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Ques related to spring, rest web services

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Average difficulty, smooth process

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. A-Z in MySQL, programming languages(only concepts)

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basic concept question.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basics should be clear. Some scenario based questions based on business rules and FDMEE data load

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me your roles and responsibility currently handling in your organization.
  • Q2. Why do you looking for change?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1.Prepare and attend the interview
2.Be always in calm and relaxed mode even you not prepared anything for interview.
3.Answer slowly and clearly.
4.If you are not able to answer for some questions, tell that you are not sure about that concept and try to give an answer.
5.Have a smile in face. Don't get panic.
6.Take a long breath b4 attending the interview.

Contact me on XXXXX if you have more questions and need help.

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jul 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Cocubes Test Task 1 is of Aptitude questions needs to be completed in Specific time interval and Task 2 is Essay Writing to be finished in Given interval

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Are you ready to Relocate
  • Ans. Yes I am relocate and flexible with any location
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 3 - Coding Test 

L1 Exam should be cleared L 1 exam is of multiple choice questions and completely related to Java J2Ee Spring

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for co cubes Aptitude and All the best

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Hosting in javascript? Difference between let and var?
  • Ans. 

    let vs var in JavaScript and hosting

    • let has block scope while var has function scope

    • let cannot be redeclared in the same scope while var can

    • Hosting is the process of moving a website or application to a server

    • JavaScript can be hosted on various platforms such as AWS, Heroku, and Firebase

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Strong on basics of what ever technology you work.

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