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Updated 14 Dec 2024

Top Cognizant Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. What are custom hooks in React, and what are their use cases? Additionally, can you provide an example of a custom hook that performs an API call and utilizes the retriev ...read more
  • Q2. If I have assigned different colors to an ID and a class and applied both to the same element, which color will be applied based on CSS specificity precedence?
  • Q3. What will be the output of the following JavaScript code fragment: `const a; function test() { console.log(a); }; test();`?
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2022.

1 Interview Round

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Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Mostly on async programming and all technologies in depth questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - brush up your skills and programs and all technical questions and scenario based questions

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2021.

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  • Q1. 1. What is architecture of JVM? How does memory management do in JVM? what are various segment of Heap memory like Eden, survival and old memory? View Answers (1)
  • Q2. 2. What are aggregation and composition relationship between entities? View Answers (1)
  • Q3. 3. How HashMap internally works? View Answers (1)
  • Q4. Some basic questions related to Mutithreding. Add Answer
  • Q5. Opps concept like polymorphism, static member. Add Answer
  • Q6. Java design pattern singleton, immutable, and build pattern. Add Answer
  • Q7. Hibernate questions-session, session factory. What are the major component of Hibernate like config file, session factory etc. Add Answer
  • Q8. What is spring and spring boot ? difference between them. What is single important spring boot dependency that make any spring project a spring boot app? View Answers (1)
  • Q9. Some database related SQL like fund duplicate records and delete them. Add Answer

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basic concepts with the help of example.

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basic questions.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Most of interview are client side.
Remember to always clarify job role.
I end up on support from development. Looking to get out.

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2021.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Definitions to scenarios based on the experience level.

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basic to scenario level interview questions are being asked in the interview.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be confident and explain your projects clearly

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  • Q1. Angular concepts, performance related questions Add Answer

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview was technical
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Duration
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I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Dec 2021.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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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One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on tech related to my experience
  • Q2. Data models in the project I worked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be frank and differentiate what you know vs hands on experience

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2021.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. They asked on java and spring boot related questions then hr round after that got the offer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It is good company to work and it is depend on project, if you get good project then u may learn new technology

Cognizant Interview FAQs

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

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

  1. What are custom hooks in React, and what are their use cases? Additionally, can...read more
  2. If I have assigned different colors to an ID and a class and applied both to th...read more
  3. What will be the output of the following JavaScript code fragment: `const a; fu...read more
How long is the Cognizant Senior Software Engineer interview process?

The duration of Cognizant Senior Software Engineer interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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