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Cognizant Software Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 8 Jan 2023

Cognizant Software Analyst Interview Experiences

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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 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Hr is one in which they will check ur mental strength in the interview.
  • Q2. What is ur weakness and strength.
  • Q3. Tell abt ur previous company.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have good communication skills and be confident in interview.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. As I was from electronics branch, my interviewer asked me some questions on electronics such as what is a diode,what is the principle behind iron box and etc..
  • Q2. After that they asked me some questions on ages,ratios and work
  • Q3. Tell me about yourself
  • Q4. They asked me some questions on basics in c,c++ and java

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - My suggestion is who are going to attend the interview just revise the basics in the languages that you have learnt and revise basics that you have chosen in your core subject
The interviewer will be with friendly nature.
Don't get afraid and don't feel nervous at the time of interview and be guinine and honest
Only answer if you know the correct answer.

Software Analyst Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

asked in Cognizant
Q1. DFS Traversal Problem Statement Given an undirected and disconnec ... read more
asked in Cognizant
Q2. Merge Intervals Problem Statement You are provided with 'N' inter ... read more
Q3. 1. difference between functions and stored procedures 2. What are ... read more
Q4. Word Search Problem Statement Given a two-dimensional grid of siz ... read more
asked in PTC
Q5. There are 4 people on one side of the river, let them be A, B, C ... read more

I appeared for an interview in Nov 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

It consist three coding questions based on dsa like tree, graph and vectors maximum connection question i remember of graph.

  • Q1. 

    Merge Intervals Problem Statement

    You are provided with 'N' intervals, each containing two integers denoting the start time and end time of the interval.

    Your task is to merge all overlapping intervals a...

  • Ans. 

    Merge overlapping intervals and return sorted list of merged intervals by start time.

    • Iterate through intervals and merge overlapping ones

    • Sort merged intervals by start time

    • Return the sorted list of merged intervals

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Bottom View of Binary Tree

    Given a binary tree, determine and return its bottom view when viewed from left to right. Assume that each child of a node is positioned at a 45-degree angle from its parent.

    N...

  • Ans. 

    Given a binary tree, determine and return its bottom view when viewed from left to right.

    • Traverse the binary tree level by level and keep track of the horizontal distance and depth of each node

    • For each horizontal distance, keep track of the node with the maximum depth

    • Return the nodes in the bottom view from left to right

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. 

    DFS Traversal Problem Statement

    Given an undirected and disconnected graph G(V, E), where V is the number of vertices and E is the number of edges, the connections between vertices are provided in the 'GR...

  • Ans. 

    DFS traversal problem on an undirected and disconnected graph to find connected components.

    • Use Depth First Search (DFS) algorithm to traverse the graph and find connected components.

    • Maintain a visited array to keep track of visited vertices.

    • For each unvisited vertex, perform DFS to explore all connected vertices and form a connected component.

    • Repeat the process until all vertices are visited and print the connected com...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

Round duration - 55 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was a interview both hr plus technical
Questions were asked on:
Explain your PROJECTS? 
State merits demerits of PROJECT? 
Can it be scaled?
Normal oops concepts and mongodb.

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Jaypee University Of Engineering And Technology. I applied for the job as Software Analyst in HyderabadEligibility criteria6.0 cgpa and no backlogsCognizant interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Dsa, django, python, Oops, database, mongodb.Time required to prepare for the interview - 4 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Be confident 
Tip 2 : Adhere to what you prepared
Tip 3 : Should know your projects thoroughly.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : should be easy to understand. 
Tip 2 : only facts and no exaggeration in skills.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview before May 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Questions on basics of computer science
  • Q2. About project done in final year

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Vocabulary,analytics & quantative aptitude
Tips: Focus to solve pblms in short cuts
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 50

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basics on computer science was asked
Tips: Be ready with all basics of Ur domain

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Project details
Tips: Just clear with Ur project ideas and technology used

College Name: Kongu Engineering College

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Interview questions from similar companies

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Hr

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You should be true to what you are putting before the interviewer . Try to put your ideas Add something you did well in your career like in projects /research which you know very well and versed in concepts about it for open interview so that interviewer can get bandwidth where he can ask questions from. This is simply a key .

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Simple program
  • Q2. I wrote a simple program in C

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be bold and confident

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. How do you get the second to last element from a SQL table?
  • Ans. 

    To get the second to last element from a SQL table, use the OFFSET-FETCH clause.

    • Use the ORDER BY clause to sort the table in descending order.

    • Use the OFFSET-FETCH clause to skip the last row and fetch the second to last row.

    • Example: SELECT column_name FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name DESC OFFSET 1 ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY;

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice by building a simple full stack web application.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Oct 2018. There was 0 interview round.

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: This interview was a technical one but was majorly a stress test. It lasted for about 1 hour 10 minutes. The interviewer wanted to test both my knowledge and communication skills. Most of the questions asked to me were related to my B.Tech curriculum i.e. computer science related topics. He stressed a lot on the basics related to my project topic. Luckily I was able to answer most of the questions correctly. I tried to answer each question with examples and also used props on the table (like pens, paperweights, pen stands etc.) to explain my theories. It was my first offcampus interview, and I think I did pretty well for a fresher.
You need to stay calm and should apply presence of mind. Please go through the job description thoroughly word-by-word and recheck your resume to ensure that you are a best-fit for the position.
Skills: Communication, Body Language, Problem Solving, Leadership, Presentation Skills
Duration: <1 week

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What technical challenges have you faced in your work till now and how did you overcome it?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be truthful and give detailed explanation of the issues and how it was resolved. Explain the severity of the problem and what blockage it had caused in your daily work. How did you chose a solution and how fast was it implemented.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basic coding questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be confident , easy to crack

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Software Analyst interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Resume Shortlist and HR.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Software Analyst interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Software Analyst interview -

  1. As I was from electronics branch, my interviewer asked me some questions on ele...read more
  2. They asked me some questions on basics in c,c++ and j...read more
  3. Hr is one in which they will check ur mental strength in the intervi...read more

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