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Cognizant Software Tester Interview Questions, Process, and Tips
Top Cognizant Software Tester Interview Questions and Answers
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- Q3. Jasmin and selenium how to use and integrate to application
Cognizant Software Tester Interview Experiences
15 interviews found
Anonymous
(1 Question)
- Q1. What is smoke testing
- Ans.
Smoke testing is a preliminary testing to check if the basic functionalities of a software application are working fine.
Performed at the beginning of testing phase
Focuses on basic functionality
Not detailed testing
Helps in identifying major issues early on
Usually automated for efficiency
Skills evaluated in this interview
I applied via Campus Placement
Verbal, reasoning, aptitude, grammer and typing test
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Introduction about myself was the first thing they asked
- Q2. Basic Technical questions related to major subjects
I applied via Job Portal
Standard aptitude test
Logical reasoning, vocab
(1 Question)
- Q1. Why do you want to join cognizant
What people are saying about Cognizant
(1 Question)
- Q1. Manual questions mostly
(1 Question)
- Q1. Conspects of Manual testing
- Ans.
Manual testing involves executing test cases without the use of automation tools.
Manual testing requires human intervention to execute test cases.
Testers follow test cases step by step to identify defects in the software.
It is time-consuming but allows for more thorough testing compared to automated testing.
Examples include exploratory testing, ad-hoc testing, and regression testing.
Skills evaluated in this interview
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Selected
I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Oct 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.
(3 Questions)
- Q1. Question related to manual Testing
- Q2. Project related questions
- Q3. Tools related questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Interviewer will ask you from your resume only so be truthful and clear.
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(2 Questions)
- Q1. What is synchronization?
- Ans.
Synchronization is the process of coordinating multiple threads to ensure they access shared resources in a controlled manner.
Synchronization prevents race conditions and deadlocks.
It can be achieved using locks, semaphores, and monitors.
Examples include synchronized methods in Java and mutexes in C++.
Synchronization can impact performance and should be used judiciously.
- Q2. What is threading and locking
- Ans.
Threading is a way of executing multiple tasks simultaneously while locking is a mechanism to prevent data inconsistency.
Threading allows multiple threads to run concurrently in a single process
Locking is used to prevent multiple threads from accessing shared resources simultaneously
Locking can be implemented using mutex, semaphore, or monitor
Deadlocks can occur if locking is not implemented properly
Interview Preparation Tips
Practise coding and unit testing very hard
Skills evaluated in this interview
Selected
I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.
(1 Question)
- Q1. Call with Recruiter-general background questions.
(1 Question)
- Q1. 3 Interviewers asked a mixture of competency and technical questions non software testing.
Interview Preparation Tips
- ISTQB
Software Testing And Automation
I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.
Basic quant and english test conducted
very basic questions to solve and get good score
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Basic java questions and Software testing questions like sdlc,stlc etc
- Q2. Basic software testingg question like smoke,sanity and regression
Interview Preparation Tips
And read basic java and go through sdlc,stlc some selenium basics
(1 Question)
- Q1. Jasmin and selenium how to use and integrate to application
- Ans.
Jasmin is a testing framework and Selenium is a tool for automating web browsers. They can be integrated to test web applications.
Jasmin is a behavior-driven development (BDD) testing framework that uses natural language to describe test scenarios.
Selenium is a tool for automating web browsers and can be used to simulate user interactions with a web application.
Jasmin and Selenium can be integrated to test web applicat...
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