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Cognizant Subject Matter Specialist Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 25 Aug 2024

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Accounting questions
  • Q2. Work experience
  • Q3. Notice period 3months
  • Q4. Night shits ok or nor
  • Q5. Date of joining

Subject Matter Specialist Interview Questions

user image Sharath Raj

posted on 6 Apr 2024

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. If i hold relevant experience
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions based on my previous experience and scenario based questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared and be confident.
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
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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2

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Self introduction accounting concepts
  • Q2. Discussion about salary
  • Q3. Package discussiobln
  • Q4. Career growth and discussion about promotion
  • Q5. Final step to submit certificates

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Waste of time

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your experience
  • Q2. Why do you left your previous organisation
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Case Study Round

Situation based behavioural questions majorly asked

2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. How you will handle a conflict
  • Q2. What are the changes you want to bring you in your process
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary Expectation
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 6-8 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jun 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
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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2

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. They are going to ask entire P2P process related questions
  • Q2. You should aware 2 way and 3 way match concepts
  • Q3. They will check subject and computer knowledge
3

HR Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. They are going to ask you about yourself and previous work experience
  • Q2. They will try to negotiate salary
  • Q3. If you short list they will mail you like you got selected

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Before going to interview you should aware about compny and knowledge about position which you have applied.
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Work experience

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Process challenges were discussed
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Only work related questions?
  • Q2. Kindly go through with the regulations

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Only job role related questions . The interview is very easy.
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Mar 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Be confident on the technicalities that you have showcased in the resume. Be clear & crisp on your communication (Listen the questions or scenario's carefully a...read more
  • Q2. Interview questions - It involves only the work experience and the technologies that you have worked on
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Deep and Advanced on your core technologies.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be explicit while answering any questions.
Be confident on what you are aware off
Be transparent and open ( If you know say yes, else say "didn't come across such scenario's"
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jan 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary expectations are asked for further rounds
3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. All questions related to kyc/aml
  • Q2. Answer correctly and also confidently

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be confident and answer questions elaborately, take time to answer and maintain eye contact

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Subject Matter Specialist interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Resume Shortlist.
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