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Cognizant System Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Updated 17 Dec 2020

Cognizant System Software Engineer Interview Experiences for Experienced

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

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. About C language , java
  • Q2. What is pointer ? What is array ? One dimenisonal array , two dimensional array ?
  • Ans. 

    A pointer is a variable that stores the memory address of another variable. An array is a collection of similar data types.

    • Pointers are used to manipulate memory and create dynamic data structures.

    • Arrays can be one-dimensional or multi-dimensional, and are accessed using index values.

    • One-dimensional arrays are like a list of items, while two-dimensional arrays are like a table with rows and columns.

    • Example: int *ptr; i...

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  • Q3. What is object ? What is class ?
  • Ans. 

    An object is an instance of a class. A class is a blueprint for creating objects.

    • An object is a data structure that contains data and methods.

    • A class is a template or blueprint for creating objects.

    • Objects are created from classes using the 'new' keyword.

    • Classes define the properties and behaviors of objects.

    • Inheritance allows classes to inherit properties and behaviors from other classes.

    • Polymorphism allows objects to

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  • Q4. Three aptitude questions regarding simple interest , discounts , directions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and be genuine . These two are the most important thing you have to show up to your recuriter. You have to be skilled enough. You should be able to communicate with recuriter in english . Always tend to be in learning mode . Be calm and confident that makes you crack the interview .

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in May 2020. There were 6 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. 1.In frst round they gave two programs like palindrome,leap year which is quite easy only, aptitude consists of 60qns .
  • Q2. 2.In second round which is technical round, again they gave one pgm which is lightly complicated and also questions will be asked based on our resume and branch.
  • Q3. 3.HR round based on your personal skill.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to be perfect in basic coding and also aptitude,it is not much tough and also be bold while answering in technical round,try to do more projects......

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

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What did you asked?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - This interview wanted to test about person knowledge and communication skills. Most of the questions asked to they subject in interview. Person details.
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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Occurs, precompile , file status codes , sql queries and scenarios on sql.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Explain about your framework, Oops Concepts, Collections, Questions on Selenium and Appium basics

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good to have knowledge on basics of Selenium and Appium, Easy to clear interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. PlSQL technical questions and functional related of banking domain

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Nov 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What do you know about IBM?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - What are the most immediate projects that need to be addressed?
Can you show me examples of projects I’d be working on?
What are the biggest challenges that someone in this position would face?

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Interfaces
  • Q2. Oop concepts

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I interviewed for software engineer profile. Interview process were easy 1st apti round 2nd pseudo code round 3rd technical and HR. It was quite easy.

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Aug 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. They ask only basics of programming languages which are mentioned in resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be good in communication skills and be aware of general questions.

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

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Asked about my btech project and about some it questions like java
  • Q2. Asked about my introduction my strengths

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please be confident on what you say

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