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Cognizant Technology Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 19 Sep 2021

Cognizant Technology Analyst Interview Experiences

3 interviews found

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Node Js - almost everything. about os,fs,http,https,process,REPL,jwt,passport.js, REST API, security implementation
  • Q2. REACT - life cycle components, Hooks, business scenario in hooks, Axios, flex-box
  • Q3. 70%of asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Answered whatever I Know and straight away told whatever I don't know politly.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions were asked on Beanfactory,ApplicationContext, JDBC & Hibernate,Dependency Injection

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I was interviewed in Jul 2020.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. HANA performance tuning.
  • Q2. HANA sql

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always explain in your way, don't get confused yourself. Practice/earn hands on experience before attending the interview.

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is boxing and unboxing
  • Q2. What is garbage collection
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is mvc and razor
  • Q2. What is software development
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. In SQL, Union will have sorted records or not
  • Q2. Queries related highest salary emplyee
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed in Jul 2024.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Js questions , es6 , typescript, react , redux

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Relevant experience , work experience,

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Assignment 

It was a multiple questions test, 90 minutes test 43 questions technical question based on the position i have applied. It is intermediate level of test. I have cleared the test.

Round 3 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. After completed my Assessment test , I got a call from HR for technical round through WebEx. Yesterday interview done in that call panel asked about my role of my current company and asked about my project...
  • Q2. Put vs patch in restful
  • Ans. 

    In RESTful APIs, 'put' is used to update an entire resource, while 'patch' is used to update only specific fields of a resource.

    • PUT is used to update the entire resource, while PATCH is used to update specific fields

    • PUT requires the client to send the entire updated resource, while PATCH only requires the client to send the specific fields to be updated

    • PUT is idempotent, meaning multiple identical requests will have th...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Different between restful and webclient
  • Ans. 

    Restful is an architectural style for designing networked applications, while WebClient is a class in Java used for making HTTP requests.

    • RESTful is an architectural style that uses HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE to perform operations on resources.

    • WebClient is a class in Java that provides a higher-level API for making HTTP requests and handling responses.

    • RESTful APIs are stateless and use standard HTTP status...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Serialization and deserialization in java
  • Ans. 

    Serialization is the process of converting an object into a byte stream, while deserialization is the process of converting a byte stream back into an object in Java.

    • Serialization is achieved by implementing the Serializable interface in Java.

    • Deserialization is done by reading the byte stream and reconstructing the object using the readObject() method.

    • Example: ObjectOutputStream for serialization and ObjectInputStream

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. What are functional interface in java8
  • Ans. 

    Functional interfaces in Java 8 are interfaces with a single abstract method, used for lambda expressions and method references.

    • Functional interfaces have only one abstract method, but can have multiple default or static methods.

    • They can be used with lambda expressions and method references.

    • Examples include java.lang.Runnable, java.util.Comparator, and java.util.function.Predicate.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic technical questions

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Exepected salary?
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Case Study 

Case study on HRMS platform

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Personality ques
  • Q2. Culture fit ques
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Substring, collection, sql from creating table to all queries will ask to write
  • Q2. They ask to one notepad write prime example and example it.
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write substring, sql quire and prime no explain it
  • Ans. 

    Substring is a part of a string, SQL query is used to retrieve data from a database, and prime numbers are numbers divisible only by 1 and themselves.

    • Substring: a portion of a string, specified by its starting and ending indices

    • SQL query: a statement used to retrieve data from a database, using SELECT, FROM, WHERE, and other clauses

    • Prime numbers: numbers that are only divisible by 1 and themselves, such as 2, 3, 5, 7,

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on c# coding part and sql quires. Collections

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