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Cognizant Trainee Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 15 Jan 2025

Top Cognizant Trainee Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Swapping number logic, what are C compilation stages, what is linker
  • Q2. Tell us about data base management system
  • Q3. 1.what is array? 2.find the index number of 3 from a list=[1,2,3,4] 3.what is list?
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Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 15 Jan 2025

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Standard easy-level aptitude test.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Beginner-level Python problems.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is AWS Lambda?
  • Ans. 

    AWS Lambda is a serverless computing service provided by Amazon Web Services.

    • Allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers

    • Scales automatically based on the incoming traffic

    • Supports multiple programming languages like Node.js, Python, Java, etc.

    • Charged based on the number of requests and the compute time

    • Commonly used for event-driven applications, data processing, and automation tasks

  • Answered by AI

Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Aug 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Online aptitude test

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic programming concepts
  • Q2. Coding questions on related programming language

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Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 6 Jun 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

English test, logical and aptitude

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

About your study and habits

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't be tense

Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 5 Oct 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

All Important concepts in Aptitude questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Duration was 30 to 45 minutes

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Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Likith Kumar s

posted on 18 Jun 2024

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

Was easy aptitude and the questions was easy.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Dificulty questions and more ds concepts.

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Normal behavioral questions?

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Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Naushad Hashmi

posted on 19 Dec 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Nov 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Do not use an unprofessional email address such as cool_boy@email.com. It shows a lack of professionalism by the candidate.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Basic maths reasoning and pseudo codes

Round 3 - Group Discussion 

Gives you topic and u have to speak

Round 4 - HR 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Asks random questions
  • Q2. How u are different from others
  • Q3. Cloud computing
  • Q4. Machinelearning
  • Q5. Artificial intelligence

Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 3 Mar 2023

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Online exam was there were we had to reach exam centre .
Question paper is divided into 3 parts
Aptitude
English
Programming

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a programme for prime number in java
  • Ans. 

    Program to find prime numbers in Java

    • Take input from user

    • Loop through numbers from 2 to input-1

    • Check if input is divisible by any number in the loop

    • If not, it is a prime number

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Tell us about data base management system
  • Ans. 

    A database management system (DBMS) is a software that manages data stored in a database.

    • DBMS allows users to create, read, update, and delete data in a database.

    • It provides security and access control to prevent unauthorized access to data.

    • Examples of DBMS include MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Tell us about some SQL queries
  • Ans. 

    SQL queries are used to retrieve, manipulate and manage data stored in relational databases.

    • SELECT statement is used to retrieve data from a table

    • UPDATE statement is used to modify data in a table

    • DELETE statement is used to delete data from a table

    • JOIN statement is used to combine data from multiple tables

    • GROUP BY statement is used to group data based on a specific column

    • ORDER BY statement is used to sort data based on

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well in programming and be confident , communication skills are very important

Skills evaluated in this interview

Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Feb 2023

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

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Some basic of mathematics logics are required and the general knowledge questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is oops explain briefly?
  • Ans. 

    OOPs stands for Object-Oriented Programming. It is a programming paradigm that uses objects to design applications.

    • OOPs focuses on creating reusable code and organizing it into objects.

    • It uses concepts like inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism to achieve this.

    • Inheritance allows objects to inherit properties and methods from other objects.

    • Encapsulation hides the implementation details of an object from the outsi...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write a column name in database?
  • Ans. 

    A column name in a database is a label given to a specific field of data within a table.

    • Column names should be descriptive and concise

    • Avoid using spaces or special characters in column names

    • Use camelCase or snake_case for multi-word column names

    • Examples: firstName, dateOfBirth, order_total

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good luck, have a better body language infront of the interviewers, better do experience ur fearness infront of mirror before interview

Skills evaluated in this interview

Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 5 Apr 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Verbal aptitude, mathematical aptitude

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Easy basic programming , on python/c/c++/java

Round 4 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic questions based on python , oops
  • Q2. Hr questions based on situations and behavioural

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easy interview, anyone can ace it. Just have a basic idea on concepts

Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 15 Jan 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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.
View all Resume tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Game aptitude question, different types of game in limited time to check skills

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 1)Tell me about Yourself?
  • Q2. How you see yourself in next 5 year

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident, honest and loyal, Its all about how you answer the question and handle the situation
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Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Trainee interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Aptitude Test, Technical and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Cognizant Trainee interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Cognizant. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Cognizant expect are JIRA, Quality Center, Requirement Analysis and Salesforce.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Trainee interview?

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