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Cognizant Workday Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 21 May 2024

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Workday Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 21 May 2024

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Can you walk me through your previous project experience?
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your self
  • Ans. Thank You For The Opportunity, I Am Dhanalakshmi, Having 3.6 Years Of Experience In Developing And Implementation Of ERP Technology Using Workday, And i Have Been Working As a Cognizant And I Have Been Involved In Implementation Project And Maintenance And Supporting Project.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. Which Type Of Reports You Have Developed ?
  • Ans. 

    I have developed various types of reports including financial reports, operational reports, and HR reports.

    • Financial reports: Developed reports to track and analyze financial data such as balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.

    • Operational reports: Created reports to monitor and evaluate operational performance, including production reports, inventory reports, and sales reports.

    • HR reports: Designed ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hard Work Never Fails, Try Hard And Do Smart

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Interview questions from similar companies

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technical questions on eloqua, email marketing

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be comfident while answering

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before May 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Online questions were based on scenarios to write SQL queries. Also got few questions on Python as well for which I had only limited knowledge.

Round 2 - Technical 

(8 Questions)

  • Q1. I'm listing some of the questions here which the interviewers (2 panel resources) asked me regarding Informatica ETL, Oracle DB and I might have missed some of them. What types of indexes are used on Orac...
  • Q2. What happens if Treat source row property as "Update" at session level but at target object "Delete" is checked?
  • Ans. 

    The source row will be treated as an update, but the target object will be deleted.

    • The session level property 'Treat source row as Update' will be applied to the source row.

    • The target object will be deleted regardless of the update status of the source row.

    • This can result in data loss if the source row contains important information.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What are the different types of dimension tables?
  • Ans. 

    Dimension tables are used in data warehousing to provide descriptive information about the data in fact tables.

    • Slowly changing dimensions

    • Junk dimensions

    • Degenerate dimensions

    • Role-playing dimensions

    • Bridge dimensions

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What schema type was used in your previous project? And explain why it was used?
  • Ans. 

    We used a relational schema in our previous project as it was suitable for the data structure and allowed for efficient querying.

    • Relational schema was used as it allowed for efficient querying of data

    • The data structure was suitable for a relational schema

    • We were able to easily join tables to retrieve necessary data

    • Examples include using SQL to query a database with multiple tables

    • Normalization was used to reduce data r

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Difference between Joiner and Lookup transformations?
  • Ans. 

    Joiner combines data from multiple sources based on a common key, while Lookup retrieves data from a reference table based on a matching key.

    • Joiner is used to combine data from two or more sources based on a common key column.

    • Lookup is used to retrieve data from a reference table based on a matching key column.

    • Joiner can perform inner, outer, left, and right joins, while Lookup can only perform an inner join.

    • Joiner can...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Scenario: I have records in a flat file ending with ; character at the end of each them. How to load these records into DB based on this character? What property will be used in Informatica?
  • Q7. How version control happened in your previous project?
  • Ans. 

    We used Git for version control in our previous project.

    • We created a Git repository for the project.

    • All team members were added as collaborators to the repository.

    • We followed the Git flow branching model.

    • We used pull requests for code review and merging.

    • We used tags to mark important releases.

    • We regularly pushed our changes to the remote repository.

    • We used Git commands like commit, push, pull, merge, and rebase.

    • We used...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Which SCD type you worked on before and explain on that?
  • Ans. 

    I have worked on SCD Type 2 before.

    • SCD Type 2 is used to track historical changes in data.

    • It creates a new record for each change and maintains a history of changes.

    • It includes start and end dates for each record.

    • Example: Tracking changes in employee salary over time.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This round was taken by the project manager on a phone call. He asked me few basic fundamental questions related to my skills and the things which I worked on in my previous project. He also told me about ...
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Just F2F discussion with HR finalising on the compensation structure, learning opportunities and the organisational benefits as an employee.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - If you're an experienced person, be confident about the things which you handled in previous project and be precise on to the point. Don't elaborate too much as the interviewers might build up questions based on that. Be strong in your technical areas of expertise. Expect scenario based questions related to your skills.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Performa in 3par
  • Ans. 

    Performa is a performance monitoring tool for HPE 3PAR storage arrays.

    • Performa provides real-time monitoring of storage performance metrics.

    • It helps identify performance bottlenecks and optimize storage performance.

    • Performa can generate reports and alerts based on user-defined thresholds.

    • It can also be used for capacity planning and trend analysis.

    • Examples of performance metrics monitored by Performa include IOPS, late

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. San zoning

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brushup basics.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Related to Sever

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - There were 2 Tech round and the interviewer asked me from the JD not from Resume.
We have to be strong in technical.
All the Best for your career

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. They asked about the roles and responsibilities.
  • Q2. Questions related to Adobe campaign, workflow, campaigns , activities

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was great interview, they asked me to introduce myself and based on that they asked me questions.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Hands on report creation as per requirement
  • Q2. Latest Power BI updates
  • Ans. 

    Power BI has added new features for data visualization, AI insights, and data modeling.

    • New AI-powered visuals like decomposition tree and key influencers

    • New data modeling capabilities like composite models and aggregations

    • Improved performance and accessibility features

    • Enhanced integration with Azure services

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Dec 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

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 tips
Round 2 - Group Discussion 

The planning if the project and how to take over the project

Round 3 - Aptitude Test 

We should maintain the aptitude to with our project and with with

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I would like to wrok in the this company and to entire world

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Solid principles
  • Q2. Extension methods
  • Q3. Static class and static constructor
  • Ans. 

    Static class and static constructor in C#

    • Static class can only contain static members and cannot be instantiated

    • Static constructor is called only once when the class is first accessed

    • Static constructor is used to initialize static members of the class

    • Example: Math class in C# is a static class

    • Example: static constructor can be used to initialize a static variable with a value

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Polymorphism
  • Q5. Dependency injection
  • Q6. Angular life cycle hook
  • Q7. Performance improvement in Angular app
  • Ans. 

    Performance improvement in Angular app

    • Use lazy loading to load modules on demand

    • Optimize change detection strategy

    • Use trackBy function in ngFor loops

    • Minimize DOM manipulation

    • Use AOT compilation

    • Implement server-side rendering

    • Use web workers for heavy computations

    • Use caching for frequently accessed data

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Workday Consultant interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant Workday Consultant 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 Application Engineering, Firmware Testing, Graph, Master Scheduling and Site Sharing.

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