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Updated 11 Mar 2025

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5
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Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Top Cognizant Trainee Programmer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Networking Questions like What is IP ADDRESS WHAT IS MAC ADDRESS WHAT IS BSOD WHAT IS ACTIVE DIRECTORY WHAT IS NODE WHAT IS LAN WAN MAN WHAT IS SQL WHAT ARE SUBGROUPS OF SQL WHAT IS DML ,DDL TCL DCL? WHAT IS DBMS WHAT IS DATABASE WHAT IS LI... read more
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Q1. Networking Questions like What is IP ADDRESS WHAT IS MAC ADDRESS WHAT IS BSOD WHAT IS ACTIVE DIRECTORY WHAT IS NODE WHAT IS LAN WAN MAN WHAT IS SQL WHAT ARE SUBGROUPS OF SQL WHAT IS DML ,DDL TCL DCL? WHAT IS DBMS WHAT IS DATABASE WHAT IS LI... read more
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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident. Try again and again and again. Don't lie on resume if you are going for tier 1 organisation.

Senior Systems Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 2. Explain COMP, COMP-2, COMP-3 and Display. What are the difference between Continue and Next Sentence? Why does SOC7 occur?
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Cognizant Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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4
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Difficulty level
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Process Duration
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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well about Your technology and Strength.
Be confident
Be yourself
Try to pull interviewers attention towards you prepared well.
Most of the time interviewers never asked from his pocket, they grab the points from what you spoke.
Be to the point
(Little brief and little descriptives.)
If you are not so confident, try to be near about with your confidence.
Don't think him or try to make him/her fool.

Top Cognizant Senior Associate Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Application of Row_Number, Rank, and Dense Rank? Different stages of defects/Bugs? What are Schema objects? Different types of loads in ETL Testing? What is Junk Dimension? SQL to remove duplicates from a table? Nth highest salary finding f... read more
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Q1. On an average, how many invoices can you process in a day?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

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

Skills evaluated in this interview

Top Cognizant Junior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. If there are 10 ball 2 red, 5 blue ,3 orange and one ball is picked randomly what is probability that the ball picked is red?
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Junior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. If there are 10 ball 2 red, 5 blue ,3 orange and one ball is picked randomly what is probability that the ball picked is red?
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Project Manager Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 29 Nov 2024

Interview experience
4
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Difficulty level
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Process Duration
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Result
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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Questions they are asking based on your experience how many projects you have handled and which all technology you have worked.

Project Manager Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is success & what is failure to you? How do you handle failure? - not much interviewer asks such questions, but I believe these are very important questions, if you want to succeed.
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Top Cognizant Programmer Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 What is call by ref and call by value 8 What is namespace 9  What ... read more
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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 What is call by ref and call by value 8 What is namespace 9  What ... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Netapp Storage Administrator Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1.What is zoning and different types of zoning.2. Different types of HDD used in Storage area network 3.what is de-duplication and degraded mode. 4.how to create lun for NFS/CIFS client in netapp 5.what is ontap and on command 6.which stora... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
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Process Duration
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Result
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Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Experience, Past Projects

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What ServiceNow modules do you know?
  • Ans. 

    I am familiar with various ServiceNow modules including IT Service Management, IT Operations Management, HR Service Delivery, and Customer Service Management.

    • IT Service Management (ITSM)

    • IT Operations Management (ITOM)

    • HR Service Delivery

    • Customer Service Management (CSM)

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  • Q2. Name ServicENow APIs
  • Ans. 

    ServiceNow APIs are used for integrating external systems with ServiceNow platform.

    • REST API: Allows developers to interact with ServiceNow platform using standard HTTP methods.

    • SOAP API: Provides a way to access and manipulate data in ServiceNow through SOAP protocol.

    • Mid Server API: Enables communication between ServiceNow instance and external systems behind a firewall.

    • Scripted REST API: Allows developers to create cus...

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Q1. How can AI play it's role and leverage it's capabilities in ServiceNow
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepaid with all the topics in your Resume

Top Cognizant Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Nth Fibonacci Number Problem Statement Calculate the Nth term in the Fibonacci sequence, where the sequence is defined as follows: F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2), with initial conditions F(1) = F(2) = 1. Input: The input consists of a single intege... read more
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Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement Given an array of integers, determine the maximum possible sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum is... read more
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GenC Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 30 Nov 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
No response

I appeared for an interview in Oct 2024.

Top Cognizant GenC Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 31/2 miles long. The train is 1/4 mile long. How long does it take for the train to pass through the tunnel from the moment the front enters to the moment the rear emerges?
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GenC Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 31/2 miles long. The train is 1/4 mile long. How long does it take for the train to pass through the tunnel from the moment the front enters to the moment the rear emerges?
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Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, HR and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant 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 Java, Project Management, SQL, Project Planning and Javascript.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant interview -

  1. 1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegat...read more
  2. What is meant by quality and brief explanation of it with an examp...read more
  3. What array list and linkedlist difference,how hashmap internally working,what i...read more
How long is the Cognizant interview process?

The duration of Cognizant interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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