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Programmer Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 23 Feb 2025

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

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It's easy just be yourself

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. About core Java and oops concept
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. What are your strengths and weakness
  • Ans. 

    Strengths: Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, quick learner. Weakness: Sometimes too focused on perfection.

    • Strength: Strong problem-solving skills - able to analyze complex problems and come up with effective solutions

    • Strength: Attention to detail - ensures accuracy in coding and testing

    • Strength: Quick learner - able to quickly adapt to new technologies and languages

    • Weakness: Sometimes too focused on p...

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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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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
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It's Gec next Aptitude with English and reasoning

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about you self and some basic hr questions
  • Q2. 5 Aptitude and reasoning questions
  • Q3. 3 question of coding coding like swapping 2 number without using 3rd veriable reverse the string prime number odd number
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Document verification and friendly discussion
  • Q2. Nothing much basic things

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go for lastest interview questions it will help

Top Cognizant Programmer Analyst Trainee Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Check for syntax error/logical error and correct the error to get the desired output. void maxReplace(int size,int *inputList) { int i,sum=0; for(i=0;i
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Q1. Check for syntax error/logical error and correct the error to get the desired output. void maxReplace(int size,int *inputList) { int i,sum=0; for(i=0;i
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Cognizant Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It was conducted in Superset.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce you self
  • Q2. College project details
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Just the documents verification
  • Q2. Are you comfortable with the possibility of relocating?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be honest; it's simpler if you have graduated from college.

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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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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GenC Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 4 Jan 2025

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

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

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Normal aptitude questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

DSA SQL and html,css,js questions were there

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Give intro and normal questions
  • Q2. Oops based questions, other interviewers asked DSA write on editor, SQL queries and resume based questions, heavily based on java

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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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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Interview experience
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Difficulty level
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Process Duration
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Result
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your projects, my role etc
  • Q2. Sql related, dsa
  • Q3. Questions about c#(programming language selected for)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and make sure your basics are solid

Top Cognizant Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What are custom hooks in React, and what are their use cases? Additionally, can you provide an example of a custom hook that performs an API call and utilizes the retrieved data?
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Q1. Find Nth PrimeYou are given a number 'N'. Your task is to find Nth prime number. A prime number is a number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. Prime numbers have only two factors – 1 and the number itself. ... read more
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Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
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Result
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Round 1 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your framework, and how is it used in software development?
  • Q2. Java code scenario based
  • Q3. Utilities used

Top Cognizant Automation Test Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 5. Git repository . How to push and pull code.
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the roles and responsibilities associated with this position?
  • Q2. How was the migration plan implemented?

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Q1. How will you check if a pod in ReplicaSet went down or failed and what was the reason for the same?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a program for string reverse?
  • Ans. 

    Program to reverse an array of strings

    • Iterate through each string in the array and reverse it using built-in functions or manual reversal logic

    • Store the reversed strings in a new array or overwrite the original array

    • Return the reversed array of strings

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  • Q2. What is meant by CRM?
  • Ans. 

    CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. It refers to strategies, technologies, and practices that companies use to manage and analyze customer interactions and data throughout the customer lifecycle.

    • CRM helps businesses build and maintain relationships with customers

    • It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize sales, marketing, customer service, and technical support

    • Examples of CRM softw

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  • Q3. What is data provider in testNg?
  • Ans. 

    Data provider in TestNG is used to supply test data to test methods.

    • Data provider is a method annotated with @DataProvider that returns a 2D array of test data.

    • Test methods can be linked to data provider using 'dataProvider' attribute in @Test annotation.

    • Data provider helps in running the same test method with multiple sets of data.

    • It helps in data-driven testing where test data is separated from test logic.

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  • Q4. Can you please take xpath in dynamic way?
  • Ans. 

    Yes, dynamic xpath can be created using functions like contains, starts-with, and variables.

    • Use functions like contains() and starts-with() to create dynamic xpaths based on partial attribute values

    • Use variables to store dynamic values and use them in xpaths

    • Example: //div[contains(@class, 'dynamicClass')]

    • Example: //input[starts-with(@id, 'dynamicId')]

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  • Q5. Some Questions on oops concepts

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Top Cognizant Automation Test Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 5. Git repository . How to push and pull code.
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Automation Test Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. How to handle scrollbar and mouse activities Jenkins and Github Story Point in Agile
Backlogs in Agile
Jira workflow explain framework pom.xml wap number reverse program StellException
Exception in Selenium diff - getwindowhandles() and get... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Standard with quant , verbal , grammer, algebra

Round 2 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions -- array list, Searching algo

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. One Coding Question from bit manipulation , XOR function
  • Q2. Second Automation Script in Virtual VS CODE with terminal provided
  • Ans. 

    Creating a second automation script in Virtual VS Code with terminal provided

    • Open Virtual VS Code and navigate to the terminal

    • Write the script using the appropriate programming language

    • Test the script in the terminal to ensure it runs correctly

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Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical , OOPS, Array Sorting, Azure Cloud

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Q1. given a problem scenario what would action do you suggest to be taken?
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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 26 Feb 2025

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

It's good because of students only

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic Coding skills questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic personality questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - If you want to just work for managers then only chose Cognizant. Cognizant has skills management portal, but they just only act on it, when it comes opportunities, there are no trending technology work projects

Top Cognizant Associate Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. How to decide whether to use "call" or "apply" in javascript?
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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?

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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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