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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 20 Dec 2024

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. MultiThreading Questions
  • Q2. Microservices Design patterns
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. System Design Questions
  • Q2. Saga Design Pattern

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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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 2 Dec 2024

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

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is pure vs impure pipes
  • Q2. Generics in typescript
  • Q3. Rxjs Operators- scenario based
  • Q4. Dependency injection in angular

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Q1. How to decide whether to use "call" or "apply" in javascript?
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gen ai Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 8 Jan 2025

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

Speed calculation and ratio problems.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Reversing an array and calculating the sum of the squares of its elements.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is the difference between joins and unions in SQL?
  • Ans. 

    Joins combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column, while unions combine the results of two or more SELECT statements.

    • Joins are used to combine rows from different tables based on a related column

    • Unions are used to combine the results of two or more SELECT statements into a single result set

    • Joins can be inner, outer, left, right, etc. based on the type of join operation

    • Unions require that the number o...

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  • Q2. They asked me to write code using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles.

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), SQL, and excel in your projects.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is the difference between incident management and problem management?
  • Q2. What factors determine the priority of incidents and outages?

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 9 Jan 2025

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

Asked reasoning question and more

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduction of yourself and more
  • Q2. Explain opps concept in java

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Team Lead Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 30 Dec 2024

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Qualification and experience
  • Q2. About my previous organization
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Was on team leader

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - the HR was behind the money he wanted me to pay 1.5 lak his name is syed

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Q1. What would my budget allocation on different campaigns in Google Ads?
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Q1. write a java program to get maxing profit by buying and selling a share from a given set of values (they will change the question after you give solution, like if consider buying only once and selling once they will say to buying multiple t... read more
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Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
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Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. React basic,event loop, Lazy Loading, Suspense, Javascript basics
  • Q2. Create counter application
  • Ans. 

    Counter application using Reactjs

    • Create a React component for the counter

    • Use state to keep track of the count

    • Implement functions to increment and decrement the count

    • Display the count on the screen

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Top Cognizant Reactjs Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is closure in javascript?
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Q1. Implement counter such that it has 2 buttons to increment and decrement the values and also add a input field such that, whatever input is given, the value should be to that and value should should be decreased and increased from the input ... read more
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1
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Difficulty level
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Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Introduction and past experience
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Overall growth expectations

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The HR policy are very bad. They will intentionally offer you one level lower grade. Pls be aware

Junior Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 30 Dec 2024

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

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

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude test includes number series, profit and loss, percentage, train problems

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About SQL queries and database
  • Q2. About object oriented programming, pointers, arrays, linked list

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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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(9 Questions)

  • Q1. Java Basics -- method overloading and overriding, diff b/w interface and abstract class, Abstraction in oops concept, star program, prime no. Or not program
  • Q2. Selenium BDD framework structure
  • Q3. How to convert JSON file into Java object
  • Ans. 

    Use libraries like Jackson or Gson to convert JSON file into Java object

    • Use libraries like Jackson or Gson for easy conversion

    • Create a POJO class that represents the structure of JSON data

    • Use ObjectMapper class in Jackson or Gson.fromJson() method to convert JSON file into Java object

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  • Q4. Different annotations use in Junit hooks
  • Ans. 

    Different annotations used in JUnit hooks

    • Annotations like @Before, @After, @BeforeClass, @AfterClass are used in JUnit hooks

    • These annotations help in setting up and tearing down test fixtures before and after test methods

    • Example: @Before public void setUp() { // setup code }

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  • Q5. One scenario based on hooks
  • Q6. Background keyword in BDD
  • Ans. 

    Background keyword in BDD is used to define preconditions for a scenario

    • Background keyword is used to define steps that are common to all scenarios in a feature file

    • It helps in reducing duplication of steps in scenarios

    • Background keyword is placed before the first scenario in a feature file

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  • Q7. Different types of exceptions while executing test cases
  • Ans. 

    Different types of exceptions encountered while executing test cases

    • 1. Checked exceptions: Must be caught or declared in the method signature

    • 2. Unchecked exceptions: Not required to be caught or declared

    • 3. Runtime exceptions: Occur during runtime due to logical errors

    • 4. Assertion errors: Failures in assertions made in the test cases

    • 5. Timeout exceptions: Test case takes longer than expected to complete

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  • Q8. Syntax of Drag and Drop
  • Ans. 

    Drag and Drop is a common interaction in web applications where a user can click and drag an element to a new location.

    • Drag and Drop is implemented using HTML5's Drag and Drop API.

    • The syntax involves setting the draggable attribute to true on the element you want to drag.

    • You also need to define event handlers for dragstart, dragover, and drop events.

    • Example:

      Drag me!

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  • Q9. Syntax for Pinch and zoom
  • Ans. 

    Pinch and zoom syntax is used to zoom in and out on touch screen devices.

    • Use two fingers to pinch inwards to zoom out

    • Use two fingers to pinch outwards to zoom in

    • For zooming, use the 'transform' property in CSS

  • Answered by AI

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

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