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Updated 18 Dec 2024

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Holiday Expert Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 14 Aug 2024

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jul 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. How tu star from work
  • Q2. Yous company is definately get my intarviwes
  • Q3. Which month start my work
  • Q4. How many month training
  • Q5. Your company relay provided loptop
  • Q6. Please get soon this work

Interview Preparation Tips

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Team Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 1 Nov 2024

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me something yourself
  • Q2. PE Question like waterfall and all

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Trainee Programmer Interview Questions

user image Rupesh Ahire

posted on 20 Nov 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Online Apti conducted

2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL questions were asked
  • Q2. Unix questions were asked
3

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary mentioned by HR
  • Q2. Job Location were discussed

Pro C Developer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 8 Dec 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is proc, how do we complie proc
  • Q2. How we check null values in proc

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Technical Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 22 Nov 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

All aptitude questions were basic ones only.

2

Coding Test Round

All coding questions were basic only, questions comes from the cluster we choose

3

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. About projects and tech stack

Trainee Programmer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 18 Nov 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 -
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Focuse on logical aptitiude

2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain the concepts of oops
  • Q2. Write code for string reverse

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Senior Systems Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 31 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Technical regarding OS, M365, Software and Hardware troubleshooting.
  • Q2. Admin tools, ticketing tools, itsm
2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Vocabulary, communication skills, process knowledge
  • Q2. Roles and responsibilities, incident management
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion, job profile

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.

Fullstack Java Developer interview

user image Rainak Majumder

posted on 27 Dec 2021

Senior Associate Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Jun 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (8 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself.
  • Q2. What is Your Strength ?
  • Q3. Condition Based Questions 5 to 7
  • Q4. 3-4 Back ground related Application and Navigation based questions.
  • Q5. How you will rate yourself?
  • Q6. 2-3 Team work and team members response based questions.
  • Q7. Why you want to join this organisation?
  • Q8. Why are you leaving your organisation.?
2

HR Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Background related questions 4-5
  • Q2. Salary related questions
  • Q3. Location related

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.
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Does platform independent in JAVA?
  • Q2. Do you Know about OOPS?

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 Test Cases.
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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Interview Process at Cognizant

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Interview experience

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People are getting interviews through

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Job Portal
Campus Placement
Company Website
Referral
WalkIn
Recruitment Consultant
33%
25%
11%
8%
6%
3%
14% candidates got the interview through other sources.
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High Confidence means the data is based on a large number of responses received from the candidates.

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