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Updated 16 Jul 2024

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Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 14 Jun 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in May 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (7 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. How to price a deal
  • Q3. What is deal cashflow
  • Q4. What are levers in pricing
  • Q5. Dp you have experience in creating pricing scenarios
  • Q6. Challenges in multi-million deals
  • Q7. Challenges in multigeo deals

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant Senior Manager interview:
  • Financial Analysis
  • Pricing
  • P&L
  • Commercial Negotiations
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - One should be well versed with finance treatments of service industry

Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 16 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. About Azure landing zone
  • Q2. Azure load balancer
  • Q3. Azure BCDR design and planning
2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Azure landing zone architecture
  • Q2. Infra as a code

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be confident

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Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 12 Aug 2023

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jul 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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.
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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Related to technology
  • Q2. Case based question for Documentum Technology
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Same as before with more additional details

Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 22 Feb 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Azure ADF, Synapse and other project related

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Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 14 Aug 2023

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2023.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical round of interview discussion
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical round of interviews discussion
4

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Manager round of interview discussion

Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Atul Ganorkar

posted on 1 Apr 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on Project and Program Delivery Management. Also about P&L Sheet, Customer Profit Margin and understanding of this area.
  • Q2. How do you plan large projects?
  • Q3. Keeping customers happy?
2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Usual questions like why Cognizant, etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Cognizant management is unsure of what the employee do. It is not the company to be chosen for your Career or part of long term career plan.

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Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 11 Aug 2022

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical inteview was conducted in a good professional manner
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Was asked based on scenarios

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview was conducted well. 2 technical rounds was conducted well

Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Jit De

posted on 21 Jan 2022

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jul 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. I have interviewed 4 months back so not remembered all the questions. But whatever I remembered written below: Tell me about yourself View Answers (1)
  • Q2. Agile methodology, velocity planning, Jira tool how to manage, Reporting capability, capacity planning. View Answers (1)
  • Q3. What value you will bring to cognizant if you get offered View Answers (1)
  • Q4. You should prepare the project and program management q&a as well. Sow, stakeholder Management- some situation based questions...and so on....best of luck. Add Answer
  • Q5. SAFe related detail questions. Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Senior Manager interview is all about how you are confident on project, program management areas and Agile methodologies. Refer edureka youtube tutorials and go through standard google q&a for technical queries. All the best. Thanks.

Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 10 Apr 2023

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your last project.
  • Q2. Explain event planning strategy

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and tell only what you can good at. Prepare as per the current trend.add your inputs whenever necessary.

Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Nov 2021

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in May 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Normal technical questions related to expertise area. Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and prepare well in your expertise area. Team management experience will help.

Senior Manager Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Nov 2022

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Nov 2021.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Describe a campaign executed
  • Q2. Key challenge faced with a project and how you salt with it

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepares STP in advance - Situation - Task - Proposal

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Senior Manager interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are One-on-one Round, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant Senior Manager 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 Delivery Management, Change Management, Program Delivery, Knowledge Management and Program Management.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Senior Manager interview?

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