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Updated 10 Oct 2024

Top Cognizant SAP Basis Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. What should be considered during performance analysis with ST03 transaction, Total time or average time ?
  • Q2. There is performance issue between 1 to 2 PM everyday, what could be the reason and how to resolve it?
  • Q3. What are different tcodes for traces? What specific information you look for in these tcodes (e.g. STAD) ?
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SAP Basis Consultant Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 10 Oct 2024

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

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

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (29 Questions)

  • Q1. What should be considered during performance analysis with ST03 transaction, Total time or average time ?
  • Q2. How to minimize the downtime during an SAP upgrade with SUM?
  • Q3. Where are R3trans and R3load processes are used during SAP upgrade using SUM?
  • Q4. What are the differences in SUM 1.0 and SUM 2.0 ? Why can we not use SUM 2.0 for SAP JAVA systems ?
  • Q5. What steps are needed if the maintenance planner is not green?
  • Q6. What are the difference in steps when you generate the stack.xml file from maintenance planner for Java system vs ABAP system.
  • Q7. What are delta Merge in SAP HANA?
  • Q8. What are the reasons of Delta merge not running properly and how to make them work?
  • Q9. What are the pre-requisites of manual delta merge?
  • Q10. What is Strust transaction code? Why are there different PSEs and how are these utilized?
  • Q11. What steps are needed if a 3rd party system wants to connect with your SAP system? What specific certificates will be needed?
  • Q12. What are trusted RFC connections and why are these needed and how to create those?
  • Q13. Is it possible to automate the TR movement from DEV to QA? If yes, how?
  • Q14. What are label printers? How are these different than usual printers?
  • Q15. Spool request is successful but still the prints are not coming through, what could be the reason and how to solve it?
  • Q16. There is performance issue between 1 to 2 PM everyday, what could be the reason and how to resolve it?
  • Q17. What are different tcodes for traces? What specific information you look for in these tcodes (e.g. STAD) ?
  • Q18. How does TMS work in SAP HANA? Similarly how it works in SAP JAVA and why it is used?
  • Q19. What are domain link is SAP ?
  • Q20. Can we add another transport layer between QA and Prod systems?
  • Q21. What is the maximum memory a single HANA node can have?
  • Q22. Can ECC on HANA have scaleout scenario?
  • Q23. What are the different strategies of SAP SUM?
  • Q24. How does sizing of SAP and HANA work?
  • Q25. How much memory is needed for a HANA system with 1TB of database?
  • Q26. What are the differences between HANA Cockpit and HANA studio?
  • Q27. In SAP HANA, instead of creating one big file of 1 TB for backup, is it possible to created 10 files of 100 GB each ?
  • Q28. What is the latest version of SAP HANA available on SAP Marketplace ?
  • Q29. How do we install SAP HANA license for Tenant DB? What is sequence of applying the licenses in SAP HANA?

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SAP Basis Consultant Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 11 Dec 2023

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

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

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Difference between Hana Studio and Cockpit?? Difference between Oracle Database and Hana Database?? What is replication and types of replication??
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. Current CTC?? 2. Expected CTC?? 3. Preferred location?? 4. Why do you want to change from current organization to our company?? 5. Tell me about yourself?? 6...read more

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SAP Basis Consultant Interview Questions

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posted on 6 Jul 2023

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

I applied via campus placement at Holy Cross College, Tiruchirapalli

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

Aptitude Test Round

Basic Aptitude was conducted and it had syllabus from 10 th to 12 th grade

3

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why do you need this job
  • Q2. Why do you choose IT industry

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Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. System copy and system refresh difference
  • Q2. Client export and import
  • Q3. Swpm export and import process
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Background verification
  • Q2. Salary discussion

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

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

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is scale up system
  • Q2. Backup types and hana db
Interview experience
1
 Bad
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL db upgrade and migration in sap basis
  • Q2. Salman alert issues if not sent correctly

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Situation and Technical questions

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What is bubble sort. Write a code on it.
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

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

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain the STMS configuration steps
2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Expected Salary

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Kernal upgrade,
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Client administration
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Regarding salary
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I was interviewed in Jul 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

HR Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. About your self
  • Q2. What about your hobbies
  • Q3. What about your skills

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Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant SAP Basis Consultant interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Resume Shortlist, HR and Technical.
How to prepare for Cognizant SAP Basis Consultant 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 Automotive Engineering, Cloud Platform, Health, Profit Centre Management and RFID.
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