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Cognizant Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 14 Dec 2024

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 retriev ...read more
  • Q2. If I have assigned different colors to an ID and a class and applied both to the same element, which color will be applied based on CSS specificity precedence?
  • Q3. What will be the output of the following JavaScript code fragment: `const a; function test() { console.log(a); }; test();`?
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40 Cognizant Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

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

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

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (16 Questions)

  • 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 t...read more
  • Q2. What is the difference between useMemo and useCallback in React?
  • Q3. What is the difference between class-based components and functional components in React?
  • Q4. How can you implement the lifecycle of a React component in a functional component?
  • Q5. What are the various state management techniques available in React?
  • Q6. What is the architecture of Redux, and what purposes do middlewares serve within it?
  • Q7. What is hoisting in JavaScript?
  • Q8. What is event bubbling in JavaScript?
  • Q9. What are block scope and function scope in JavaScript?
  • Q10. Have you had experience working with semantic tags in HTML?
  • Q11. What are the various methods for creating an object in JavaScript?
  • Q12. What are the differences between shallow copy and deep copy in JavaScript?
  • Q13. What will be the output of the following JavaScript code fragment: `const a; function test() { console.log(a); }; test();`?
  • Q14. How can you use CSS to arrange elements in a row and column layout?
  • Q15. Have you utilized CSS preprocessors, and if so, which ones?
  • Q16. If I have assigned different colors to an ID and a class and applied both to the same element, which color will be applied based on CSS specificity precedence?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • Javascript
  • React.Js
  • HTML
  • CSS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Possessing a deep understanding of JavaScript and React is essential. Interviewers may engage in mind games with candidates; therefore, we should remain calm and focused solely on the questions. Additionally, we need to be confident in our answers; otherwise, they may respond with doubt, asking, "Is that so?"

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is hooks ?
  • Q2. Use of context api in react

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Apart from coding learn also the coding best practices and standards like SOLID priniciples

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Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Aug 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked Questions on snowflake architecture, cloning,time travel etc
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked some scenario based questions

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions

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posted on 18 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

I applied via Job Portal

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What is singelton property in bpel?

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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions

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posted on 14 Dec 2024

Interview experience
2
 Poor
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

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

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Three coding problems of medium difficulty that are manageable.

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions on Java oops and collection string and some questions on spring and microservices

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The HR department has been very unprofessional, as there has been no response or follow-up; it appears that only resumes are being collected.
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Sap bw modelling, adso
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Bw related design approoch , native hana
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Solutions designs

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Arraylist implementation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interviewer was very friendly
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

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

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Workflow,custom workflow,types and console option
  • Q2. Sling model, servlet, sightly,3rd party api integration

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for sling model,servlet,3rd party api integration
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

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

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Core Java Questions, Spring boot annotations
  • Q2. Pros and Cons of Microservices

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

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

2 Interview Rounds

1

Assignment Round

Good they will give assessment in java code using java 8

2

Coding Test Round

Coding test is hacker rank

Interview experience
1
 Bad
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

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

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basics core Java
  • Q2. Springboot and microservices
2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Agile methodology
  • Q2. Array coding questions, SAGA Pattern

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Senior Software Engineer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer 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, Software Engineering, Spring Boot, Core Java and Microservices.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Senior Software Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Senior Software Engineer interview -

  1. What are custom hooks in React, and what are their use cases? Additionally, can...read more
  2. If I have assigned different colors to an ID and a class and applied both to th...read more
  3. What will be the output of the following JavaScript code fragment: `const a; fu...read more
How long is the Cognizant Senior Software Engineer interview process?

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

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