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Cognizant Business Development Manager Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 14 Feb 2024

Cognizant Business Development Manager Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Feb 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. What is your aptittude for handling business development?
  • Ans. 

    I have a strong aptitude for business development with experience in identifying opportunities, building relationships, and closing deals.

    • Proven track record of identifying and pursuing new business opportunities

    • Skilled in building and maintaining relationships with clients and stakeholders

    • Ability to analyze market trends and develop effective strategies

    • Experience in negotiating and closing deals

    • Strong communication an...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How large a deal have you handled?
  • Ans. I have handled deals.as large as 500 crore and complex engagement with different product lines and stitching the entire story together
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q3. How can you handle conflicting engagements
  • Ans. I will prioritize and keep folks in the team including managers updated on where we would likely be given the nature of the different parallel project
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q4. Have you worked with global clients and their asks?
  • Q5. Yes we have worked with engagements for Vodafone Global and global clients like Amazon, GE, Tesla etc

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be honest , open and clear and if the team asks you to rate yourself on parameters think of rating yourself objectively and not give yourself 10 of 10 everywhere. Showcase your strengths and business acumen and lead the interview to your experience.

Business Development Manager Interview Questions & Answers

user image Podili Rajyalakshmi

posted on 14 Feb 2024

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Technical test case study coding

Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is this job rule
  • Q2. Company international services call centre
  • Q3. Only with girls not allow this job boys only with girls
  • Q4. This company us base company

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Communication skills group discussion and customer services in have that's my advice

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(11 Questions)

  • Q1. The interview is a key step in the hiring process for business development managers, whose primary responsibility is to grow a business by making connections and building relationships
  • Q2. Through a face-to-face interview, the hiring manager can assess how the candidate holds themselves and their level of confidence with the tasks associated with the position.
  • Q3. Walking into an interview for a business development manager position requires thoughtful preparation.
  • Q4. In this article, we share 34 common interview questions that are asked of business development managers.
  • Q5. We also include suggestions for how to respond to a few of the most common business development manager interview questions as well as sample answers to give you ideas of how you should frame your own resp...
  • Q6. Here are some common interview questions that business development managers are often asked along with suggestions to guide your responses and sample answers.
  • Q7. Management skills.
  • Q8. It will also help
  • Q9. Them is the skills
  • Q10. Skill how helpi
  • Q11. What is howisss
  • Ans. 

    Howisss is not a recognized term or acronym in the business development field.

    • Howisss does not have a specific meaning or relevance in the context of business development.

    • It is possible that the interviewer made a mistake or mispronounced a term.

    • If unsure, it is recommended to politely ask for clarification or further context.

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Round 3 - One-on-one 

(10 Questions)

  • Q1. Nothing you do as a business development manager should be random.
  • Q2. You should always have a fully developed plan for how you are going to manage multiple relationships
  • Q3. A great response to this question will show that you are methodical in how you maintain relationships while finding new customers.
  • Q4. Development is a process by which an individual grows and changes throughout the life cycle.
  • Q5. The term Development refers to the changes that have a direction and hold definite relationship with what precedes it.
  • Q6. More days of work with better wages.
  • Q7. Social and economic equality.
  • Q8. It is true to say that people have conflicting developmental goals. What may be the development for one may not be for the other. Different people have different interests, life situations and state of min...
  • Q9. May one round one
  • Q10. I am want jobss

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for TCS Business Development Manager interview:
  • Business Development
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Let’s start with some important resume advice for job seekers… The first two places a recruiter looks on your resume: It’s not skills. It’s not education… unless it’s 100% required for a job. But otherwise… recruiters look at these two areas: 1. Your career intro/summary This tells me who you are as a professional …
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Self intro and certifications

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Sep 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Logical maths, percentages, years, calendars etc..

Round 3 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Technical language skills
  • Q2. Self introduction and technical questions on language skills
  • Q3. Tell me about yourself
  • Q4. Explain oops concept?
  • Ans. 

    OOPs is a programming paradigm that focuses on objects and their interactions to solve problems.

    • OOPs stands for Object-Oriented Programming.

    • It is based on the concept of objects, which have properties and methods.

    • Encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism are the three main pillars of OOPs.

    • Encapsulation refers to the practice of hiding the internal details of an object from the outside world.

    • Inheritance allows object...

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  • Q5. What is polymorphism?
  • Ans. 

    Polymorphism is the ability of an object to take on many forms.

    • Polymorphism allows objects of different classes to be treated as if they are of the same class.

    • It is achieved through method overriding and method overloading.

    • Examples include function overloading in C++ and Java, and operator overloading in C++.

    • Polymorphism is a key concept in object-oriented programming.

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Brief about ourself.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I want to join immediately, so please take my interview as soon as possible.

I applied via AmbitionBox and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Group Discussion 

About c++ in Java script

Round 2 - Assignment 

About business development

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is an business development
  • Ans. 

    Business development is the process of identifying and pursuing opportunities to grow a company's revenue and market share.

    • Involves identifying new markets and potential customers

    • Developing and implementing strategies to increase sales and profitability

    • Building and maintaining relationships with clients and partners

    • Conducting market research and analyzing data to inform decision-making

    • Collaborating with other departmen...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is an c++ ,What is an query
  • Ans. 

    C++ is a high-level programming language used for developing software applications and operating systems. A query is a request for information from a database.

    • C++ is an object-oriented language

    • It is an extension of the C programming language

    • Queries are used to retrieve data from a database

    • SQL is a common language used for querying databases

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is an qualifation, And is your biggest dream
Round 4 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your goals,what is skill development
  • Q2. How was the women should be in outside
  • Q3. What is the last movie

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't stop your aims do work hard one day will be success

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me about your self
  • Q2. Why do you want to work at this company
  • Q3. Why do you want this job
  • Q4. Why should we hire you
  • Q5. What can you bring to the compeny

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do you homework
Practice ,share your story,preparer a few questions
Thank you

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me about your self
  • Q2. Good to answer what you real experienced

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare yourself about your past experience

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. No sir all information read

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good very easy and the good information

I applied via Other and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Why r u preferring your goals to to dreams

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I don't have any experience

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Business Development Manager interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Assignment and Technical.
How to prepare for Cognizant Business Development 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 bdm, B2B Sales, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence and IT Sales.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Business Development Manager interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Business Development Manager interview -

  1. What is your aptittude for handling business developmen...read more
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