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Cognizant Cyber Security Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 12 Feb 2022

Cognizant Cyber Security Engineer Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

I applied via campus placement at Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Difference between virus and Trojan?
  • Ans. 

    A virus is a self-replicating program that spreads by infecting other programs, while a Trojan is a program that appears harmless but actually has malicious intent.

    • Viruses attach themselves to clean files and spread when the infected file is executed.

    • Trojans are often disguised as legitimate software and trick users into installing them.

    • Viruses can cause damage to files and systems, while Trojans can steal data or give...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Recent cyber attack
  • Q3. About OSI layer?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basic technical knowledge. And good soft skills
Keep yourself interested during whole interview
Have a good listening skills
Use gesture to explain

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jan 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions about Firewall, WAF and cloud were asked!

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep your resume precise and accurate.
Most of the questions will be asked from your resume and from the answer you answer for the previous questions.
Be clear and to be point.
Have an effective communication with the interviewer.
Don't keep the whole session as QnA sessions, try to interact and discuss with the interviewer.

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Q2. What is private and public IP address
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Q4. Explain about web application VAPT & in depth concepts in it
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Q5. What happens when you search for something on the internet?

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

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is MED ?
  • Q2. How to check interface in router?
  • Q3. What is ospf and how it works?
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussed
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. IAM Basics, What is SSO/Implementation process,RBAC process.
  • Q2. Scenario biased interview questions about IAM.
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. More topics on IAM/Sailpont RSA Governance and Okta.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It is online test. In this test there is question of apti and also coding and from 5g question.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

There are two questions asked and time is enough to solve 60 minutes

Round 3 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Wap for palindrome number
  • Ans. 

    A palindrome number is a number that remains the same when its digits are reversed.

    • Convert the number to a string

    • Reverse the string

    • Check if the reversed string is equal to the original string

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Add two numbers by function
  • Ans. 

    Create a function to add two numbers

    • Define a function that takes two parameters as input

    • Inside the function, add the two numbers together and return the result

    • Example: function addNumbers(num1, num2) { return num1 + num2; }

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Write a code for Binary search
  • Ans. 

    Binary search code implementation in Python

    • Define a function that takes a sorted array and a target value as input

    • Initialize two pointers, low and high, to the start and end of the array respectively

    • While low is less than or equal to high, calculate mid as (low + high) // 2 and compare array[mid] with target

    • If array[mid] is equal to target, return mid

    • If array[mid] is less than target, update low to mid + 1

    • If array[mid]...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Wap for check your name is palindrome not
  • Ans. 

    A program to check if a given name is a palindrome or not.

    • Convert the name to lowercase to handle case-insensitivity

    • Remove any spaces or special characters from the name

    • Reverse the name and compare it with the original name to check for palindrome

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. What is malloc and calloc function
  • Ans. 

    malloc and calloc are functions in C programming used for dynamic memory allocation.

    • malloc function is used to allocate a single block of memory of a specified size.

    • calloc function is used to allocate multiple blocks of memory of a specified size, initialized to zero.

    • Example: int *ptr = (int*)malloc(5 * sizeof(int));

    • Example: int *ptr = (int*)calloc(5, sizeof(int));

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Capgemini Network Engineer interview:
  • Basic programming

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. CCNA SWITCHING and switching
  • Q2. Routing
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manager round CCNA routing and switching
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

I would like simple test

Round 2 - HR 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. I would like to lisen the words of company maganement .. And the process of company rules and regulations ..
  • Q2. I will occupy the group of my team to secrue the entire the company to first stage
  • Q3. I want to.Get a job inMahindra
  • Q4. I didn't learn the computertyping but will learn definitely.. in tech Mahindr company basics
  • Q5. I am a student degree first year.. ButI would like work in techMahindra..

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I say hole job seekers
The tech Mahindra was better than the future
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Share you internship exp
  • Ans. 

    I interned at a telecommunications company where I gained hands-on experience in configuring network devices and troubleshooting network issues.

    • Configured routers and switches to optimize network performance

    • Assisted in setting up VLANs and implementing security protocols

    • Troubleshooted network connectivity issues for end users

    • Participated in network infrastructure upgrades and maintenance

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. All question based on the resume only
  • Q3. Prepare whatever written in your resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - read your resume
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is LSA7 ?
  • Q2. What is Area in ospf?
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the information in TCP IP Header?
  • Ans. 

    TCP IP Header contains information such as source and destination IP addresses, port numbers, sequence numbers, and more.

    • Source IP address

    • Destination IP address

    • Source port number

    • Destination port number

    • Sequence number

    • Acknowledgment number

    • Header length

    • Checksum

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is App ID in Palo Alto Firewalls?
  • Ans. 

    App ID in Palo Alto Firewalls is a feature that identifies applications on the network based on various parameters.

    • App ID uses multiple methods to identify applications, including port-based, protocol-based, and application signature-based identification.

    • It allows administrators to create policies based on specific applications rather than just ports or protocols.

    • App ID helps in enhancing security by allowing granular ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is the SP3 Architecture of Palo Alto Firewalls?
  • Ans. 

    SP3 Architecture of Palo Alto Firewalls refers to Security Processing Plane, Control Plane, and Data Plane.

    • SP3 Architecture consists of Security Processing Plane (SP), Control Plane (C), and Data Plane (D)

    • Security Processing Plane (SP) handles security functions like threat prevention and decryption

    • Control Plane (C) manages routing and firewall policies

    • Data Plane (D) processes and forwards traffic based on firewall pol...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Very Technical questions, starting from packet parsing and analysis.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Cyber Security Engineer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Cyber Security Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Cyber Security Engineer interview -

  1. Difference between virus and Troj...read more
  2. Questions about Firewall, WAF and cloud were ask...read more
  3. About OSI lay...read more

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