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Cognizant AWS Devops Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 12 Mar 2024

Cognizant AWS Devops Engineer Interview Experiences

3 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is ECS and EKS. If code is paused state, how to troubleshoot in ECS How to troubleshoot if ingress controller is not working What is ALB?
  • Ans. 

    ECS is Elastic Container Service and EKS is Elastic Kubernetes Service. Troubleshoot code in paused state by checking logs and restarting tasks. Troubleshoot ingress controller by checking configuration and logs. ALB is Application Load Balancer.

    • ECS is a managed container orchestration service by AWS

    • EKS is a managed Kubernetes service by AWS

    • To troubleshoot code in paused state in ECS, check CloudWatch logs, task defini...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and at the same time polite

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. About Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, AWS.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have clear understanding of all the tools

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Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Work experience
  • Q2. Technical expertise
  • Q3. Best practices

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to be yourself. Only talk about things that you have actually worked. Don't bring in jargons to impress that might hurt instead of helping.

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. S3 storwge class
  • Q2. Day to day activities in current role
  • Q3. Amazon vpc advantages vpc peering
  • Q4. Jenkins pipeline building
  • Q5. Terraform validate command
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How to give access of s3 bucket to user in a secure way?
  • Ans. 

    Grant access to S3 bucket securely by using IAM policies and roles.

    • Create an IAM policy with specific permissions for the S3 bucket

    • Attach the IAM policy to an IAM role

    • Assign the IAM role to the user or group that needs access

    • Use bucket policies for more granular control if needed

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  • Q2. Difference between iam role and iam group?
  • Ans. 

    IAM role is used to grant permissions to entities, while IAM group is used to group users with similar permissions.

    • IAM role is used to delegate permissions to entities like EC2 instances or Lambda functions

    • IAM group is used to group users with similar permissions for easier management

    • IAM role can be assumed by trusted entities, while IAM group is used for managing user permissions

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Couple of AWS questions
  • Q2. Only focused on what havent mentioned in the job description on top of it the interviewer is no aware of the concepts unable to understand the answers
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What I'd diff between git fetch and git pull
  • Ans. 

    git fetch downloads changes from the remote repository, while git pull downloads changes and merges them into the current branch.

    • git fetch only downloads changes from the remote repository, but does not merge them into the current branch

    • git pull downloads changes from the remote repository and merges them into the current branch

    • git fetch is useful for reviewing changes before merging, while git pull is a shortcut for f

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What diff add and copy command
  • Ans. 

    The 'add' command is used to add files from the source directory to the destination directory in a Dockerfile, while the 'copy' command is used to copy files from the source directory to the destination directory in a Dockerfile.

    • The 'add' command can also accept URLs as the source, while the 'copy' command cannot.

    • The 'add' command can automatically extract compressed files, while the 'copy' command cannot.

    • The 'copy' co...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discusion

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Case Study 

How aws vs verulation.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Nacl vs security group?
  • Ans. 

    Nacl is a stateless firewall while security group is a stateful firewall in AWS.

    • NACL operates at the subnet level, while security groups operate at the instance level.

    • NACL rules are evaluated in order, while security group rules are evaluated independently.

    • NACLs are stateless, meaning you must create rules for both inbound and outbound traffic, while security groups are stateful.

    • NACLs are more flexible in terms of allo...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Aws cloudformation
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Reason for change
  • Q2. Salary discuss how much excellent

Skills evaluated in this interview

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 Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Jenkins devops tools sonar nexus
  • Q2. Aws cli questions python questions
  • Q3. Kubernetes pod creation teplicatset events in kubernetes ingress controller
  • Ans. 

    Kubernetes pod creation and replicaset events in Kubernetes Ingress controller.

    • Pod creation involves defining a pod specification in a YAML file and using 'kubectl create' command to create the pod.

    • Replicaset events can be monitored using 'kubectl describe replicaset' command to check for events related to the replicaset.

    • Ingress controller manages external access to services in a Kubernetes cluster by routing traffic b...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Jenkins job creation image in docker
  • Ans. 

    Creating a Jenkins job using an image in Docker

    • Create a Dockerfile with necessary configurations for Jenkins job

    • Build a Docker image using the Dockerfile

    • Run a Jenkins container using the Docker image

    • Configure Jenkins job to use the Docker image as the build environment

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Pod creation servers creation docker login
  • Q3. Hakkakbankaklananbakakanannala

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare well

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain jenkins ci/cd flow
  • Ans. 

    Jenkins CI/CD flow automates the software delivery process from code commit to deployment.

    • Jenkins pulls code from version control system

    • Builds the code and runs automated tests

    • If tests pass, deploys the code to a staging environment

    • Manual testing is done in staging environment

    • If approved, Jenkins deploys the code to production environment

    • Logs and reports are generated throughout the process

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is the salary expectancy

Skills evaluated in this interview

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant AWS Devops Engineer interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical.
How to prepare for Cognizant AWS Devops 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 Kubernetes, AWS, Jenkins, DevOps and Linux.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant AWS Devops Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant AWS Devops Engineer interview -

  1. What is ECS and EKS. If code is paused state, how to troubleshoot in ECS How to...read more
  2. About Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, A...read more
  3. Best practi...read more

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