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Cognizant Data Scientist Interview Questions and Answers
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8 Aug 2024
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suman dewan
Interview experience
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response
I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2024.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Technical Round (1 Question)
- Q1. What is learning factor Assumptions for linear regressoon Model evaluation Bias variance trade off Gradient descent Auc Roc curve Python function writing (strin...read more View Answers (1)
2
Technical Round (1 Question)
- Q1. All project based questions Add Answer
3
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Notice period, salary etc Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
Topics to prepare for Cognizant Data Scientist interview:
- Statistics, Python, Machine Learning
Skills evaluated in this interview
kiran khaira
Interview experience
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-
2 Interview Rounds
1
Technical Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Asked questions related to stats , Senario based. Interviewer was very nice Add Answer
- Q2. Asked questions on Python Programming and asked for Programs Like How can update List , Asked to Build a Tough Dict , Class etc. Add Answer
2
HR Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Why u want to join? Add Answer
- Q2. What is your future goal? Add Answer
Anonymous
Interview experience
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected
I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2024.
1 Interview Round
1
HR Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me abut yourself View Answers (1)
- Q2. How much CTC expected Add Answer
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hardoggy
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Which to choose between Cognizant and TCS?
I am a recent CSE graduate and got two offers,
Cognizant Engineer Trainee - 4 LPA (1 year probation period)
TCS Ninja role - 3.36 LPA
Which is better to join as a fresher?
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Interview experience
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
-
I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2023.
2 Interview Rounds
1
Technical Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. Discussion on projects mentioned in the Resume Add Answer
- Q2. Two Python live coding questions Add Answer
- Q3. Few DL, ML, Transformers, and NLP questions
Few questions on deployment tools mentioned in the resume Add Answer
2
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. General HR discussion Add Answer
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Interview experience
Good
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-
3 Interview Rounds
1
Resume Shortlist Round
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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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2
Aptitude Test Round
Question related to maths basic and some basic blood relations questions
3
Technical Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. All the questions we asked based on the Resume Add Answer
- Q2. Basic question of program like pattern matching prime number Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do your best focus on what you have written on resume
HARSH VARDHAN Sharma
Interview experience
Good
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-
4 Interview Rounds
1
Resume Shortlist Round
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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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2
Technical Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Questions related to machine learning Add Answer
3
Technical Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Question related to machine learning, projects and case study. Add Answer
4
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Salary discussion and position offered. Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thorough with basic data science concepts, projects.
Data Scientist Jobs at Cognizant
Interview experience
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected
I was interviewed before Feb 2023.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Aptitude Test Round
First round was mcq which has common statistics and ml questions
2
Technical Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. Second was technical round in which they asked basic python and ml questions and some questions from my final yr project Add Answer
- Q2. Differentiate list and tuple View Answers (1)
- Q3. Explain regression View Answers (1)
3
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. This was just a document verification round with formal hr questions Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and crack it
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RITHESH KUMAR KV
Interview experience
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected
I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Mar 2023.
3 Interview Rounds
1
Coding Test Round
SQL -- Questions based to window functions,having clause
2
Coding Test Round
Python--simple code to solve certain puzzles
3
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Only Salary Negotiation Add Answer
AS Learning
Interview experience
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected
I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2022.
1 Interview Round
1
Technical Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. If you have genuine deep learning expereince you will be easily crack the interview. Deep learning analytical question was asked. Add Answer
- Q2. Basic deep learning questions Add Answer
I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Mar 2021.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Python pandas operation and ML algorithm in details like Random Forest, Logistic regression, Decision Tree Classifier and ML optimization technique like Gradien...read more
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- Q2. Python basics and Numpy libraries knowledge must have.
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Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Strat building logical thinking and whatever you are telling to interviewer that should be in appropriate ways.
If you don't know any asked Questions then your answer should be like, I know and worked as well but unable to recall right now.
Thanks
If you don't know any asked Questions then your answer should be like, I know and worked as well but unable to recall right now.
Thanks
Cognizant Interview FAQs
How many rounds are there in Cognizant Data Scientist interview?
Cognizant interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process are Technical, HR and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cognizant Data Scientist 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 Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and R.
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