Cognizant Interview Experience for Programmer Analyst

This Role is basically for 0-1 year Experience mainly Freshers. Cognizant visited our campus for selection.

Round 1: Written Exam

• This round comprised of Aptitude, logical, output-based Questions, and also technical portions.
• we were asked 2 programming Question which was of easy type.

Suggestion: Try to solve basic and easy type Questions on GeeksForGeeks.

• The technical aptitude part covered questions from C programming, Algorithms, data structures and Time Complexity Questions.

Round 2: Technical Interview

Those who got selected in Round 1 was called for this round.

• Interviewer introduced herself and asked for my introduction. She also asked about projects that I have done during my B. Tech.
• She asked questions related to Project like what was your contribution, why you selected this project and what challenges you faced while doing it.
• Then she started the Technical Questions and asked about JAVA as it was my preferable programming language .
  • What is OOPS in java with real life examples.
  • Use of static Keyword in Method, variable, class.
  • Why String is Immutable.
  • Types of Constructor.
  • Difference between Stack and Heap.
  • Difference between instance and local Variable.
  • What is Constructor Overloading.
  • Difference between Throw and Throws.
  • What is interface and how to implement it.
  • Then asked one program of LinkedList which was easy type.
    • https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/write-a-c-function-to-print-the-middle-of-the-linked-list/
• Then she moved to SQL.
  • What is SQL.
  • Define ACID properties in SQL.
  • Types of Joins.
  • Asked to write Query for inner Joins.

Round 3 : HR Round

Those who cleared Round 2 was called for this round.

• HR introduced Herself and asked my introduction.
• What you like the most about Cognizant.
• Asked about Hobbies.
• Do you have any Location constraints?

Tips: Know the basic of all the Subjects. Be calm & answer politely and if you don’t know any answers directly tell them.

Verdict: Selected.