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Data Engineer

Cognizant
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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: Data structures, DBMS, SQL, Python, Scalar
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Make a relevant project
Tip 2 : Be consistent
Tip 3 : Do one internship if possible

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 65% percentage in graduation
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Also add your cocurricular 
Tip 2 : Be truthful

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date5 May 2021
Coding problem2

1. DBMS Question

Find the details of the employee with the second-highest salary

Problem approach

Go through some of the SQL queries to make a clear understanding

2. N Queens

Hard
55m average time
35% success
0/120
Asked in companies
MicrosoftVisaAdobe

You are given an integer 'N'. For a given 'N' x 'N' chessboard, find a way to place 'N' queens such that no queen can attack any other queen on the chessboard.

A queen can be killed when it lies in the same row, or same column, or the same diagonal of any of the other queens. You have to print all such configurations.

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date5 May 2021
Coding problem2

This comprised easy DSA questions and Advanced SQL Questions.

1. Reverse Linked List

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
CIS - Cyber InfrastructureInfo Edge India (Naukri.com)Cisco

Given a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to return the head of the reversed linked list.

For example:
The given linked list is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4-> NULL. Then the reverse linked list is 4 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1 -> NULL and the head of the reversed linked list will be 4.
Follow Up :
Can you solve this problem in O(N) time and O(1) space complexity?
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2. SQL Query

Write a query to retrieve the EmpFname and EmpLname in a single column as “FullName”. The first name and the last name must be separated with space.

Problem approach

Go through some of the SQL queries to make a clear understanding

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration25 minutes
Interview date6 May 2021
Coding problem2

Some puzzles and some basic HR questions were asked in this round
 

1. Puzzle

There are 25 horses among which you need to find out the fastest 3 horses. You can conduct race among at most 5 to find out their relative speed. At no point you can find out the actual speed of the horse in a race. Find out the minimum no. of races which are required to get the top 3 horses. 

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Listen to the problem very carefully
Tip 2 : Review once before you reply

 

2. Basic HR Questions

  • Why did you choose cognizant?
  • Why are you switching from the core domain?
Problem approach

Tip 1 : Just be honest

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