Cognizant interview experience Real time questions & tips from candidates to crack your interview
SDE - 1
Cognizant
3 rounds | 4 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: Programming Language , Operating System, Data Structures, SQL , Academic Projects
Tip 1 : Atleast 2 months are suffiecient if u are serious about ur Study Plan
Tip 2 : Focus more on your skills which u have mentioned in your Resume
Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 6.5 cgpa
Tip 1 : It should be one page
Tip 2 : It should be neat & clean
Tip 3 : It should be point to point
Interview rounds
01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration40 minutes
Interview date2 Nov 2021
Coding problem1
It was First aptitude test . Test level was easy to moderate. It consisted of quantitative and verbal ability questions. And some basic questions on debugging and core concepts from Computer Science subjects.
1. Star Pattern
Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
Print the following pattern
Pattern for N = 4
Hint
As taught in the video, you just have to modify the code so that instead of printing numbers, it should output stars ('*').
The dots represent spaces.
02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration30 minutes
Interview date4 Nov 2021
Coding problem2
Mainly focus on my Computer Science Core subjects and Did write some code like armstrong number , palindrome number etc.
1. Armstrong Number
Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Write a program to find Armstrong Number
Problem approach
Tip 1 : It was quite easy program , if u prepare one day before interview you can easily answered it.
Tip 2 : Be confident in this round
2. Find Palindromes
Moderate
25m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Write a Program to find palindrome number
Problem approach
Tip 1 : It was quite easy program , if u prepare one day before interview you can easily answered it.
Tip 2 : Be confident in this round
03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration10 minutes
Interview date5 Nov 2021
Coding problem1
They mainly focuses on my Soft skills and Then he asked to explain my projects.
1. Basic HR Questions
- Tell me something about yourself
- What are your tech expertise?
- What are your future plans?
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