Cognizant Interview Questions 2023 for Freshers

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Cognizant Interview Questions for Freshers Facts

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• Name: Karthik Shennoy
• Branch: Computer Science
• College: Hindustan College of Engineering
• Type of Interview: Off-Campus

Student Interview

Our campus started with Infosys, I couldn’t even clear the aptitude and got to know about PrepInsta from one of my friends from another college who insisted me to check their website and subscribe to any one program that I would like to.

I enrolled for a CTS Prime Video subscription and was placed in CTS(GenC Profile)  which was held just a few days after Infosys. I want to share my interview experience with you all.

Roles that CTS was offering to graduates of 2022 are :

• GenC [Programmer Analyst Trainee]
• GenC Next [Associate Engineer]

Round 1(General Aptitude, Platform – Amcat):

• Arithmetic Ability ( 24 questions, 35 minutes)

• Was mainly from speed,time distance, ratio & proportions, probability, ages.

• Logical Reasoning ( 25 questions, 35 minutes)

• Mainly from the alphabet and numerical series, one qs from seating arrangement.

• Automata Fix ( 7 questions, 20 minutes)
•  Languages available: C,C++,Java,Python.
• 3 types of questions can be there: {Logical, Compilation, and code reuse.}

[Tip:  Attempt the qs with logical and compilation error, and run the code at first and spot the errors and do it accordingly.]

• Qs 1:

int main()

{

int i,n,j;

scanf(“%d”,&n);

for(i=1;i<=n;i++)

{

for(j=1;j<=n;j++)

{

printf(“%d”,i);

}

printf(“\n”);

}

return 0;

}

• Qs 2:

void main()

{

long int fact =1,n,i;

scanf(“%d”,&n);

for(i=1;i<=n;i++)

{

fact = fact * i;

}

printf(“%d”,fact);

}

• Qs 3:

void main()

{

int n;

scanf(“%d”,&n);

unsigned int i=n;

while(i>=0)

{

printf(“%d”,i);

I–;

}

}

Qs 4: Code snippet to write HCF using recursion.

• Essay Writing (newly introduced) (1 question, 20 minutes) :

• Qs: What are the childhood habits that you miss after growing old?

Out of 300 students, around 170+ cleared the aptitude.

[ Aptitude :

• For Genc Profile ( good aptitude score, 2-3 automata fix)
• For Genc Next profile ( good aptitude score, minimum 6 automata fix) ]

The interview was held after a week or so after aptitude results. They will send a mail 24 hours before the interview with the link and the slot for the interview.

Round 3 (Technical & HR Interview) :

• Introduce yourself.
• Explain OOPs concept.
• What are ethod overloading and method overriding?
• Difference between having and group by clause.
• Explain BCNF with an example.
• Basic 2-3 queries.
• A recent technology that you have learned. ( In my case, it was angular)
• Tell me briefly about the final year project.
• Basics of SaaS and Paas. ( As I did a workshop on the cloud with CTS, and it was mentioned on the CV)
• Why CTS?
• According to you, what are the pros and cons of this virtual model of education?
• Asked me about my hometown.
• Any problem with relocation?

It was my 1st interview, went pretty well. Within a month they mailed the name of the selected students to the college placement cell, and my name was there in the list. Kudos to the whole team of Prepinsta for helping me to bag my 1st job.

Tips to get selected in CTS :

• Prepare well in aptitude part, can refer to https://prepinsta.com/cognizant/
• For a technical interview, clear the basic concepts of C, anyone OOPs language, final year project, and DBMS(for CS & IT students).
• Be confident and frank when you are answering any question.

Hope my interview experience will be helpful to you. Prepare well for the campus drives. Will meet you in Cognizant !!