Cognizant Sr Software Engineer interview questions
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Sr Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr Software Engineer roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 20 days.
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It was very well planned. At reception HR asked for resume and at the scheduled time the interview was done. Overall good experience and the questions asked were also based on my work experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To explain my current project and roles and responsibilities in the project.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Visakhapatnam) in Sep 2019
Interview
It is held in 3 stages Written,Technical,Hr.
As soon as I entered they asked to introduce myself. Then started asking questions on software engineering. They asked about all life cycle models in Software Engineering.
They asked about joins in Data Base Management Systems. Asked me to explain Bubble Sort And more over about my project work.
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Question 1
they asked to draw all life cycle models of software engineering. About inner join in Sql. About my project weather t is web based or stand alone application.