Hackerrank test with 2 problem statements after clearing this round, Technical Interview was scheduled where java related questions were asked. There were questions on collection framework. Then third round was HR round for salary negotiations.
First round was aptitude round followed by several filtering process. Interview round was very easy and within five to six days , i got a mail regarding the selection and after that also they are regularly updating everything.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant in Aug 2021
Interview
cognizant offered three categories to apply in 2021.
1.Genc Next
2.Genc elevate
3.Genc
For Genc Next you have to choose a role, so the following rounds will be related to the role you choose.
I chose Full-stack developer.
First round-30 mcqs and 6 coding questions (it had 2 sql queries)
second round-Technical interview + HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.was asked to write sql query given a scenario. (I used inner join.)
2.About all types of joins in sql.
3.java coding question - To count vowels given a string.
4.was asked to code exception handling in java.
5.Given a code snippet was asked to explain the code and what will be the output. It was related to polymorphism (method overloading and over riding).
6.what is static variable and static methods?
7.what is final variable? define an example final variable in the code editor.
8.what is lambda expression?
9.what is difference between java 8 and java 13?
10.list some new features of java8.
11.what is the use of finally block? code one example
12.list some aggregate functions in sql
13.write a query to find second highest salary from the employee table.