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      Software Developer Interview

      Dec 21, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Pune
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune)

      Interview

      Recently Cognizant Technical Solutions(CTS) visited campus to recruit for Genc Next and Genc Elevate roles for their organization.Round-1(Online Test) Round-2(Technical Interview) Round-3(HR Interview) Focus on basics. Keep calm and hope for the best.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1 Tell me about your self 2 What is c# 3 What is oops concept 4 What is Delegate 5 Difference between polymorphism and what are its type 6 What is out and ref keyword 7 What is call by ref and call by value 8 What is namespace 9  What is data hiding 10 What is abstraction 11 diff between  dbms and rdbms 12 what is drop and truncate? Can we use Rollback for drop 13 can we use pointer in c# 14 what is managed and unmanaged code 15 what are Joins and types of Joins 16 what is cross join 17 diff between sp and function 18 what is primary key 19 what is foreign key
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      Other Software Developer Interview Reviews for Cognizant

      Software Engineer Interview

      May 15, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant

      Interview

      The interview was primarily technical, concentrating on C#, .NET, SQL, and API concepts. Questions tested understanding of core principles and practical application. The process was straightforward, professional, and focused on technical depth.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is data annotations and the example?
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      Software Engineer Interview

      May 10, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Chennai
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai)

      Interview

      I applied online and got a calll back, had 4 rounds in total. first was a behavioral phone call just casual talks about your skills and when can you start working and general questions, then two coding rounds in hackerrank - was asked to code in java although the job was for python and finally HR.

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 13, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Pune
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in May 2026

      Interview

      Interview process was straight forward. Two technical Interview L1 and L2 rounds happened. L1 was easy with basic java questions. But L2 was the actual interview. They were asking every concept very deeply.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Basic java concepts, collection framework, java 8 features & examples, microservices.
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