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Are you willing to relocate to a completely different city? Tell me something about your family? What do you think it takes to be successful in a company like ours? What qualities should a successful manager possess? Describe your most rewarding college experience. Why should we hire you? What do you think makes you stand out for a job in Cognizant? Tell me about a time when you worked effectively under pressure.
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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)

Interviewed at Cognizant

3.6★
Dec 11, 2020

Are you willing to relocate to a completely different city? Tell me something about your family? What do you think it takes to be successful in a company like ours? What qualities should a successful manager possess? Describe your most rewarding college experience. Why should we hire you? What do you think makes you stand out for a job in Cognizant? Tell me about a time when you worked effectively under pressure.

Around 10 to 20 questions MCQs were asked (i don't remember clearly) related to programming and OS. Code errors, Linux commands, etc. 3 Problem statements were asked in the same test. One easy math-based question, one medium string-based question and one Dynamic Programming.
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Software Development Engineer - Test

Interviewed at FourKites

3.4★
Jul 3, 2023

Around 10 to 20 questions MCQs were asked (i don't remember clearly) related to programming and OS. Code errors, Linux commands, etc. 3 Problem statements were asked in the same test. One easy math-based question, one medium string-based question and one Dynamic Programming.

Explain your project Difference between Implicit and explicit waits. Difference between get() and navigate(). How do you resolve conflicts in your code(GitHub)? What is Stream API? How do you access a method by 20 threads simultaneously? What are the different parameters present in testNG test runner XML file. Why do you need Maven? Explain String Builder. Write a program to find the even numbers in an array and store it in an Array. What workarounds to do when you send a text in a text field, but the text isnt visible? How to create a connection to Db and execute query in automation scripts? How do you generate reports of a test run? Suppose you have only one day to retest a code change and the code needs to be deployed to prod the same day, how will you carry out the smoke/sanity testing? Explain Defect Life cycle.
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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)

Interviewed at Cognizant

3.6★
Jan 22, 2025

Explain your project Difference between Implicit and explicit waits. Difference between get() and navigate(). How do you resolve conflicts in your code(GitHub)? What is Stream API? How do you access a method by 20 threads simultaneously? What are the different parameters present in testNG test runner XML file. Why do you need Maven? Explain String Builder. Write a program to find the even numbers in an array and store it in an Array. What workarounds to do when you send a text in a text field, but the text isnt visible? How to create a connection to Db and execute query in automation scripts? How do you generate reports of a test run? Suppose you have only one day to retest a code change and the code needs to be deployed to prod the same day, how will you carry out the smoke/sanity testing? Explain Defect Life cycle.

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