Cognizant Interview Questions - 2020 - GenC/ GenC Next

Cognizant has started its on-campus hiring process last month for two profiles - GenC and GenC Next. As dates of the online assessment were different for different colleges so some colleges got the result of online assessment and some are waiting for it. Generally they are declaring the result of the online assessment after 12 days from the date online assessment.

One of my friends has done with her interview of GenC profile. She is from Computer Science and Engineering Branch. She shared her interview experience with me. Below is the details of it. 🎯

No. of interviewers: 2

Interview Duration: 45 - 50 mins

Questions asked: 💬

• Introduce yourself

After introduction they asked her about any 3 favorite subjects and asked to rate herself in those subjects and then they started asking questions on those subjects. She mentioned - Data Base Management System, Operating System and Data Structure.

• What is DBMS?
• Why we use DBMS?
• What is view?
• What is Operating System?
• Difference between Process and Threads.
• What is processor?
• What is microprocessor?
• Why we use different devices?
• What is ACID property?
• How to search any query in DBMS?

Project: 👷

Then they asked about her projects mentioned in her resume. They told her to briefly explain all her projects. [Suggestion - try to explain all the important features at first then go for in details as they will not give you much time. After explaining all features try to mention the technologies used and your role.]

Questions outside preferred subjects: 💥

Here they asked about the technologies that she had mentioned in her AMCAT test portal before starting the assessment.

• Can you print  your name "Ankita Rajput" without using semicolon (;) ? If possible then how?
• Do you know Python?
• Do you know Linux?
• Explain Software Development Life Cycle in short. What are the different phases of it?
• What are the different types of testing?
• What is cache memory?

HR Questions: 💁

• Why do you want to join Cognizant?
• Where are you from and are you willing to relocate?
• About her essay that she had written in her AMCAT test.

As she had good score in Quant and Logical sections so they asked 3-4 questions on this. 👀

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Good Luck for upcoming placement drives 👍. Thank you. 😃