I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Cognizant in Nov 2021
Interview
3 rounds , 1 hackerrank test, 1 Technical round, 1 hr round,
Core java questions, java 8, stream api, exception handling, collections , Spring Boot, collectors , Hibernate, full Hibernate connectivity, all basic spring boot and MVC.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Core java questions, java 8, stream api, exception handling, collections , Spring Boot, collectors , Hibernate, full Hibernate connectivity, all basic spring boot and MVC.
It was good interviewer was very kind and chill
But I'm from python background
The interviewer was from java background so that's why he told me this role is for java developer only
There will be two technical interview rounds, with the first one primarily focused on assessing my expertise in core Java concepts, including object-oriented programming, collections, multithreading, and exception handling, while the second round will dive more into the full-stack side, covering my experience with backend frameworks like Spring Boot, frontend technologies such as React or Angular, database integration, API development, and overall system design capabilities.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Sept 2025
Interview
Asked about java fundamentals, spring rest , java script, sql, 2 coding questions of reverse a string using different methods , count the number of vowels and consonant’s, cpp fundamentals, dbms . It was about 45-50 minutes.