I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Mar 2022
Interview
Program:-
1. String Reverse
2.Remove duplciate element from an array
3.Array Sorting
4.Arranging alternative positivee and negative number in array
5.one progrm was on Exception ask what will be output
Java:---
1.Static and final
2.Exception and types,how you handle them
3.Differnce between Encapsulation and Inheritance
4.Difference between use of extend and implements
5.Differnce between throw and throws
6.Various cases of abstraction and asked for output
7.Collection explaination
8.HashSet vs HashMap
Manual:----
1.Agile
2. Differnece between Verification and Validation
3. Testcase on Lift
4.Sprint Retrospective Meeting.
5. How will you handle the dropdown which contains 1000 value
Automation:------
1. How take screen shot
2. Jars for Excelsheet
3.which one you preferred for test data extraction exxcelsheet,.properties or manually
4.how to handle dropdown
5.testng----execute only failed testcases
6.report creation using testng
7.explain ExtentReports and ExtentSparkReporter and some of method in that
8. Where you are Remote webDriver explicitly ?
9. How you are performing cross browser testing?
10. How you perform the testing on clouds ...???
11. Same explain WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
12.What will happen if we are giving both implicit 20 sec and explicit wait of 5 sec
13.Default value of Explicit and Implicit ?
I received the interview schedule via naukri for QA AUTOMATION ENGINEER role. It's a virtual interview. Interview experience is average. Not Easy. Questions will be increased and asked based on the response.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Basic questions on java, oops concepts and their implementation in the project.
I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in June 2025
Interview
1 st technical round Interviewer was very nice she is giving time to think about what she has asked . there interview scheduling process is very nice and smooth. they have scheduled the interview with in 3 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is this and super keyword. program on overloading using interface, java program to count the character in the string, explain all the oops concept and where you have applied in your framework , write program to throw and exception, difference between protected and private, difference between list and set , difference between arraylist and hashmap, how do you run your testcases using maven. explain your framework design.
two rounds of technical interview, basic questions were asked on Java, testng, maven, api testing, some manual testing questions, both round one program was asked on basic java string manipulation