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As my programming language was java so they asked java specific question like. 1. Is java platform independent? 2. Why java do not support multiple inheritance? 3. What is JVM, JRE, JDK? 4. What is java servlet? (i was not able to answer this question) 5. How we connect Sql with JDBC? (i was not able to answer this question)
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Programmer Analyst Trainee

Interviewed at Cognizant

3.4
Jul 16, 2024

As my programming language was java so they asked java specific question like. 1. Is java platform independent? 2. Why java do not support multiple inheritance? 3. What is JVM, JRE, JDK? 4. What is java servlet? (i was not able to answer this question) 5. How we connect Sql with JDBC? (i was not able to answer this question)

The interview was of two parts. I was asked technical questions in Java and OOPS. After that, there was a Japanese interview where my basic reading and speaking skills were tested. The people there were extremely kind, helpful and understanding.
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Programmer Analyst Trainee (PAT)

Interviewed at Cognizant

3.4
Aug 1, 2024

The interview was of two parts. I was asked technical questions in Java and OOPS. After that, there was a Japanese interview where my basic reading and speaking skills were tested. The people there were extremely kind, helpful and understanding.

first question was to introduce myself and some basic stream related theoretical question & basic aptitude question Second question was related to programming language that was python for me which included basic theoretical question related to DSA (list, tuple, dict, set, linked list) not at the level of trees/graph, dynamic programming and OOPS along with 1 basic coding question the interview went on for almost 30 min.
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Program Analyst Trainee

Interviewed at Cognizant

3.4
Jan 31, 2026

first question was to introduce myself and some basic stream related theoretical question & basic aptitude question Second question was related to programming language that was python for me which included basic theoretical question related to DSA (list, tuple, dict, set, linked list) not at the level of trees/graph, dynamic programming and OOPS along with 1 basic coding question the interview went on for almost 30 min.

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