Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) Technical Previous Questions With Answer

Test Paper :18

Paper Type     : General - Interview

Test Date        : 13  January  2011

Test Location  : B.P.Poddar Institute of Mgmt & Techn, Kolkata

Posted By        : Subhamoy Bhaduri

Reasoning / Analytical: 30 Minutes, 30 Questions

Verbal English:  25 Minutes, 25 Questions

Reasoning/Analytical:

1. Figure

2. Syllogism

3. Logic(unless u....,only if....)

4. Data interpretation

5. 3x3 matrix with some condition-like a puzzle

6. Coding-decoding

Verbal English:

 

1. Reading comprehension-2 paragraphs

2. Rearrangement of jumbled sentences in  paragraph

3. Which one is most gramatically correct from a set of sentences

4. Other 5 questions-I couldn't remember

Actually there was 1 interview including both technical & HR

Technical Interview:

 

Me: may I come in sir?

Sir: Yes, please take your seat

 

Me: Thanks

Sir: What's your favorite subject?

 

Me: Java

Sir: Why is Java so important?

 

Me: Told its features

Sir: What's the difference of Java with other object orientd language?

 

Me: Told

Sir: What is DBMS?

 

Me: Told

Sir: What's Relation in RDBMS?

 

Me: Told

Sir: What's Normalization & func.dependency?

 

Me: Explained

Sir: What's 2NF and 3NF?

 

Me: Explained with examples 

Sir: Give sum real example (i.e attributes like emp_name etc.)

 

Me: Gave

Sir: What's your final year project?

 

Me: Told

Sir: How are you storing data?

 

Me: Told

Sir: Tell me its features

 

Me: Told

 

HR Interview:

Sir: Tell me about yourself?

Me: Told

 

Sir: What's your body weight?

Me: Told

 

Sir: How long will you take to complete 100 m race?

Me: Told

 

Sir: How will you manage 3-4 hours of journey to/from Bantala, kolkata (CTS' new campus in Kolkata) 

Me: Told bt he was not satisfied

 

Sir: Asked again the same question

Me: Told that in that case I have to shift to a place nearer to Bantala 

 

Sir: Ok, that's a better alternative

Sir: Nice to meet you & a warm hand-shake with me.

 

Appeared in Aptitude: 358

Cleared Aptitude: 251

Finally selected: 179

 

1. Prepare 1/2 subjects very well

2. Follow R.S Aggarwal's Verbal-Nonverbal reasoning, Objective General English

3. Follow company's aptitude questions from various sites

4. In interview never try to be over-smart  or very straight-forward

  

Best of luck!