Ho presentato la mia candidatura di persona. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Cognizant (Cluj-Napoca)
Colloquio
Basic knowledge assesment of java 1.8+
Spring aop, di, mvc, transactions
, resilience (circuit breakers),
Rest APIs
Badic sql
Basic knowledge of docker/kubernetes
Solid, acid, cap
The interviewers are not that consistent, there is a good degree on personal biases based, not all the areas are covered.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Explaining basic principles of what is described above.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Cognizant (Guadalajara, Jalisco) nel mese di ott 2025
Colloquio
I did 3 rounds of interview, each of them technical, I managed to get to the client, the client were the only one who noticed that I wasn't a support engineer (I didn't apply to that position either, apparently somebody switched me in the middle of the process)
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Cognizant (Bengaluru) nel mese di ott 2025
Colloquio
The interview process included an initial HR screening followed by a technical assessment to test my Java skills. After that, I had one or two rounds of technical interviews focusing on coding, problem-solving, and frameworks like Spring Boot. Finally, there was a managerial round to discuss project experience and team collaboration.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
They asked me to explain the difference between an abstract class and an interface in Java.