In this article find the Cognizant mainframe Interview experience held at March 2017 and Cognizant mainframe Interview Questions. Cognizant conducted the Mainframe interview process in just 2 rounds – 1 face to face technical interview round and the 2nd round is of managerial round or HR round.
Cognizant Mainframe Interview questions 1st round
QUESTIONS FACED DURING TECHNICAL ROUND :
Below listed are the questions asked in Cognizant Mainframe Interview for the candidate having 4 plus year of experience. One must go through these questions before appearing for the Cognizant Mainframe developer Interview as most of the questions might be asked again.Cognizant is one of the good company for the mainframe developers. First Cognizant Mainframe Interview round is face to face and was taken by some technical person from the project for which the hiring is conducted.
Question 1 ) What is Cond parameter ?
Question 2 ) Can you write the cond condition in step name ?
Question 3 ) How to override step ?
Question 4 ) What is Dynamic Array ?
Question 5 ) What is COMP 3 ?
Question 6 ) What is reference Modification ?
Question 7 ) What is runstat utility ?
Question 8 ) Where to define trans ID in which table ?
Question 9 ) COBOL DB2 pre compilation process ?
Question 10 ) What is -811 ?
Question 11 ) What is collasce function ?
Question 12 ) How to extract third max salary in SQL ?
Cognizant Mainframe Interview questions Manager round
This is the Cognizant Mainframe Interview second round and is taken by the manager of the project and asking the basic questions and the current role and responsibilities in the project and asking about the day to day work in the project. This technical round is not a technical , it is more about the project discussion round.
Questions Faced during Managerial Round:
Question 1 ) How will you RETROFIT the new code ?
Question 2 ) What is system testing and operational testing ?
Question 3 ) What is estimate, how do you prepare it ?
Last round is the HR round and discussing about the basic questions about notice period and salary discussion. Hope this article gives you an idea about the Cognizant Mainframe Interview process. All the best for your interview !