Cognizant
American multinational information technology services and consulting company.
4 Rounds
~21 Days
Medium
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Interview Question Bank
Backend Engineer
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Technical
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How do you secure a REST API? Explain the JWT authentication flow.
#Authentication
#REST
#JWT
Cloud Engineer
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Technical
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How do you manage secrets and sensitive data in a Kubernetes environment? Why are native K8s secrets not enough?
#Kubernetes
#Secrets Management
#DevSecOps
Cloud Engineer
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Technical
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medium
What are Azure Managed Identities, and how do they differ from Service Principals?
#Azure
#IAM
#Security
Cloud Engineer
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Technical
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easy
Explain the AWS Shared Responsibility Model. What is the customer responsible for when using EC2 compared to Lambda?
#AWS
#Security
#Compliance
Product Manager
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Technical
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What security and compliance considerations would you prioritize when building a data lake for a healthcare client?
#Data Lakes
#HIPAA
#Data Governance
Software Engineer
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Technical
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How do you secure a RESTful API? Explain JWT token-based authentication.
#REST APIs
#JWT
#Spring Security
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