Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Developer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Developer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderabad) in Sep 2025
Interview
quite easy and the final interview round was pretty tough campared to others.
and i was from the campus placements.technical round was tough and communication assesment was pretty easy and also the final interview round was pretty tough
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant in Oct 2025
Interview
On-campus hiring was a 2-stage process—
1. Online Assessment [Cluster Wise], where you need to solve questions related to your cluster
2. Technical Interview [Online], was a basic interview where questions were asked from SQL and cluster language
Asks questions based on the technology, for example if its a java developer interview then based on springboot such as questions on annotations which can simply be googled and might not remember if not used regularly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the what is a singleton class and how you can create it?