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 a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Oct 2010
Interview
Contacted by phone and telephonic interview scheduled. Interview was basic. It varies for each interview. They had an opening to fill immediately so it was a walkthrough. the HR will try to fetch you for dirt cheap. Stick to your reasonable demands.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
first was a aptitude test and then a technical round basic questions on C and C++ some questions related to SQL and software engineering and was asked to write down code for a scenario some questions were asked on my projects
a hr round was conducted for those who got selected i the technical
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell about the problems faced in your projects and the how did you tackle them
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Sep 2014
Interview
First round was an online test conducted by AMCAT. It contained verbal reasoning, quantitative aptitude and logical reasoning questions. The interview was mostly focused on databases and projects. There was no programming question. Just concepts like Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming, etc.The HR round was about hobbies and interests with details about each.