I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cognizant in Nov 2025
Interview
A professional sign of asking relevant questions, which impressed me. I answered the Java questions confidently through face-to-face discussion. But when it comes to the Microservice pattern called Circuit Breaker, somewhere I forgot to write the syntax properly, implemented a couple of months back, but I am confident in implementing it.
The interview was primarily technical, concentrating on C#, .NET, SQL, and API concepts. Questions tested understanding of core principles and practical application. The process was straightforward, professional, and focused on technical depth.
I applied online and got a calll back, had 4 rounds in total. first was a behavioral phone call just casual talks about your skills and when can you start working and general questions, then two coding rounds in hackerrank - was asked to code in java although the job was for python and finally HR.
3 rounds of interviews with a technical interview. The technical interview involved questions on Java and sql. They were mildly difficult. The first 2 rounds were not so difficult, lots of situational judgement questions
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