Software 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 Software 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 Software Developer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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Faced two interview rounds: Technical and Behavioral. The first round included two interview questions followed by technical questions on Python. The second round focused on the behavioral and situational responses.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to explain a Python project I had worked on, including the logic, modules used, and how I handled errors and edge cases during implementation.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Idukki) in Feb 2025
Interview
Online assessments including communication, aptitude tests. For communications there is audio answers and questions also. Coding test 2 sql, 2 normal coding challenges. From each one a single one is difficult and other is easy.
The test was very easy and focused only on basic sorting questions like bubble sort, selection sort, and insertion sort. No tricky logic or edge cases were asked—just fundamentals. Also asked to write arstrong number program