Software Engineer 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 Engineer 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 Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcuta) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interview was quite easy, they asked mostly from resume and some basic concepts from computer fundamentals subjects,and some general brain teasers questions and also a little numerical aptitude questions.
One technical interview revolved around the basics of data structures and algorithms and also the general briefing of the major projects that I had completed or worked on during my college days
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