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 (Pune) in Mar 2025
Interview
Aptitude then communication round then technical interview then got letter of intent if selected then got login credentials on their portal then got training on the tech stack with stipend and after it converted to full time employee
For me first round is communication round ,i cleared and second round is aptitude, then the 3 rd round is TR and and 4 th round is Hr. It is hard to clear .only 15 members selection from 200 members
It was good 30 min interview. Was very basic but they already decided to reject me at the start because I didn’t had knowledge of there required technology. They needed .net and web development. Question were based on sql and OOP