Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 267 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Software Engineer according to 267 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 18%
Phone interview: 12%
Background check: 12%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Coimbatore) in Oct 2020
Interview
Cognizant came to our campus this year for the hiring process. It was a 2 day long process i.e First day(Online test) and the Second day(Technical and further HR). Trust me, there was a huge of competition among the candidates. The criteria that they had set was 60% throughout(Including 10th, 12th and degree). Relaxation of maximum 1 years within academics was entertained, with no active backlog in any subject among all semester. Joining was in the next year i.e July-2019. Package was 3.38 Net-gross(In hand). There were almost 2000+ candidates those were meeting the eligibility criteria so there was a massive amount of competition. The post that they were offering was Program Analyst. Pretty decent position to start your career in such a big multinational company. Cognizant is one the company and provides its employee with a great amount exposure but at the same time it needs your dedication and hard work as well. I also didn’t know what to study for the online test, there came Prepinsta in the role.The website if sufficient to big you the pattern it helped me a lot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The L.C.M of 2 numbers is 495, and the H.C.F is 5. If the sum of these numbers is 100, then their difference is,
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jun 2026
Interview
only one round of technical interview for senior position, and hr execution was not proper, they didn;t connect when needed and no proper negotiation of salary either since shortlisting for interview
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.