Automation Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Automation Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Automation Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 25%
Drug test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Other: 8%
Presentation: 8%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Mumbai) in Jan 2022
Interview
Smooth process on candidature process also hr was very much co ordinating with every concern and scheduling the interview as per the feasibility Thank you for the opportunity and would definitely recommend their candidature process
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Question 1
Bdd framework concepts and advantages over other frameworks
Mode: Virtual | Rounds: 3 | Difficulty: Moderate
Technical Round 1: Focused on Selenium, TestNG, Java basics, and API testing (Postman/RestAssured).
Technical Round 2: Questions on framework design, Jenkins, Git, and performance testing (JMeter).
Managerial/HR Round: Project discussion, challenges faced, communication, and salary.
Overall: Smooth and professional process. Interviewers were polite and focused on real-time QA scenarios.
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Question 1
“They asked me to explain my automation framework design — how I structured it using Selenium, TestNG, and Page Object Model, and how it integrates with Jenkins for CI/CD. and java coding ”
Got scheduled two times in last four months. Both time I have got selected for second round but the next round is not scheduled. Each and every time new HR contacted me and I couldn't reach them once after that
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Apr 2025
Interview
Had 3 rounds of interviews, 2 technical and 1 HR round. The questions asked were based on experience and coding, and scenario-based. Even after selection, I haven't got the offer letter when called the HR, they keep telling waiting for the approval from business head, its been more than a month
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Java programs and logic and Senario based questions