Cloud Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Cloud Engineer roles take an average of 18 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 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Cloud Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Amsterdam) in Apr 2022
Interview
it was great, simple questions. be practical with your answers. video call. be prepared to ask some questions to panel also. maintain eye contact all through the call. take notes when ever possible. last summarize the whole thing and close the call
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell abt urself y should we hire u cloud concepts previous projects and achievements salary
I get interview after my collage. They ask basic question from Java , DBMS and some basic coding. The interview is quite friendly. Interview question standard is medium difficult. It was a good expirence.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Jun 2025
Interview
The interview process was good. It consisted of multiple technical rounds focusing on AWS cloud concepts, scenario-based problem solving, and best practices. The interviewers were professional and asked in-depth questions related to real-world cloud implementations.
Standard cloud infrastructure involves scalable resources, automation with Terraform, and a culture of collaboration in multinational corporations (MNCs), fostering innovation, agility, and efficiency in global operations and project delivery. Many more is on the cloud, aws, google etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Scenario based terraform question like when to use import, split environment, lock file etc