I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Nov 2015
Interview
CTS has confirmed and mailed candidates to attend interview on 14-15 Nov at Manyata Tech Park, Bangalore. They took the Java, SharePoint, dot net skills for interview rounds. For Mainframe skill, they told the interview is cancelled.
If they don't want mainframe skill, why they sent confirmation for interview. After replying the participation for interview, why they didn't call/mail about the cancellation of interview.
The actual contact person for interview was not present and keep the cell switch off. No technical panel for MF came.
Around 45 experienced people return back to their place/different city after cursing on the process, with available company people. The interview was cancelled.
Everyone has travelled 25 kms to reach Manyata. Efforts put during late night and the entire day gone waste.
The talent acquisition team doesn't know how to conduct the interview. The management was lagging. And even they don't have discipline/value to people, about caring to avoid/interrupt the travel.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You can leave, interview for mainframe is cancelled.
The interview process is almost the same as other companies. Depending up upon the hybrid or remote env, the process is over the call or in person. Lateral Joiners should expect at least 3 rounds of discussions,
There will be a 4 rounds of interview if possible a client interview will be arranged initial a basic telephonic round to check our communication skills and followed by the Team lead interview and a manager round and HR final discussion if required a client interview as I said earlier.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the role in the current organization pls explain.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād) in Jul 2025
Interview
Interview process was good, after completing l1 , l2 happened two weeks later. After l2 again client took two weeks after completing all the rounds of interview successfully they mentioned requirement got changed
Technical Lead applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Lead roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 26 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 Technical Lead according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 6%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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