Senior Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Analyst roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Senior Analyst according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 12%
Personality test: 12%
Drug test: 12%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Group panel interview: 6%
Other: 6%
Background check: 6%
Phone interview: 6%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād)
Interview
Interview process was smooth due to having their own app instead of teams and zoom. And that is recorded so they can check wheather they can invest on that candidate or not.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Aug 2025
Interview
Not to good. the interviewer was not friendly. It supposed to be a conversation, they were just reciting what was written on a paper. thats it. I answered all, got accepted but rejected
The process of interview 3 rounds 2 technical and one hr .
I cleared first round 2 nd round bit difficult to clear .
Finally I got the result in 2 months only .
Process is very slow even hr not responding properly.
saw post online and went in for the interview. It took a lot of time and waiting because lot of people get interviewed on same day. interviews takes some days