Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 24 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 Analyst according to 24 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Phone interview: 14%
Skills test: 12%
Drug test: 10%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Mar 2025
Interview
first they asked about my personal details then they asked some basic concepts of java .they asked me to write a code on strings and asked me to trace the code
got through the online technical test. sat for the interview online, waited for 30 mins, no interviewer on the opposite end. rescheduled automatically for the next day. but same thing, no interviewer present.
good not got the offer interview was very hard as the interviewr was a new and he has taken about 2 hour of interview in which hw askd many questions even after solving many i didnt goyt the offer
It was only one round of around 30 mins.
The interviewer was professional and kind
Asked questions on OOPs, SQL and java also asked to code a string based question