I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in May 2025
Interview
It was a pretty good experience with the panel members. The question was not too difficult to answer. The coding question is slightly difficult .
i have do 2 out of 2 coding question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The asked me to join on immediate basis and that is not possible for me .
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai)
Interview
The interview included coding and DSA-related questions, along with discussions on system design, optimization, and real-world development scenarios. I was also asked about teamwork, handling challenges, and my approach to learning new technologies.”
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād)
Interview
It an virtual interview done in superset, i had give my interview at 6:00pm and ended at 6:30 my overAll experience is good. friendly interviewers where freshers can express there feelings without fear.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me easy programming questions in python(Strings,Arrays)
It was good the questions were easy , only basic oops and the simple sql joins. And some questions were from the projects like what have you implements and how you have done that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between authentication and authorization?
Software Development Engineer (SDE) 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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 37 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 Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 23%
Personality test: 23%
Background check: 15%
Phone interview: 8%
Other: 8%
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