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:
Personality test: 23%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 23%
Background check: 15%
Other: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Mumbai) in Dec 2024
Interview
My interview was for genc next. They asked the core knowledge about the techstack. The interviewer made me very comfortable. My cluster was C#.
The overall experience was good. They also asked some coding questions such as reverse a string, check number is palindrome. They also asked about cloud computing questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about yourself
reverse string
check palindrome
why cognizant
some basic hr questions
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?