Graduate Engineer Trainee 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 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Engineer Trainee roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 6 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 Graduate Engineer Trainee according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 19%
One on one interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Group panel interview: 10%
Drug test: 10%
Other: 5%
Phone interview: 5%
Background check: 5%
Skills test: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jun 2025
Interview
it contains about 4 rounds-1.Communication exam
2.Gaming exam
3.Technical exam
and final- 4.TR and HR these rounds are conducted in online only ,there is no need to attend any offline places,unless they have informed or mentioned to specific people
amazing review process and good iterviewers they spoke well and clearly and very great experience and also the process contans tech assesment comunication assesment then tech interview and last hr interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
basic coding quetions , que on projects , string manipulation
There was one online test and one technical interview in which the main focus was on the Engineering Subjects like Java , DSA , SQL , Cloud Fundamentals and this was a college placement so it was easy to clear
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about SQL joins and sub query
and asked about working of hashmap in java
Applied through Superset Platform
Three assessments:
1, Aptitude Asseesment
2. Technical Assessment
3. Communication Assessment
After shortlisting in this tests, Got a interview call. Interview was offline.
Interview Questions:
1. OOP's Concepts
2. Resume based
3. Projects