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 69.4% 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%
Phone interview: 5%
Skills test: 5%
Other: 5%
Background check: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Apr 2025
Interview
Virtual Online test for screening. Followed by technical interview which also happened in Virtual. In TR round they asked basic coding and Computer science fundamentals, once you finish it. The process is done
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