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 69.4% 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%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Aug 2025
Interview
HR round
Online test
Panel round
From srarting with the HR round itself very hard and they need good professional for this fresher role also its very hard to crack the HR round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and they checking our communication level
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
Designation was trainy analyst but the role was customer service desk they are Saint role after you join before joining they won't tell you the real rolethey are Saint role after you join before joining they won't tell you the real role