Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Apr 2016
Interview
You will get a phone call regarding the interview, then confirmation mail regarding interview with venue and location. Initially you will given an ID card in the entrance and you have to wait in room where your resume will collected and you will called for face to face Technical Interview ( 2 rounds) and the selected candidates will be called for HR round.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Nov 2012
Interview
It was normal interview process and it took 1 day for entire process. First round was written test, second was face to face and third was managerial round and last round was HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic concepts of OOPs, SQL - Joins, Stored procedure, SQL query, Jquery, Asp.net with C#, MVC, Web Api.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Fort Kochi) in Jun 2015
Interview
Simple and easy. There were 2 rounds. In first round we had a technical interview, were he mainly concentrated on our background, some basic C questions. Followed by HR interview. Were they asked whether you are ready to work in any location.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to take software after completing Btech in ECE