Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Background check: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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There was an online assessment which contains aptitude which was pretty hard and then a gaming round which u can practice from u tube,then again a coding round with sql and then a he round the dsa question were medium hard.
Its a online process the audio wasn’t clear and the questions the ask depends on panel member they ask most of the questions related to your cluster and thy also go for harder questions depending on the panel member
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderabad) in Feb 2026
Interview
The interview process was great and it consists of two rouds of interviews and the questions they ask in the interview they basically test your analytical and problem solving skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe me the difficulties what you have faced wile developing your project