I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Sep 2014
Interview
Interview starts off with an aptitude test round, then followed by a technical interview and finally, a face to face interview with personnel from HR department. Half the candidates are filtered out during the aptitude test. In the HR round, they get to know your background, your likes, dislikes, hobbies, goals, etc etc. Overall I'd say the selection process isn't that stressful. It is manageable if your fluency in English is good and if you are knowing the basics of at least one programming language.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jun 2026
Interview
only one round of technical interview for senior position, and hr execution was not proper, they didn;t connect when needed and no proper negotiation of salary either since shortlisting for interview
The interview was primarily technical, concentrating on C#, .NET, SQL, and API concepts. Questions tested understanding of core principles and practical application. The process was straightforward, professional, and focused on technical depth.
I applied online and got a calll back, had 4 rounds in total. first was a behavioral phone call just casual talks about your skills and when can you start working and general questions, then two coding rounds in hackerrank - was asked to code in java although the job was for python and finally HR.