The first round was a phone interview with the hiring manager. The second round was a pair programming exercise/interview with a senior member of the development team. While I received good feedback I did not make it to the next round. Overall it was a positive interviewing experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My projects and interests. Then pair programming a technical problem during the second round.
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.