Sr. Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Software Engineer roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Sr. Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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Was asked in depth on everything mentioned on the resume. Was not very technical but a lot of cross verification on what I have worked on in the previous job. There were three people cross questioning. I was not interviewed separately.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Austin, TX) in Feb 2012
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Questions were not at all relevant to the prospective position.
Asks question for a given technology but projects are on different .
Very trivial questions.