Senior 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 Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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Simple questions about java and spring boot.
Only one round no other technical rounds .
One Hr round and salary discussion .
Mainly focus on cor java , spring boot and microservices
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Noida) in Aug 2025
Interview
Interview was held in sector 142 in August 2025
The process took 3 days.
Interview was easy.
Two rounds were there
One with manager & other with management level directors.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Cochín) in Sep 2024
Interview
It’s smooth, but the process for onboarding will take more time than expected. They will delay for no real reasons. After the second round there is a HR round, for that they will max negotiate the amount