Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 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 Software Developer roles take an average of 41 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 Software Developer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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It was a great experience. HR made it smooth process. Asked about the roles and responsibility of previous project with some technical stuffs. Further asked about the techniques in which i have worked
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the previous projects that you have worked for?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Mar 2025
Interview
Sent a virtual interview first, answering 45 multiple choice technical questions and recorded five behavioral questions. This lead to a “coffee chat” to discuss next steps then a final round interview with client.
Basic questions were asked on programming fundamentals day to day work challenge faced Data structures coding principles followed java8 features streams collections questions on sql joins sql queries interested areas of work