Cognizant Sr Software Engineer interview questions
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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.
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Interview was good , they did not ask program asked only Techincal questions about Java 1.8 , Microservices, CircuitBreaker , Junit, API Gateway and also Spring Security So please brudh up these areas before attending the interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SpringBoot, Spring , JAva concepts, Microservice Concepts
Interview started with the introduction. Remember it should not exceed more than 1 minute. Just tell about your academic details. Then they will ask you about your project. Major questions are asked about project only.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Mar 2024
Interview
Process was smooth. Although faced some issues with video interview setup. Interviewer was having average knowledge. It took 2 weeks to conduct 2 rounds of interview, both were technical rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic C#, Asp.Net Questions and .Net core questions