Cognizant Sr Software Engineer interview questions
based on 302 ratings - Updated Apr 6, 2026
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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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Technical round mostly asked core java question and spring boot some SQL queries. On Manager round they asked about project and roles responsibilities. Then HR round mostly about salary discussion and negotiation.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
Worst interview process I have ever seen. Starting from the HR to the Interviewer, nobody was professional. HR called me around 10.40pm asking if I’m free the next day for my second round. I agreed. The next day I waited at the scheduled time for 15-20 minutes but I did not get mail or call. Again she called me back in 1 hour and told that the panel is available immediately and within 5 minutes I had to join the call.
I joined the call. The interviewer was in a hurry. He asked me 7-8 questions. He did not let me finish my answers and in no time the interview was done in 8 minutes ! I was left in a state of confusion and frustration after that. It’s been more than a week now and I haven’t received any feedback. I have mailed the HR twice already.
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Question 1
How to merge objects in Typescript.
How to convert JSON to strings.
Promise, callback.
Pipe in angular.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Jul 2021
Interview
I had an video interview and I got selected in Technical round. I gave my salary expectations to the HR but never got a call back even for negotiation. Technical interview was good and interviewer had a great knowledge on pyspark and aws.