Cognizant interview questions
Average interview difficulty
Very positive interview experience
How others got an interview
- 29%Applied onlineApplied online
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 7%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 6%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
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Cognizant interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cognizant as 70% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and Software Engineer Trainee rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Technical SAP Consultant and Visual Designer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Cognizant takes an average of 23 days when considering 20 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Business Analyst had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Visual Designer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: Â 20%
One on one interview: Â 17%
Background check: Â 13%
Skills test: Â 9%
Drug test: Â 9%
Presentation: Â 9%
Group panel interview: Â 7%
Other: Â 7%
Personality test: Â 7%
IQ intelligence test: Â 4%
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