Software Engineer 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
After clearing AMCAT, they asked to come and attend interview.They unnecessarily wasted all of the candidate time. Telephonic Interview conducted just for name shake.The interviewer doesn't know the experience at all.Interviewer asked same questions for all candiadate. Upto my performance i did well, but without any valid reason they rejected.Not only for me almost all candidate like that.
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Question 1
1.What is Authentication,Authorization, 2.Abstract and interface 3. difference between function and stored procedure.
The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cognizant (New Delhi) in Apr 2018
Interview
The very first round was written organised by AMCAT team which consists of 2 programs.
After that technical round .very basic questions was asked. Don't hesitate to say NO , if you don't know the answer and then HR round
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Cognizant (Haiderabad) in Apr 2018
Interview
It was a short interview, and not too hard. I was recommended by a current employee, and did not have too much experience, so maybe they went easy on me.