Junior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.5 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 71.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Junior Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant in Feb 2025
Interview
Una prueba técnica y tres pruebas teóricas. Las personas en puestos técnicos eran poco abiertas y, hasta cierto grado, un tanto antipáticos. Se percibió una sensación de rechazo, indiferencia, y hartazgo hacia el entrevistado.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Preguntas de la biblioteca de React, componentes funcionales y de clase, HTML semántico, fetch de datos, CSS pre processors.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Nov 2022
Interview
The format of the interview was very simple. basic theory questions related to java and oops. It started with simple mental ability and mathematical questions. The main question they wanted to ask was if i wanted to relocate.
2 rounds online interview in 2021
Technical round
Hr round
Technical round little bit difficult
Hr round is very easy.
Technical round asked so many basic,advance and coding questions.
Hr round asked some hr questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A coding question given
Some basic and advanced questions asked which was mentioned on our cv