I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant in Dec 2025
Interview
Started with introduction then he asked
questions from oops(Java),basic Java coding q (2) ,multithreading,sql queries,code on inheritance,do you know about cloud, basically q were from your set of lang and skiils that you choose during the paper earlier
Other Associate Software Engineer (GenC) interview reviews for Cognizant
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
The initial process went smoothly, but the interviewer who took my interview came with the intention to not hire. Asked all not so fresher friendly questions. After the interview, they didn't even mail regarding the verdict.
There are two interviews for students who have been cleared communication and technical assessment. One is AI-Bot Interview which is Very easy and has fixed questions. After clearing this interview there is next interview which is technical + HR..
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. The project workflow.
2. Java Stream API
3. Java Collection Framework
4. What is Wrapper Classes in Java
5. One DSA Question - Maximum Sum Subarray
easy cs fundamentals along with one coding question - usually very easy . couple of common hr questions like if we are willing to relocate and all.
overall easy - just be confident.