Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 77 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Systems Engineer according to 77 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 19%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 14%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Personality test: 9%
Drug test: 7%
Phone interview: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Other: 3%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant in Sept 2017
Interview
The interview process is a multi-stage process for hiring new employees. The interview process typically includes the following steps: writing a job description, posting a job, scheduling interviews, conducting preliminary interviews, conducting in-person interviews
There are four rounds:
1. First round is communication.
2. Second round is gaming and aptitude. This section includes logical ability, quantitative ability, verbal ability, and games.
3. Third round is technical. This section includes two coding questions, two sql questions, 10 mcqs about python, 10 mcqs about cloud computing.
4. Fourth round is virtual interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my projects, cloud computing, sql mostly based on my resume.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview went for around 15 minutes.They asked me basic coding questions, sql and dbms basic questions.They asked me on my internship.They told me to code for the palindrome question.At the end they asked any questions
Interview was on compus. And we had three rounds . two technical and one manager round. In Technical round they asked so many techni questions mostly related to sql such as duplicate, count, highest salary, etc. array related questions. And in manager rounds, uts was just a discussion about job profile
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain about strings, sql, python related questions, etc