Senior Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 88% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Manager roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 17 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 Senior Manager according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 20%
Background check: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Group panel interview: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hartford, CT) in Mar 2013
Interview
2 technical interview, just product knowledge (Guidewire CC )
Each interview was for 30 to 45 minutes.
2 days after I got the offer
the visa was a problem the inmigration team is so slow
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
I had the first contact with the recruiter in April 2025. Then the first interview finally happened 1,5 months after. At least, the second interview 1 week after. Then I was ghosted, even after my several follow-up emails...
Interview went well and mostly asked about the people management and given situations and assessed how would we deal in those situations and focus was on how we handle the team and meet hard deadlines
Fast efficient smooth and seamless interview process. Very efficient very fast very smooth and very seamless. It was a great experience. Indeed a very good experience. Delighted with the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About my experience. They asked about my experience