Associate Software Engineer (GenC) applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Software Engineer (GenC) roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 96 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 Associate Software Engineer (GenC) according to 96 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Phone interview: 8%
Other: 8%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 5%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Longowal) in Sept 2022
Interview
My interview was conducted in online mood they asked me question from basic c and c++, python and from Java also like to explain garbage collector etc .. a part from this they also asked me couple of aptitude question and they asked me a program to reverse a string.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to write a program to reverse a string
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.