Cognizant Software Testing Engineer interview questions
Updated 25 Jul 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 22%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 19%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 16%RecruiterRecruiter
- 13%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 3%In personIn person
Interview search
41 interviews
Cognizant interviews FAQs
- Software Testing 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 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Testing Engineer roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 32 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 Software Testing Engineer according to 32 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 14%
Personality test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Other: 6%
Drug test: 4%
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