I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Oct 2021
Interview
There are 5 rounds for interview in off campass.
1. Aptitude
2.Tech round 1
3.Tech round 2
4. Group Discussion
5.HR round
1st two rounds are lil'l bit easy and try to concerntrate group Discussion because most of the company will filter the candidate in gd, and be bold and try to be smart in HR because that round will decide ur package.
Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Cognizant
The interview was primarily technical, concentrating on C#, .NET, SQL, and API concepts. Questions tested understanding of core principles and practical application. The process was straightforward, professional, and focused on technical depth.
I applied online and got a calll back, had 4 rounds in total. first was a behavioral phone call just casual talks about your skills and when can you start working and general questions, then two coding rounds in hackerrank - was asked to code in java although the job was for python and finally HR.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in May 2026
Interview
Interview process was straight forward. Two technical Interview L1 and L2 rounds happened. L1 was easy with basic java questions. But L2 was the actual interview. They were asking every concept very deeply.