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      Software Engineer Interview

      13 Jan 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Hyderābād
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderābād)

      Interview

      2024 I have attend interview with Cognizant. Only one round of technical which covers both backend and DB technologies. Internal project interviews are tough compare to company interview. Some times they will ask you to screen share to write programming and DB queries

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why are you looking for change
      1 Answer

      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Cognizant

      Software Engineer Interview

      15 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is data annotations and the example?
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      10 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Chennai
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai)

      Interview

      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.

      Software Engineer Interview

      26 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant (London, England)

      Interview

      3 rounds of interviews with a technical interview. The technical interview involved questions on Java and sql. They were mildly difficult. The first 2 rounds were not so difficult, lots of situational judgement questions

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