Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Sept 2021
Interview
Screening test
Technical Interview
HR Interview
Screening test: It had only quantitative, logical and verbal aptitude questions.
Technical Interview: They asked about my projects and internships.
HR Interview: They confirmed my availability for the Internship and Full time.
Totally it was an amazing experience to have as a fresher.
There are four rounds:
1. First round is communication.
2. Second round is gaming and aptitude. This section includes logical ability, quantitative ability, verbal ability, and games.
3. Third round is technical. This section includes two coding questions, two sql questions, 10 mcqs about python, 10 mcqs about cloud computing.
4. Fourth round is virtual interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my projects, cloud computing, sql mostly based on my resume.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview went for around 15 minutes.They asked me basic coding questions, sql and dbms basic questions.They asked me on my internship.They told me to code for the palindrome question.At the end they asked any questions
Interview was on compus. And we had three rounds . two technical and one manager round. In Technical round they asked so many techni questions mostly related to sql such as duplicate, count, highest salary, etc. array related questions. And in manager rounds, uts was just a discussion about job profile
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain about strings, sql, python related questions, etc