I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcuta) in Nov 2015
Interview
For me, interview process was face to face interview at Cognizant's own office @Kolkata. I am Java and PL/SQL developer. It was two rounds and they have asked me most of questions on Java , Spring, Hibernate , Oracle 11G pl / sql, Microsoft Sql developer pl / sql and UNIX. I answered all the questions. My suggestion, confidence is most important and if you are less confident, although you answer correctly, you may not get selected.
What will be the result of the query below? Explain your answer and provide a version that behaves correctly.
select case when null = null then 'Yes' else 'No' end as Result;
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.