I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Vijayawāda) in Jun 2024
Interview
I greeted him
He told me not to be nervous as this is my first interview
He offered me some water and started interview process
Then he asked me to connect with him in laptop..link is provided in superset platform
Even it is a face to face interview we should connect in online too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself
What have you prepared for interview
What do you learn in python
Encapsulation
Inheritance
Write a program in python (he asked to replace all the A's in my name with black spaces)
SQL based questions - how to copy data from one table to another table
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Guadalajara, Jalisco) in Oct 2025
Interview
I did 3 rounds of interview, each of them technical, I managed to get to the client, the client were the only one who noticed that I wasn't a support engineer (I didn't apply to that position either, apparently somebody switched me in the middle of the process)
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interview process included an initial HR screening followed by a technical assessment to test my Java skills. After that, I had one or two rounds of technical interviews focusing on coding, problem-solving, and frameworks like Spring Boot. Finally, there was a managerial round to discuss project experience and team collaboration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to explain the difference between an abstract class and an interface in Java.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Cognizant (Cluj-Napoca)
Interview
Basic knowledge assesment of java 1.8+
Spring aop, di, mvc, transactions
, resilience (circuit breakers),
Rest APIs
Badic sql
Basic knowledge of docker/kubernetes
Solid, acid, cap
The interviewers are not that consistent, there is a good degree on personal biases based, not all the areas are covered.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explaining basic principles of what is described above.