I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Nov 2017
Interview
Interview process is very disorganized.No interview panel available ,no proper process. I had to wait for 2.5 hours just to attend a telephonic round. If it's a telephonic round why do you call candidates to your campus?
My first experience was even worser. They made me wait for 3+hours just to say that my skillset didn't match their job description.
My suggestions,
Shortlist a candidate by looking into their skillset with open eyes.
When you are calling a candidate for interview make sure your interview panel is active and available.
Telephonic round can be conducted regardless of the candidate's location. Calling them to campus just to attend telephonic round is a meaningless way of conducting an interview.
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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.