I applied in-person. I interviewed at Cognizant (Mumbai) in Feb 2025
Interview
its straight forward and easy to crack focus on more technical part and sql questions and also there are many round present like aptitude and technical focus on more knowledge and dont bluff it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is orm ?
what is joins ?
diffrence between set and tuple ?
Their server very down on that day, in technical round you will be interviewed by 2 persons ( working professional and hr team member) . For my friends they asked oops concepts,sql, rest api ,etc....
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Dec 2025
Interview
1 Technical
1 Technical Manager
1 HR
I am sure many people will agree with me that worst HR communication happen here. No matter if you clear the interview or whatever they won't reply as if they have sweared on their life.
Pathetic experience, i cleared their interviews every weekend for 4 weeks and every time it was ghosting. They just hire for the HR work to be highlighted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions around Java, SpringBoot, Microservices, Kafka, DB.