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Cognizant Software Engineer interview questions

based on 1.7K ratings - Updated Jun 13, 2026

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Feb 11, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Declined offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Indore) in Sep 2016

Interview

It was two days process. Day 1 they took the written test. Day 2 ,selected students appeared for technical interview.They were telling the result of individual just after the interview,if passed then HR interview was taken.

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Question 1

In technical interview all the basic questions comprising almost all computer science subjects were asked.Questions on SQL query were frequent.Also sorting algorithms like bubble sort were asked.

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Software Engineer Interview

Feb 4, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant

Interview

The first round was apps which was pretty easy, followed by technical interview (the toughness level depends on the interviewer). Questions were from all subjects learnt in engineering. The third round will be HR.

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Question 1

Difference between C++ and Java Data structure quesions

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Feb 3, 2017

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at Cognizant

Interview

Easy interview process . I joined as fresher so usual questions and aptitude test was there. First round was aptitude . Simple aptitude. Next round was technical .simple technical c c++ Java DBMS was asked . Next was hr . Usual questions asked . And the offered me role in Bangalore

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Normal questions for freshers

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