Cognizant Software Engineer interview experience

Before the final interview, I had to clear online rounds that tested aptitude and communication, including a gaming-style logic portion and then more technical evaluation. After those, the interview itself leaned heavily on my projects—what decisions I made, what problems I ran into, and what real-world use cases my work was meant for.

During the conversation, they kept pushing me to articulate my thought process clearly rather than just stating results. In parallel, other parts of the process had tested more direct coding and problem solving, and there were moments where medium-hard DSA and