Cognizant·Systems Engineer

Cognizant Systems Engineer interview experience

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IndiaPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process for this software engineering track involved multiple online shortlisting steps before I ever reached the interviews.

First, there were three separate OA exams: one focused on English, and then two more technical rounds. Those technical parts included coding questions plus SQL in the mix, and the whole sequence was clearly about filtering.

Once I was shortlisted, I progressed to an HR conversation and then the next phases where they explored projects and my background. The overall difficulty of the technical evaluation felt structured, not random, and I felt the interviewers were trying to gauge both capability and fit.

I didn’t receive an offer, and the main reflection I had was that the early OA rounds

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