Cognizant Software Engineer interview experience

The interviewer checked technical depth through problem solving and also pulled in my project experience. The topics were very specific: Python fundamentals like OOP, multithreading, data structures, decorators, and exceptions.

After that, the questions shifted into Django concepts—ORM and routing, REST/Django REST Framework areas like views and authentication, plus performance tuning and migrations. The way it felt, it was targeted like an actual fit check for a Django role rather than a generic interview.

Even though I didn’t end up with an offer, the experience felt smooth and standard