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How others got an interview
- 29%Applied onlineApplied online
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 7%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 6%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
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- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cognizant as 69.5% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.74 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Systems Engineer and SQL Server Database Administrator rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Agent and Computer Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Cognizant takes an average of 17 days when considering 4,200 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Apple Inc. is 21 days, and Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days. Candidates applying for Computer Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Program Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 365 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant according to 4,200 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 16%
Skills test: 14%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 2%
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