Senior Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Manager roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Senior Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Background check: 25%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Teaneck, NJ) in Jan 2010
Interview
The initial communication happened through a headhunter, who connected to the HR team. HR team had a brief discussion about the current and previous jobs and passed it on to the recruiting manager. The recruiting manager had a detailed interview, followed by a coffee session. Then he wanted to take the opinion of his Senior. Once he was comfortable, the HR team came back in the scene with the detailed salary negotiation. Then they made the offer. I asked for a change of 4%, which they agreed to and thus the process got concluded.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me one example of a situation when as a manager you were in a difficult spot and managed to come out to it.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
I had the first contact with the recruiter in April 2025. Then the first interview finally happened 1,5 months after. At least, the second interview 1 week after. Then I was ghosted, even after my several follow-up emails...
Interview went well and mostly asked about the people management and given situations and assessed how would we deal in those situations and focus was on how we handle the team and meet hard deadlines
Fast efficient smooth and seamless interview process. Very efficient very fast very smooth and very seamless. It was a great experience. Indeed a very good experience. Delighted with the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About my experience. They asked about my experience