I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Feb 2026
Interview
Overall easy to moderate level -
It was happened face to face in cognizant office.
Only one technical round was there and one hr round.
Hr called me before interview and asked to give face to face only.
Other Senior Software Engineer - Java Developer interview reviews for Cognizant
Attended walkin at 12A Building mindspace, they conducted interview at cafeteria and panels are beside only,
My interviewer talking beside interviewer that is your friend came or not, I am sure that he would selected that friend.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Nov 2025
Interview
The walk-in interview process for a Senior Java Developer typically includes several quick, on-the-spot evaluation stages. Candidates first register and submit their resumes, followed by an initial screening to verify experience and core Java skills. Next, a technical round may involve coding tests, problem-solving tasks, or discussions on frameworks like Spring and Hibernate. Senior candidates are often asked about architecture, design patterns, performance tuning, and real project scenarios. Finally, an HR discussion covers salary, availability, and cultural fit. Overall, the process is fast-paced and designed to assess both technical depth and practical experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Explain about microservices architecture
2.Give brief explanation about API Gateway configuration 3. What is the role of service registry and which registry have you used in your application 4. How you handle authentication and Authorization in your microservices 5. How to communicate each microservices one to another 6. How you create one microservices from scratch 7. What is meant by stereotype annotation and explain it 8. Transactional annotation which purpose you used in your application 9. Explain about concurrent Hashmap and explain about internal working structure 10. Lifecycle of maven 11. Do you have any idea about Docker and Kubernetes..
Coding: Some Java streams snippet questions is related to strings and number logic