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Cognizant
3.8
based on 47k Reviews
Proud winner of ABECA 2024 - AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards
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Overall Rating
3.8/5
based on 47k reviews
19% above
industry average
Critically rated for
Promotions/Appraisal, Salary & Benefits
Work Policy
Hybrid
68% employees reported
Monday to Friday
87% employees reported
Flexible timing
66% employees reported
No travel
70% employees reported
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Top Employees Benefits
Job/Soft skill training
3.5k employees reported
Health insurance
3.3k employees reported
Cafeteria
2.8k employees reported
Office cab/shuttle
2.4k employees reported
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About Cognizant
Founded in1994 (30 yrs old)
India Employee Count1 Lakh+
Global Employee Count1 Lakh+
HeadquartersTeaneck. New Jersey., United States (USA)
Office Locations
Websitecognizant.com
Primary Industry
Other Industries
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At Cognizant, we give organizations the insights to anticipate what customers want and act instantly to deliver on those demands. So they can achieve the goal of every modern business: staying one step ahead of a fast-changing world.
Mission: Our ambition will always be to see and seize new opportunities that serve our clients and drive sustained business performance for Cognizant over the long term. See how in our annual business snapshot.
Vision: Serving customers by looking forward as well as back is a big promise, but the power of today's new digital capabilities is vast and growing.
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Cognizant won India’s Largest Employee Choice Awards in Mega Companies Category.
#17 Top Rated Mega Company
#4 Top Rated IT/ITES Company
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Cognizant Ratings
based on 47k reviews
Overall Rating
3.8/5
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Category Ratings
3.7
Skill Development
3.6
Company Culture
3.6
Work-Life Balance
3.6
Job Security
3.4
Work Satisfaction
3.4
Salary & Benefits
3.1
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Cognizant is rated 3.8 out of 5 stars on AmbitionBox, based on 47k company reviews.This rating reflects an average employee experience, indicating moderate satisfaction with the company’s work culture, benefits, and career growth opportunities. AmbitionBox gathers authentic employee reviews and ratings, making it a trusted platform for job seekers and employees in India.
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Gender Based Ratings at Cognizant
based on 44.5k reviews
3.9
Rated by 15k Women
Rated 3.7 for Skill Development and 3.7 for Company Culture
3.8
Rated by 29.5k Men
Rated 3.7 for Skill Development and 3.6 for Work-Life Balance
Work Policy at Cognizant
based on 4.6k reviews in last 6 months
Hybrid
68%
Work from office
22%
Permanent work from home
10%
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Overall Rating | 3.8/5 based on 47k reviews | 3.7/5 based on 36.3k reviews | 3.7/5 based on 84k reviews | 3.7/5 based on 47.3k reviews |
Highly Rated for | No highly rated category | Job Security Company culture Skill development | Job Security Work-Life balance | Job Security |
Critically Rated for | Promotion/Appraisals Salary & Benefits | Promotion/Appraisals Salary & Benefits | Promotion/Appraisals Salary & Benefits Work Satisfaction | Promotion/Appraisals Salary & Benefits |
Primary Work Policy | Hybrid 68% employees reported | Hybrid 82% employees reported | Work from office 81% employees reported | Hybrid 60% employees reported |
Rating by Women Employees | 3.9 Good rated by 15k women | 3.8 Good rated by 10.8k women | 3.8 Good rated by 24.2k women | 3.8 Good rated by 13.8k women |
Rating by Men Employees | 3.8 Good rated by 29.5k men | 3.7 Good rated by 22.9k men | 3.7 Good rated by 54.5k men | 3.7 Good rated by 31.2k men |
Job Security | 3.6 Good | 4.2 Good | 4.6 Excellent | 3.8 Good |
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Cognizant Salaries
3.4
rated by 47k employees for salariesProgrammer Analyst
(56.3k salaries)
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Senior Associate
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Senior Processing Executive
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Software Engineer
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₹1 L/yr - ₹5 L/yr
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₹0.9 L/yr - ₹4.5 L/yr
Project Manager
(8.3k salaries)
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₹13 L/yr - ₹40.2 L/yr
Senior Systems Engineer
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₹2 L/yr - ₹8.3 L/yr
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Interview Process at Cognizant
based on 1.9k interviews in last 1 year
Interview Experience
4.1
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Difficulty level
Easy
27%
Moderate
69%
Hard
4%
People are getting interviews through
based on 3.6k Cognizant interviews
Job Portal
33%
Campus Placement
25%
Company Website
11%
Referral
8%
*23% candidates got the interview through other sources
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Cognizant, Salesforce To Drive Innovation Through Life Science Industry Cloud
- Cognizant and Salesforce have collaborated to accelerate innovation in customer experience for organizations in the life sciences industry.
- The collaboration aims to address challenges in the industry and deliver an end-to-end experience for patients, healthcare providers, and payers.
- Cognizant will work to help accelerate Salesforce's speed to market and align the development of the Life Science Cloud to the needs of life sciences clients.
- The collaboration aims to create a truly connected experience for all stakeholders in the life sciences ecosystem.
Bloomberg Quint | 13 Dec, 2024
Cognizant, Zscaler Expand Partnership To Accelerate Adoption Of AI-Enabled Zero Trust Security
- Cognizant and Zscaler have expanded their partnership to offer enterprises an advanced, artificial intelligence-enabled zero-trust cloud security platform.
- The partnership aims to enable enterprises to streamline policy enforcement, enhance threat detection, and isolate security threats with an AI-powered offering.
- The offering includes various capabilities such as secured access service edge, zero trust network architecture, and secure hybrid cloud.
- The goal is to provide comprehensive security solutions to reduce business risk for joint customers.
Bloomberg Quint | 12 Dec, 2024
Job offers galore at engineering colleges from IT companies and GCCs
- IT companies and Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are offering a large number of job offers at engineering colleges.
- Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) received 10,458 offers from 409 companies, with GCCs accounting for half of them.
- TCS, Cognizant, Infosys, and MindTree have significantly increased their hiring numbers compared to last year.
- GCCs and product companies are offering both entry-level and higher-level jobs to freshers.
HinduBusinessLine | 12 Dec, 2024
Cognizant to expand workforce to 2,000 for new TechFin centre at GIFT City
- Cognizant is expanding its workforce to 2,000 for a new TechFin centre at GIFT City.
- Cognizant is creating thousands of jobs across technology, engineering, and business services in India.
- The company is opening a 10 lakh square feet facility in Hyderabad to drive operations in AI and advanced technologies.
- Cognizant has also opened its first facility in Indore, aiming to scale operations to 20,000 over time.
HRKatha | 11 Dec, 2024
Job offers galore at engineering colleges from IT companies and GCCs
- Top four IT firms have recorded positive net hiring for the first time in two years.
- Vellore Institute of Technology received 10,458 offers from 409 companies, with GCCs accounting for half of them.
- TCS offered 3,912 offers this year compared to 1,000 last year; Cognizant (850); Infosys (650) and MindTree (540).
- GCCs, including Microsoft, Amazon, PWC, Deloitte, KPMG, Bank of America, and HSBC, offered jobs at VIT.
HinduBusinessLine | 11 Dec, 2024
IT deal-win announcements moderated in November, driven by rest of the world and Europe
- Europe dominated IT deal-win announcements in November with six deals, followed by RoW with five and North America with four.
- Manufacturing, BFSI, Energy & Utilities, and CPG & Retail were the key sectors for deal wins.
- IBM, Accenture, TCS, Wipro, HCLTech, LTI Mindtree, Cognizant, Atos, and HPE were the major IT firms closing multiple deals.
- The IT services sector is expected to recover as discretionary spending cuts lessen and smaller deals increase.
HinduBusinessLine | 9 Dec, 2024
Cognizant Launches Global FinOps Centre Built With IBM Technology
- Cognizant and IBM have launched a new FinOps Centre of Excellence.
- The centre aims to address challenges in AI readiness, cloud governance, and architecture modernisation.
- The companies will focus on mainframe modernisation, FinOps, and AI governance.
- Cognizant's Skygrade and Flowsource platforms will integrate with IBM tools for seamless transition to modern architectures and streamlined cloud management.
Bloomberg Quint | 7 Nov, 2024
Why Cognizant’s 13,000 returnees are a testament to a new era in talent management
- Cognizant has seen a 40 per cent surge in returning employees over the past two years.
- Cognizant’s employee value proposition is valued at a time when others are struggling to keep their best talent.
- For many returning employees, it wasn’t about money or title—it was about culture and connection.
- Organisations need to recognise that a respectful exit is an investment in a future return.
- Exiting employees should be valued, supported, and reminded that the company remains an option if they ever wish to return.
- Companies need to assess returning employees as rigorously as new hires.
- Creating a boomerang-friendly culture is a calculated strategy.
- The talent acquisition, people and culture teams, and hiring managers need to work in harmony.
- If employees are willing to come back, it’s proof that the company is doing something right.
- The ability to bring people back can be an organisation's greatest asset.
HRKatha | 7 Nov, 2024
Cognizant Launches Global FinOps Center of Excellence, New Solutions Built with IBM Technology to Tackle Enterprise Modernization Challenges
- Cognizant and IBM have launched a Global FinOps Center of Excellence, leveraging IBM's FinOps software and Cognizant's cloud and developer platforms.
- The collaboration aims to help enterprises manage complexity, modernize legacy applications, and innovate with enterprise-scale AI.
- Cognizant also announced extensions of its Cognizant Skygrade and Flowsource platforms, integrating with IBM tools to support modern architectures and streamline cloud management operations.
- The joint focus areas include mainframe modernization, FinOps for multi-cloud environments, and AI governance implementation across the enterprise.
Global Fintech Series | 6 Nov, 2024
Why Cognizant’s 13,000 returnees are a testament to a new era in talent management
- Cognizant has seen a 40 per cent surge in returning employees over the past two years.
- Cognizant’s employee value proposition is valued at a time when others are struggling to keep their best talent.
- For many returning employees, it wasn’t about money or title—it was about culture and connection.
- Organisations need to recognise that a respectful exit is an investment in a future return.
- Exiting employees should be valued, supported, and reminded that the company remains an option if they ever wish to return.
- Companies need to assess returning employees as rigorously as new hires.
- Creating a boomerang-friendly culture is a calculated strategy.
- The talent acquisition, people and culture teams, and hiring managers need to work in harmony.
- If employees are willing to come back, it’s proof that the company is doing something right.
- The ability to bring people back can be an organisation's greatest asset.
HRKatha | 6 Nov, 2024
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