Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cognos as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for QA and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for QA and roles were rated as the easiest.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cognos
Interview
1-1 interview with separate managers followed up with a 1-1 with HR rep. Nothing too hard, typical questions re: experience, conflict resolution etc.Got phone call about a week later and offer was sent to my door.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cognos in May 2008
Interview
Interview process was pretty fair but rather lengthy. Phone screening led to HR interview and then second set of phone screening. After that it took a while, and then face to face interviews were scheduled onsite. That took about another few days. That interview was across management and technical team. There were couple 1-1 interviews and some group panel interviews. It was interesting interview as there were some scenarios laid out for me to do some hands-on work to prove my knowledge, skills, and background. Overall very good experience.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
how would you react to an upset customer using foul language?