I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcutta) in Dec 2011
Interview
I was hired from a Campus placement on 2010. 1st round was a test and most of the questions were analytical and test of english skills and after getting shortlisted we were called for a GD round and the GD topic was Arrange marraige or Love Marraige once the GD round was cleared we were called for a one to one interview.interviews questions are mostly HR and very few logical coding in C and C++.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used
It was three round interview with written test and 2 easy interviews. One technical and one with HR for compensation discussion. All were conducted on the same day. In order to get selected need to stand out and answer uniquely.