I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Vellore) in Jan 2011
Interview
It was an on campus interview at my college VIT University, Vellore. I was called exactly at 12:35 for interview. The first question asked by the interviewer was to introduce myself. The very next question was "Why I want to join IT company even though I am BTech Biotech student", I easily answered since I was expecting this question. Next he asked me to tell the achievements and aspirations. Finally he asked me some basic questions related to biology. At the end he asked me "Whether you are comfortable to take job in any city". I happily said yes. This was kind of confirmation for me that I have been selected.
My view regarding interview is they dont want to test your knowledge, their only aim is to evaluate your confidence and your communication skills.
We had many rounds like 3 rounds before interview and interview was quite good. I got selected into cognizant as and programmer analyst trainee. I did not focus much on java, so due to that i Got 4 lpa
They asked very basic questions of reversing a string java basics and sql introduction and asked some data structures concepts finally few hr questions so on finally interviewer looks very strict interview got rejected
good and smooth. it was the intern position when i was hired by the company .first process is online test. and then interview. later offer letter. the postion. i was hired in 2022.