I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Sept 2014
Interview
It was a campus recruitment drive and i was shortlisted after answering an aptitude test.
Aptitude test comprised of Verbal & Logical reasoning. No quantitative aptitude was asked.
Interview was 2 stages- Technical followed by HR.
Technical they will ask regarding your subject along with some basic programs to test C/C++ knowledge.
HR is like a cake walk because you will come to this stage only if you are 95% selected. So your confidence greatly improves.
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.