I applied through other source. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderabad) in Aug 2012
Interview
Written test and interview. Test was full of finance questions and English grammar. Grammar included filling up blanks in sentences with prepositions, correcting grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors. Finance concepts were tested and data interpretation skills are tested. Writing skills are very important.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
The position was hired through the contractor. Contractor call me if I am available to take interview today. I said ok and they call me back after 30 min. Their manager called me to ask same thing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your recent projects and the tools I used for that project
Through campus placement, initially gave online aptitude test and then interview. In interview logical ,situation based and basic of programming questions were asked.
Overall it was positive experience, they looking for candidates who are willing to take risk.