I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderabad) in Jul 2014
Interview
Interview was scheduled by one of HR talent Acquisition team, which have two rounds. Technical and HR. Technical is difficult took 40 minutes of time! 90% of questions will be asked from resume skill set and 10% of questions from job description.
After Technical, HR round about salary negotiation. Salary is depend on their policies.
Time taken for Interview process is 4 hours.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Oct 2013
Interview
First round: Aptitude test
Here you get quantitative, some puzzles and more of verbal questions. You can pass this.
Second Round: Technical
It was more likely stress interview for me as the interviewer started framing questions asking me logical problems mainly programming languages.You have to keep your calm and be patient.
Final Round: HR
More friendly, they just asked about position home related things etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
While i was explaining my internship project, he asked me about the changes i would give the employer as a feedback.
Technical interview and HR, you can get through easily if you come from another service based MNC instead of a small company. Technical would be straight forword, not that tough