I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Rānchī) in Aug 2014
Interview
AMCAT test initially which was followed by 2 rounds. First was technical that questioned on OS,DS, C. It was followed by HR that was general and a GD sort of thing was conducted. It was pretty straightforward and very easy just the basic knowledge was tested . The basicsa re a must
The interview was primarily technical, concentrating on C#, .NET, SQL, and API concepts. Questions tested understanding of core principles and practical application. The process was straightforward, professional, and focused on technical depth.
I applied online and got a calll back, had 4 rounds in total. first was a behavioral phone call just casual talks about your skills and when can you start working and general questions, then two coding rounds in hackerrank - was asked to code in java although the job was for python and finally HR.
3 rounds of interviews with a technical interview. The technical interview involved questions on Java and sql. They were mildly difficult. The first 2 rounds were not so difficult, lots of situational judgement questions