I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Oct 2012
Interview
Computer Networks, All software projects you've done. You should be able to explain and justify its credibility. Basic algorithmic questions. Sorting, searching, trees graphs and stuff.
He argued with me a lot about all my projects. I felt offensive and had to defend myself a lot. I could not believe i got the offer as the interviewer did not show me any positive response.
I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Jul 2011
Interview
Written round of aptitude.
Minimum percentage in the academics was set to 65% across SSLC, HSC and Engineering.
Written round comprised of aptitude, general reasoning and verbal reasoning.
Technical round happens for about thirty minutes to one hour.
Questions are mostly to write the logic given a program.
Other technical questions are from projects done in Engineering and other courses.
Last round is HR where it is mostly about work location preference and attitude check.