I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Sep 2011
Interview
first round was a aptitude round folllowed by one-one technical round which lasted for half an hour. covered all basic engineering topics. Interviewer was friendly and got the result in two days
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Pune) in Mar 2012
Interview
Interview was easy
They were looking for a person with great communication skills rather than someone with great technical skills. TCP/IP model was asked and networking concepts. Was asked my favorite book and its story (As I had mentioned reading novels as my hobby)
Interviewer was very friendly
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Hyderabad) in May 2012
Interview
two rounds of face to face tech interviews and finally a hr round about u=your compensation and benefits. Each round two interviewers, senior guys. Asked me all basic java questions at starting then asked me to write code to heck basics of java. Then the DS questions.
If you are a java guy, easy to crack this interview