I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant in Sep 2013
Interview
There will be an aptitude test which has only quantitative aptitude and then verbal.
Then there will be a telephone interview (some times it wont be there).
Then there will e a Technical interview.
Finally there will be a HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions may be in depth it depends on the person who ask question.
There will be questions based on C , Data Structures , Network , DBMS and OS
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Cognizant in Dec 2014
Interview
good but elimination round is technical...be prepared with all basic concepts...hr is a cakewalk.they said that they will declare results in a week...also be sharp in answering logical questions....posed by them.atleast you shuld be good at minimum one programming language.
Technical interview followed by HR round, Technical round includes questions from resume, HR Round includes questions on your acedemics and other interests, overall very sound and interesting experience. Techincal guy was very helping, HR lady was gentle