The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Boston, MA) in Jan 2012
Interview
Good methodological way of doing the interview,very pleased with staff who made me comfortable, but they they try to buy you in with the green card carrot and heard it would be processed only after 2 years and your H1B or L1 will be screwed by that time
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cognizant in Jul 2009
Interview
Applied online and it never got attention. Applied through one of my friend and it got never attention and applied through recruiting agency it got immediate attention and the best part is its for the same job at the same client. One of the project manager interviewed and first question is are you fine reporting to me then you will be considered for further discussion. I thanked him for giving this opportunity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you fine in reporting to me as i am also a project manager and you are being selected for project manager position.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Oct 2009
Interview
There were multiple interview as two were from Hiring agency and subsequently one technical/management with employeer and one more with HR all on phone. After that one more intreview one on one with Manager.
Questions were partly technical, more of my past experience and global resource management. There were few points related to behaviour and giving example for if - what type of situation.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Can you take up project from execution phase with limited time period of exposure to the environment / training