I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Jan 2014
Interview
This was a walk in for ETL Test lead who have 5 yrs of experience as a Lead. (I am a PG) The "tell me about yourself" question was more about the interviewer than the interview candidate. Within 5 min the interviewer said, you can leave without asking single technical question!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer said " you started learning 'abcd... of IT' from the age of 26 years as he boasted "Dont worry, I am an IITian". Have answered all the technical questions after me insisting to ask tech questions. He asked if you have submitted any research papers! Well If one had to submit such papers they would not be working where they are!!
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Sep 2013
Interview
Two rounds of Technical interviews. Panel consists of two members who will question you on the technology you are being hired for. Though testing on basic knowledge will be done and from there on the interview will proceed into deeper areas of technology. brushing up on fundamentals may help.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions from the fundamentals can be the ones that get tricky.