I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jan 2011
Interview
Hired at Off campus interview. Simple and straight - you clear aptitude, might be bumped with GD, then a technical interview (is not a computer science graduate, don't worry they'll ask question only from resume). HR will be the last.
They are going to look for the attitude and when you are given a chance ask about mentorship programms and sporting spirit in cognizant. Mention that you know Cognizant take cricket seriously and add how about others?
Smooth interview process as well as it was very interesting with ample feedback at the end. I enjoyed the conversation a lot and coverted the interview and accepted the offer.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used