I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Oct 2011
Interview
Initial phone call from HR.
I was also interviewing with another company and did this in parallel.
1:1 interview with Manager
He just clarified what was expected. Not very clear about the role. He wasn't very technical about the role.
Client Interview
I had two rounds of technical client interview. Did badly in the first - well in the second - with the lead architech - that clinched it!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
He asked me a generic technical question about ioctl's (operating system) but i never used that skill on the job!
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant in Jun 2012
Interview
First was a role fitment interview. Following which there was a one on one interview. CTS interview is really in depth to the role applied for. Sit and think on the what you did in the past. What are the key areas and to an introspection.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Springfield, MA) in Feb 2012
Interview
Email from the recruiter describing the job.Then a telephonic interview was scheduled through email.
Telephonic interview was for half an hour and was about current role, industry wise questions.