I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
2 technical + HR. Interview was taken by architects in respective technologies and then by HR. Interview was on core JAVA, JAVA VM, JAVA compilers, JAVA performance tuning. The HR was good but no negotiations were made. you would get the offer letter in a weeks time. But over all experience was good.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bhubaneshwar) in Nov 2012
Interview
Came to our college in the placement session. There was 3 rounds of interview - technical interview, group discussion and HR interview. In the interview act smart and show interest for getting selected in the company. Don't disclose your other plans if you are equivocal in your mind. You can always deal with it after you get selected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Chennai is too hot. Will you be able to cope with the weather ?"
in the HR interview the interviewer asked about my family's economic condition and what my father, mother and brother do. It was quite unexpected.
Written test containing mental ability test, English phrase, Coding snippet and some logical question. result was announced over email. After that Technical interview about database, final year projects details some micro level knowledge about Java/Do net, few algorithms and code logic had to written followed by HR round.