Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Madras) in Mar 2012
Interview
The first round was a Personal Introduction round and then the second round was a written aptitude test which was very tough and followed by the Technical Round one to one, where few questions were shoot and finally many were eliminated in these rounds and the people who got selected came through the final HR round and succeeded it to get the offer.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant in Jan 2010
Interview
Basic Questions of technical and general knowlegde. Qustions to test personality. Very frindly. Nice people to interact. Very supportive . Will look for people to work very hard and long hours. Maybe even 10 to 13 hrs a day