I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Coimbatore) in Nov 2011
Interview
Hiring process was pretty easy. Written test will test your analytical skills (only data interpretation) and more of your verbal skills. Then HR round, if you dont have CS background, they wont ask you much programming.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Introduce yourself
2. Explain your college project
3. Talk about your in plant training
4. What are your extra curricular activities
5. would you like to have some tea
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Madras) in Mar 2015
Interview
First Round was an aptitude test conducted by AMCAT . Went pretty well . Logical reasoning , Quantitative Aptitude and Verbal reasoning was asked . Was an above average exam.
Second round was several days later . Next was Technical round. It was a drilling experience. About one hour of rapid fire questions based on main projects and core subjects. Like tell me what all you studied in so in such subjects
HR interview was fun and friendly .
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Cognizant (New Delhi) in May 2014
Interview
Cognizant entry level trainee process is divided into 3 steps:
1.Aptitude
2.face to face technical interview
3HR round
In first step there is an general aptitude that is mostly conducted by amcat which consists of mathematical apti.
If you qualify for 2nd round then there would be a face to face techical interview took by any technical experts.This one is crucial so they took more time and are more emphasized on this round and meanwhile technical experts tries get to know about your intrestes apart from technical knowledge.
3 round is a very easy one if you know a little bit about yourself and if you have ethics and social life you can answer all hr ques very easily.
After that you receive a mail to welcome you in cognizant yippie :p
Gud luck guys and girls pursue your ambitions and have a progressive thinking