I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Mar 2014
Interview
2 technical interview, 1 hr interview. Average difficulty. Panel was very friendly. The interview was for about 20 mins. Panel helped me to get past my initial fear. More abstract questions were asked . the interviewer tried to ask programming questions but he felt he asked too many questions and finished the inteerview
The interview was primarily technical, concentrating on C#, .NET, SQL, and API concepts. Questions tested understanding of core principles and practical application. The process was straightforward, professional, and focused on technical depth.
I applied online and got a calll back, had 4 rounds in total. first was a behavioral phone call just casual talks about your skills and when can you start working and general questions, then two coding rounds in hackerrank - was asked to code in java although the job was for python and finally HR.
3 rounds of interviews with a technical interview. The technical interview involved questions on Java and sql. They were mildly difficult. The first 2 rounds were not so difficult, lots of situational judgement questions