I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in May 2011
Interview
The interview process was very quick and precise. Topics include basic java and j2ee questions. The interviewer was a technical manager. He had a opening in his account . There were 2 rounds. One technical and one HR.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Jalandhar, Punjab) in Sep 2015
Interview
It was on-campus drive of Lovely Professional University,around 1900 students from CSE, ECE,EEE,EE,Mech,Civil and Bio-Tech registered for the drive.
Day-1,
Pre-placement talk---->9-11AM
Online ELQ test conducted by AMCAT------>11:30-5:00PM
A total of 1196 out of 1900 Students were shortlisted for interviews
Day-2,
Interviews for the first 600 shortlisted students
Technical Interview followed by HR Interview(those cleared Technical Interview Round)------->9:00-6:00PM.
Day-3,
Interviews for the rest of the shortlisted students
Technical Interview followed by HR Interview(those cleared Technical Interview Round)------->9:00-6:00PM.
Results were declared through UMS by 7:30PM on Day-3, 550 students were selected.
In Technical Interview they looked for basics in C/C++ ,Projects Undertaken and confidence, the interview time varies from person to person from 5-20 min, I am a EEE student my interview lasted for 20 min I was given a program which is a combination of arrays,structures and while loop I had to find the Output,
after that i was given four basic networks with resisters in series and parallel and asked which network will have highest power,
after that he asked two basic questions from DBMS, and two from Digital Electronics,and at last to explain about my project.
In HR Interview they mainly looked for flexibility in work location and adaptability, interview time varies from 5-10 min, my interview lasted for about 7-8 min
Results were out and I was Selected
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
(I was from AP) Why LPU even though you might have got a good college in your own state?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant
Interview
It was very easy and straight forward. The interviewer was very friendly and amiable. Made sure I was comfortable with the whole process before the interview started. The questions were pretty basic and were related to the bachelors education and the interview was a breeze.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pretty basic digital design questions and Datastructures