I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Sep 2016
Interview
1. The aptitude exam based on AMCAT pattern. Time is marks over here. Have sectional cut off- Quans, verbal, Logical.... there is very less time for quans, so be quick and right.
2. Technical- its all about your core, your projects and basics of c. It takes around 30 minutes........ 0
3. HR- around 15 minutes...........
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 Google AMCAT pattern, try preparing those questions, That's more than enough. Remember you have sectional cut off
2. One must be strong in his core and some basics of programming. ( Mech branch)
3. Why do you want to work in IT? Are you prepared to move to different cities? What do you expect from the company?
Very easy fireside chat. No technical interview. For clients mostly simple coding: reverse a string, anagram, impl linked list, basic sql query etc for associates. For sr and manager it may be more advanced.
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