I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcutta) in Oct 2012
Interview
CTS came for on-campus placement in my college. The aptitude round was easy.
Then there was a 1:1 interview with a recruiter. I was asked questions from the basics of my stream. The questions related to computers/programming language were easy.
In the HR questions part, all of my responses to "Why do you want to join Cognizant and not any other company?" were negated by the interviewer. Whatever I said, he countered it with an argument. That was the toughest question of my interview.
Smooth interview process as well as it was very interesting with ample feedback at the end. I enjoyed the conversation a lot and coverted the interview and accepted the offer.
Introduction
Basic of Oops and Programming
2 Coding Questions
Reverse String and Number
Question on Java and SQL Spring Boot and Other programing related questions like hashing map vs hash table why they are used