I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant (Calcutta) in Sep 2011
Interview
Oncampus drive :
Pen and paper Apptitude test .
After clear appti test
Next round technical interview
and
HR interview
Off-campus drive :
Apptitude test .
After clear appti test
Next round technical interview
and
HR interview
Salary negotiations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly technical questions like from java, C, operating systems, DBMS, SQL queries. Basics knowledgeand only
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
It was three round interview with written test and 2 easy interviews. One technical and one with HR for compensation discussion. All were conducted on the same day. In order to get selected need to stand out and answer uniquely.