I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Sept 2014
Interview
First round was an online test conducted by AMCAT. It contained verbal reasoning, quantitative aptitude and logical reasoning questions. The interview was mostly focused on databases and projects. There was no programming question. Just concepts like Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming, etc.The HR round was about hobbies and interests with details about each.
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