I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Greater Noida) in Oct 2015
Interview
Asked everything basic related to java(jdbc, oops, etc), software engg(defects, bugs, sdlc, etc) and many more data structure and c questions, questions on SQL(as mentioned in my resume), two puzzles: 1. how can you cut a cake in 8 pieces in minimum number of cuts(answered) ,2.make 4 equilateral triangles using 6 matchsticks(answered), what do you do in your lab courses in college(explained in detail a particular experiment i had performed recently), The most important thing is ur confidence....be confident in wtevr u say...dont take too much time 4 replyin, if u dont know abt something , tell them frankly n honestly...they just check ur communication skills n English. Dont get nervous.. if they pose questions after questions by selecting a word from ur own answer..dont use any word which u r nt sure abt....u may get urself trapped. Finally, be honest while answering.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the projects that you have worked on and the challenges you faced and how you overcame them.
Two interviews with coding test and and aptitute test , pretty easy , aske about projects done and java oops questions also sql question , position was full stack developer
We had many rounds like 3 rounds before interview and interview was quite good. I got selected into cognizant as and programmer analyst trainee. I did not focus much on java, so due to that i Got 4 lpa
They asked very basic questions of reversing a string java basics and sql introduction and asked some data structures concepts finally few hr questions so on finally interviewer looks very strict interview got rejected