I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cognizant (Bengaluru) in Nov 2010
Interview
It was a campus drive.
Consisted of 2 rounds: Aptitude round and Technical round
Aptitude round was easy with basic quantitative ability questions based on numbers, time and distance and few verbal ability questions on synonyms
Basic questions on C, data structures and the final year project undertaken were asked during interview.
General questions like "tell me about yourself" ," why are you inconsistent throughout your career" were asked
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A question was asked based on computer graphics which was very difficult to answer
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.