I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jun 2009
Interview
It was a campus selection. We had a single round of interview after quite an easy written round.
Questions in a broad range were asked in the interview.
Reason for shifting from Mechanical to IT field?
A simple code in C (printing prime numbers i guess)
Explanation of my mini project
Why Cognizant?
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.