I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Vellore) in Oct 2012
Interview
I had direct HR interview being a scholar of my college VIT University and >80% in 10th and 12th. Interviewers were cool and were professional at the same time. They asked general questions like -tell us about yourself, what you do in your branch studies (as I am from B.Tech Bioinformatics), my projects, why you want to join Cognizant etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Being a Bioinfo student how you can contribute to CTS ? What is your future in CTS?