I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai) in Jan 2009
Interview
Received call from recruiter, had initial round to describe previous job responsibilities and profile, Shortlisted for a phone interview for Voice and accent with HR, had salary negotiations, was informed that i would be communicated through email, recd email in about a week to join after a month, Joining formalities took a day and was smooth - no hardships.