Principal Architect applicants have rated the interview process at Cognizant with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Architect roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cognizant overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cognizant as a Principal Architect according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 22%
Background check: 22%
One on one interview: 11%
Drug test: 11%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cognizant (Remote, OR) in Jan 2015
Interview
all remote and one interviewer never even showed up. Very different in the sense that there wasn't an office to interview. the interviewers were extremely knowledgeable and well versed in leading interveiws.
It is quite good had tech questions interestingly they suited my line of thinking that enabled me to bag the offer. Cloud was the centre of the discussion we had interestingly I had good experience in cloud that helped
I applied online. I interviewed at Cognizant (Chennai)
Interview
Had 3 rounds, initially 100% technical mostly on cloud, microservices, containers specifically docker/ kubernetes, then both technical at the architecture level as well as process oriented questions, best practices, complex challenges faced etc, and finally the HR round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the best practices in building the docker template while provisioning the containers in a microservice architecture
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cognizant in Apr 2020
Interview
Fairly straightforward process - 1. Code screen 2. Tech screen with hiring manager 3. Second level screening with department head Pair programming for code screening virtually. Focus is on test driven development.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Architecture patterns and where have you used them