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      Principal Architect Interview

      10 Aug 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Chennai
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      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
      Answer question

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      Principal Architect Interview

      27 Nov 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Cognizant

      Interview

      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

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How to develop cloud native application
      1 Answer

      Principal Architect Interview

      21 Mar 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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
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