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Cognition calls the role Deployed Engineer, in its Customer Engineering department, and describes it as a customer-facing technical expert who helps customers get value from Devin. Source 1Deployed Engineer @ CognitionPublisherCognition (Ashby job board)Source typecompany job posting

In our September 2026 count of public postings, Cognition had 15 matching postings. Source 2Our analysis: FDE posting censusPublisherfdeinterviewprep.com researchSource typeour analysis of public data

Cognition’s careers page does not describe its hiring or interview process. Source 3Careers | CognitionPublisherCognitionSource typecompany hiring page

Jia Wu, a deployed engineering lead at Cognition, said at the AI Engineer World’s Fair 2026 that Cognition hires deployed engineers from product management when they have strong product sense, and also hires founders and software engineers with deep technical strengths. Source 4How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Cognition (Jia Wu; AI Engineer World's Fair 2026)PublisherAI EngineerSource typerecorded talk or interview

As of September 2026, the core Deployed Engineer posting lists willingness to travel 25–50% as a requirement. Source 1Deployed Engineer @ CognitionPublisherCognition (Ashby job board)Source typecompany job posting

Each question here is tagged Cognition because a source names Cognition and the round. The tag says what kind of source it is, and its number opens it.

  1. Describe your current role in depth: what you own, how your team is organized and how your work reaches customers.

    Hiring managerDifficulty 2 of 5Pro

  2. Tell me about the fastest-moving environment you have worked in. What did you like and dislike?

    Recruiter screenDifficulty 2 of 5Pro

  3. Present a past technical project to a mixed audience of engineers and executives, then take questions.

    Hiring managerDifficulty 4 of 5Pro

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Sources for the introduction

  1. Deployed Engineer @ Cognition Cognition (Ashby job board), company job posting
  2. Our analysis: FDE posting census fdeinterviewprep.com research, our analysis of public data
  3. Careers | Cognition Cognition, company hiring page
  4. How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Cognition (Jia Wu; AI Engineer World's Fair 2026) AI Engineer, recorded talk or interview