I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Corgan (Dallas, TX) in Mar 2015
Interview
I first met with Corgan at the career fair at my university. I had an on-site interview the next day where I presented my portfolio and answered a few questions. I was contacted again within a few days inviting me to a follow-up interview in their Dallas office. Being a college student, I asked if they could help me out with any travel expenses; they ended up booking a my flight for me and also paid for a hotel room for one night. The HR person I had been in contact with sent me an email the day before the interview letting me know the schedule for the next day. I had an interview for an hour with 3 studio heads, a few younger, recently graduated employees then took me out to lunch and answered questions I had about the area, and then ended the day with another one-hour interview with two other studio heads. They were all very kind and well prepared for the interview. Each of them had my portfolio pulled up on their Ipad and were already familiar with my work. After the interviews, they called and paid for an Uber to drive me to the airport.
Overall, it was a great experience. The HR representatives were very helpful and promptly answered all of my questions. Both the interviews were great conversations and could've have lasted for hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"If you could design/build anything you wanted, what would it be? What would be your dream project?"
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Corgan (New York, NY) in Nov 2024
Interview
Applied for Data Centers Job
1. Phone Screen - with an HR person in Texas their headquarters.
2. 1.5 hour in person interview - with an architect and the data center studio lead. Looked at my portfolio. Talked about my experience. They showed me some 3D views of the data centers.
This was the worst interview I have had in my life because interviewers were not prepared to interview me, showing me that the ambiance at Corgan is ordinary and negative.
During the interview, one interviewer was in the conference room with me, and another one phoning in. It seemed clear that they did not read my resume beforehand, neither seen my samples of portfolio. Then the one in the room wanted me to flip through the portfolio for him. Half way through he was falling asleep, rolling his eyes to try to keep them open and holding his head with his right hand to keep his head up.
Having a person join in for the interview via phone was inadequate for an Architectural interview, as it was arranged for me to showcase my resume, portfolio and construction document drawings. She was not asking questions regarding my work, and did not provide much more to the conversation other than a yeeaahhh and mmmmhhhh.
I have never been in this kind of situation where someone is falling asleep and an another one phoning in for an architectural interview. It felt horrible, I got more nervous and upset from their lack of respect as I was showing them how prepared I was.
I was enthusiastic and happy to be there, but I believe it takes the interviewer and the interviewee to be equally enthusiastic to find out more about each other, and to explain to each other what they do and how they could potentially work together.
I declined a second interview because of this experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
He asked if my degree in architecture was a 2 year degree program.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Corgan (New York, NY) in May 2015
Interview
3 people at the interview. They asked bunch of question about my education and my previous work which is fine. At the end of interview they asked more questions not in a nice way that made me uncomfortable. After interview they don't even get back to you positive or negative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you like aviation? Do you have any aviation experience.