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SnowPro® Core Certification (COF-C03)
The SnowPro® Core Certification is Snowflake's core-level technical certification exam that validates practical, hands-on experience with the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, covering its architecture, account and virtual warehouse management, data loading/unloading and transformation, performance optimization, connectivity, and data collaboration and protection.
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Questions100 questions (multiple choice and multiple select); forms may include unscored items that are not identified and do not impact the score
Testing time115 minutes
ScoringPassing score of 750 or higher (scaled scoring)
Exam feeUSD 175 per exam attempt (USD 140 registration fee for exams delivered in India); every attempt requires full payment at registration and there are no free retakes
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- Who runs it
- Snowflake
- Category
- Data & Analytics
- Current version
- COF-C03 (replaced the retired COF-C02; COF-C03 launched on February 16, 2026)
- Where it applies
- Global
- Exam languages
- English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean
- Score scale
- Scaled score from 0 to 1000
- Testing provider
- Pearson VUE
- Format
- Computer-based; multiple choice and multiple select questions; delivered with online proctoring (OnVUE) or at onsite testing centers
- Availability
- Year-round by appointment through Pearson VUE, online (OnVUE) or at test centers; a given exam may be rescheduled up to four times (test-center changes at least 24 hours in advance or the fee is forfeited)
- Credential validity
- The certification expires two years after it is awarded; renewable via Continuing Education (an equivalent-or-higher certification or one instructor-led training course before expiry) or by retaking the exam up to 6 months before expiration
- Remote testing
- Available
Exam structure
100 multiple-choice and multiple-select questions across five domains: 1.0 Snowflake AI Data Cloud Features & Architecture (31%), 2.0 Account Management and Data Governance (20%), 3.0 Data Loading, Unloading, and Connectivity (18%), 4.0 Performance Optimization, Querying, and Transformation (21%), and 5.0 Data Collaboration (10%)
Where rules vary
Worldwide vendor certification exam, delivered by Pearson VUE both online and at testing centers worldwide; the only regional difference is pricing (India registration fee USD 140 vs USD 175 elsewhere).
Eligibility
None — no prerequisites to sit the exam; Snowflake describes the target candidate as having 6 or more months of hands-on experience using Snowflake
Retake policy
7-day waiting period after a failed attempt (applies to each additional failed attempt); maximum 4 attempts at a given exam in any 12-month period; full exam fee payable per attempt, no free retakes or discounts