Software Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California
February 1, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I had a couple of phone interviews that went reasonably well, but I was never called onsite.
When I followed up, I received the standard reply of "Thank you for your patience, and we will let you know."
My interview experience could be a one-off due to incompetent recruiters, although the interviewers were quite courteous. Perhaps one of them simply forgot to enter the feedback on time.
It's a shame because it seems like a great company to work for (apart from their unprofessional recruiting team), and the interview itself went quite well.
Even if the interview hadn't gone well, it wouldn't hurt to inform the candidate about the result. It doesn't reflect very well on their recruiting team's culture.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 17 interview experiences for the Cloudera Software Engineer role in Palo Alto, California.
Success Rate
18%
Pass Rate
Cloudera's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Palo Alto, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive41%
Neutral0%
Negative59%
Candidates reported having negative feelings for Cloudera's Software Engineer interview process in Palo Alto, California.
Cloudera Work Experiences
5.0
Great place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
October 28, 2015
Pros: Energetic and agile environment to work, with an open and friendly culture.
Wednesday is typically a WFH day, so you can get some peace to do coding work.
Frequent tech talks and all-hands / email updates from the board to put everyone on the same page and bring the company moving forward.
Cons: When you work in open source, you don't work 9-5. Typically, you can work or rest whenever you want. Emails get filled from time to time.
Sometimes escalation calls wake you up. When it gets to engineering, the issue is usually pretty serious and complex.
1.0
Avoid this sinking ship!
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
April 11, 2018
Pros: None whatsoever! Just adding stuff here to get this through.
Cons: Very incompetent low-level management creates a toxic environment for employees. They have good work to be done, but the good people won't hang around for long in an environment that fosters lone wolves instead of teamwork.
Benefits can't compete with larger employers. The promise of profitability slides deeper and deeper into the future, and so do your economic rewards, if any.
Instead of working on making the company more appealing, the company patrols reviews on Glassdoor, trying to weed out negative reviews. Maybe that talent would be best used building some new feature into the products or providing better service to customers?
5.0
It's been great
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
October 28, 2014
Pros: Work culture is fantastic. I have worked here for over 2 years and I get to work on cool, open source technologies. What's best is that I get to contribute to the direction of the company by helping in evaluating new tools and technologies that we want to bring in as a part of our distribution in the long run – and I am still an engineer, writing code every day.
Cons: We have an unlimited vacation policy. I know some people who haven't taken much vacation, but I personally take ~3 weeks of vacation a year.
- 5.0Great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesOctober 28, 2015Pros: Energetic and agile environment to work, with an open and friendly culture. Wednesday is typically a WFH day, so you can get some peace to do coding work. Frequent tech talks and all-hands / email updates from the board to put everyone on the same page and bring the company moving forward.Cons: When you work in open source, you don't work 9-5. Typically, you can work or rest whenever you want. Emails get filled from time to time. Sometimes escalation calls wake you up. When it gets to engineering, the issue is usually pretty serious and complex.
- 1.0Avoid this sinking ship!Software Engineer • Former EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesApril 11, 2018Pros: None whatsoever! Just adding stuff here to get this through.Cons: Very incompetent low-level management creates a toxic environment for employees. They have good work to be done, but the good people won't hang around for long in an environment that fosters lone wolves instead of teamwork. Benefits can't compete with larger employers. The promise of profitability slides deeper and deeper into the future, and so do your economic rewards, if any. Instead of working on making the company more appealing, the company patrols reviews on Glassdoor, trying to weed out negative reviews. Maybe that talent would be best used building some new feature into the products or providing better service to customers?
- 5.0It's been greatSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesOctober 28, 2014Pros: Work culture is fantastic. I have worked here for over 2 years and I get to work on cool, open source technologies. What's best is that I get to contribute to the direction of the company by helping in evaluating new tools and technologies that we want to bring in as a part of our distribution in the long run – and I am still an engineer, writing code every day.Cons: We have an unlimited vacation policy. I know some people who haven't taken much vacation, but I personally take ~3 weeks of vacation a year.
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