Software Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California
Process
I had a phone screen from Cloudera last Thursday. The call went well, except I really had a hard time understanding the interviewer due to his thick accent.
His questions were quite open-ended, and so we had to go back and forth multiple times before we decided on what he really intended to ask in the first place. But I was able to answer most of his questions properly, and he seemed quite impressed with the quality of correct answers.
One of the answers, however, he wasn't sure about, but he didn't bother clarifying or giving me the answer that he was looking for. I asked him for clarification, but he kind of ignored my request and moved on with his questions.
At times, he seemed quite rude because I think he was getting frustrated trying to explain things concisely, but I didn't give it much significance, as I attributed it to the communication problem we were having. I kept up a good attitude and carried on.
I can't really say if the screening went well, since I was left in a lot of doubt regarding the communication barrier.
Questions
Generate a random 4-letter word from /usr/share/dict/words.
A A's AOL AOL's Aachen Aachen's Aaliyah Aaliyah's Aaron Aaron's Abbas Abbasid Abbasid's Abbott Abbott's Abby Abby's Abdul Abdul's Abe Abe's Abel Abel's Abelard Abelard's Abelson Abelson's Aberdeen
1 TB of data on my laptop --> sort the data
Distributed Merge Sort algorithm
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Cloudera Work Experiences
- 1.0Great from the outside world, miserable in realitySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesNovember 20, 2019Pros: Nice office, good amenities, nice coworkers.Cons: * Some people in management positions do not have the concept of work-life balance. * There is a sense of competition rather than team bonding or working together. * Personal career development is a myth here.
- 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.
- 5.0Great place to work overallSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesAugust 9, 2018Pros: Pros: - The people. The main reason I've stayed for over 3 years. - Market opportunity. There's a lot of growth potential. - Engineering leadership. Overall very good. The head of engineering "gets it"; how to build quality software and not accumulate a bunch of tech debt. - Plenty of interesting challenges. Lots of opportunities to make a big impact.Cons: The open-source software stack can be chaotic to build an enterprise product out of. On the other hand, there's plenty of opportunity to be active in Apache communities.
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