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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

September 1, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

One phone interview plus six onsite.

The phone interview was just a discussion of past projects.

The onsite consisted of:

  • Three programming interviews
  • One lunch
  • One discussion

Overall, the company's atmosphere appeared lifeless and dull.

The first interviewer was full of arrogance. She gave me five minutes to ask questions, and I asked one. She said, "Okay, we've utilized just three minutes, so for the remaining two minutes, I want to ask you one more question." I thought, "Is this real?" This individual showed no respect for people interviewing at her company.

The second interviewer was even more of an idiot. For a full forty-five minutes (and I'm not kidding), he asked me which was more important: "Design review or code review?" It was like asking which is more important, "an apple" or "an orange." This was the only question for the entire forty-five minutes. I realized what I was dealing with but never lost my cool and kept the interviewer engaged.

The rest of the interviews were coding. Interestingly, they asked me the same question for the onsite that they asked during the phone interview. This indicates they don't even read resumes or previous interviewer feedback.

I would not recommend anyone to interview with them, as it was a wild ride for me.

Questions

LeetCode, DS... nothing difficult. Just look at old Glassdoor questions. They do not even know more questions to ask and will probably ask you the same ones.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Cloudera Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Cloudera's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Cloudera's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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