Cloudera

I applied for a software engineer position online. It was a typical tech company interview process. I had an online coding interview with a Cloudera engineer. A couple of days later, they emailed me to say they would like to bring me in for an onsite

Only questions about algorithms, cyclomatic complexity, and so on. Nothing about real coding problems, just theoretical questions, like at university. This is not a good way to test a person's real skills.

Multiple phone screens involved online coding using Java. On-site, multiple hours, and six interviewers participated. Most interviews with senior people were good, featuring sensible questions that were understandable and solvable. Some were really