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Principal Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 17, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process was long. Don't apply for Cloudflare if you have an aggressive timeline. The interview process is otherwise great; the team is professional, just very slow.

Unfortunately, I ran out of time because I had other competing offers and needed to respond, so I had to end the interview process early. That was hard. They tried to do everything they could to speed things up, to their credit! Just be aware!

Questions

Code challenge related to processing and interpreting events.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Cloudflare Principal Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Cloudflare's interview process for their Principal Software Engineer roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Cloudflare's Principal Software Engineer interview process.

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