I was already very familiar with CloudFlare as a customer in my previous role, and a big supporter of the organization's stance on privacy and freedom of speech. I interacted with current employees at conferences and on discussion forums when I wasn't on the market. Once my status changed, I contacted them and asked for an interview. I did not interview at any other companies. The entire process took about a month start to finish, and honestly could have been a lot more efficient in terms of calendar time. However, most of the time was spent waiting between interactions, so my real time wasn't actively being wasted, and there were unique circumstances which probably dragged the process out 2-3x longer than normal. However, I would say "speedy response" is one of the weaker areas of the process. I suspect this will improve. Interviews vary a bit based on anticipated role. Generally something approximating a work-sample or pair programming in technical roles. Most of the focus seems to be on meeting as many employees as possible and having genuine, two-way interactions -- I get the impression CloudFlare is very selective, and isn't trying to hire 5x their current number of employees in a year of hyper-growth, so they would rather miss some good candidates than accept less-optimal candidates.

- Applied Online - Received an email within a couple days stating they are interested in my profile - Video Interview with the Hiring Manager. - Video Technical Interview with Team Member, shared screen. - On-site Invitation. Technical Interviews, Coding Challenge, Design Challenge, HR Interview. Received positive feedback within the same day. - Interview with SFO leaders, some technical questions but mostly focus in a proper culture fit and to know you better. - Verbal offer and a couple days later written offer. - Background Check, Working Permit, etc. all smooth and professional. I had the chance to meet many people and they are all super cool!! My experience overall is very positive, things could go faster but the company is growing very fast and the people is busy. I think that CloudFlare is an awesome company, it may not be perfect .. but no company is. If you want to do something meaningful meanwhile you do a job that you enjoy.. this is the place to be. They was very professional during the entire process, i have nothing bad to say at all.. i understand some people may had bad experiences in the past, but I'm sure this is something of the past and if you are a talent and you had a bad experience in the past, I encourage you to give a second chance because there is only one #SAVETHEWEB