System Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cloudflare with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 35.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for System Engineer roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cloudflare overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cloudflare as a System Engineer according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cloudflare (Champaign, IL) in Nov 2021
Interview
One initial phone screening with a manager. Chat with the recruiter the following day, then full-day panel interview the following week.
For the panel interview - the first up is the pair programming round. Golang is required, so be prepared. External resources are allowed (programing language docs, StackOverflow, or anything reasonable). The assignment is closely related and is something one will see if one were to work at Cloudflare. The interviewer and focus more on writing concise and clean code.
Following up with that is a behavioral round - just regular behavioral questions.
Next up is with the PM - questions around past projects and experiences. Questions are based on the resume provided. Very conversational.
Finally a short chat with the manager. No question from the manager. Mostly just an opportunity for the interviewee to ask about the role or just anything they want - how's a regular work week like, etc. Also very conversational.
Overall, it is a very positive experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Simple pair programming for task one may see in the role
- Whiteboard system design
solid, very nice interviewers, technical s were interesting and collaborative. Overall less leetcody than general and felt more like a conversation/ pair programming. Recruiters were very slow though. Most non coding interviews were very fluffy i.e just talk through your resume/ a project you worked on. There was an emphasis on how you like to work, i.e what youre looking for in both a team and work in general.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cloudflare
Interview
The process included about 8 interviews with different people but mostly with the team member. The technical questions were fair, not very hard. And the also the interviewers were polite and professional.
However, the whole process tool about 10 hours, and it was scheduled in a week or two, so you need to allocate a huge amount of time. This was a big issue specially, if you need to plan it during the working hours.
Once all the interviews finished, there was no update for a week, and then finally a cold email saying No! without any feedback or explanation.
It's totally fine to say "No" in an interview process, but given 8 rounds of interviews and many hours, first the silence period and second, not providing any feedback and explanation was a negative experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you experienced any mistake and how did you handled it?
Total 7+ rounds. First recruiter round. Rejected after second round(hiring manager).
Recruiter round focussed on Cloudflare, comp details, rounds of interviews and few questions about profile
HM:
Why are you looking for a new role?
Why cloudflare?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HM:
Why are you looking for a new role?
Why cloudflare?