I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cloudflare (London, England) in Sept 2017
Interview
The company has contacted me a few weeks after I've applied via their website (I believe because it was a vacation season). After initial screening I had only one onsite interview for a full day. Very friendly interviewers, challenging questions, incredibly positive experience. On that exact day later I've got a message from the recruiter that they would like to proceed to the next stage - a short interview with the CEO. So on the next day I've received a very nice offer. The process was incredibly fast and I, as a candidate, felt respected. Even if there were problems with hiring before - clearly the company has fixed their mistakes, because that one was exceptionally good. Plus they don't advertise it comparing to other companies, but their benefits are pretty good, so that has been fixed too.
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.
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?
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?
