I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cloudera (Palo Alto, CA) in Jul 2017
Interview
I was contacted by 2 different recruiters from Cloudera. I got two different job roles and we agreed on the one to proceed ahead which looked more relevant. Had an initial phone interview on Coding. After that, went for onsite in one and half weeks. Had 5 interviews in total including one with Hiring manager (includes lunch). I found the engineers very helpful and engaging during the interviews expect for one interviewer. He was on his phone went we met and was using his phone during the time I was doing white-boarding. Otherwise he was good and everyone else was very good and nice. I could not answer some theoretical questions in one the interviews but the interviewer was very polite and moved on the next question.
They loved working there and seems to be excited about the work and new office. Overall the interview process is pretty standard, however their feedback takes long and could not work for someone with strict deadlines. I have received positive feedback but there has not been any decision yet as they are interviewing more candidates. I am too interviewing so this works for me as of now.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Similar to what is mentioned by other candidates. Do data structures, algorithms, threads, object oriented concepts and design patterns.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cloudera (Manipal) in Sep 2025
Interview
It had 3 rounds. 2 technical and 1 managerial/technical. Both the technical rounds includes a DSA question each. First round they asked me solve the DSA question followed by the question I could solve in the OT.
Since my entire resume was ML based, all the rounds focused on ml fundamentals.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Cloudera
Interview
three total rounds: Technical screen --> phone screen --> final round onsite; leetcode style questions and standard behavioral questions. Fast process and technical questions are framed with relevance to the work being done. Everyone was very friendly and helpful
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cloudera
Interview
The test had 3 coding questions:
2 DSA
1 SQL
Ranging from moderate level to hard level
Time limit was 75 minutes.
SQL question: From the given table named product, with one column as product _id and another column as price, find the Second Highest Price product. Different products can have same prices.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL question: From the given table named product, with one column as product _id and another column as price, find the Second Highest Price product. Different products can have same prices.