I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cloudera (Tysons Corner) in Apr 2017
Interview
I had a couple of hour long phone interviews covering questions about consulting, project management, and programming. Then came into the office the next week and had 5 consecutive interviews of 45 minutes each covering the listed topics and scenarios.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not able to talk specifics, but would say that they were left up to the interviewer and were quite creative.
One had to do with writing, compiling, and executing a Java program in the terminal only (which I told them I've forgotten over the years). The point of the question was to see how I handled an unknown scenario.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cloudera (Madrid) in Jul 2025
Interview
El proceso de selección consta de tres fases.
La primera es una entrevista de carácter introductorio.
La segunda es una entrevista técnica, en la que te hacen preguntas técnicas.
La tercera consiste en una presentación en PowerPoint, en la que expones un caso de uso.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cloudera in Nov 2021
Interview
Quite straight forward. There were two seniors in the call who asked a lot of detailed questions about the architecture and the underlying framework. Additionally there was a simulation of an adhoc remote problem solving session.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A detailed question about the under the hood mechanisms of memory allocation in Java.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cloudera (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Jan 2021
Interview
O processo envolve algumas etapas que envolvem conversas com o RH, com a área técnica e com seus possíveis superiores. Exige skills de comunicação, da língua inglesa e técnica na área, principalmente nas tecnologias da plataforma.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Descreva os passos que ocorrem assim que o hadoop é inicializado