I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cloudera (London, England) in Jun 2015
Interview
The interview process for me consisted of multiple (6+) interviews across a range of subjects both technical and non technical. Many of these were phone based due to the multinational nature of the business and covered all aspects of the business.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe the process of data being written to HDFS from request to completion.
Extensive multi-round technical rounds with actual team members. Nice friendly environment, but tough questions from OS, networking to hadoop components and programming. Initial and final discussions are with management and recruiters.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe similarities and differences of Hive and a Impala Draw the architecture diagram for Impala
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cloudera
Interview
The interview was over zoom with a possible future colleague and a hiring manager. The interview was broken into a technique and social portion. The technique portion involved asking questions regarding the linux.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked linux commands and how to deal with costumers after you find a solution to their problems.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cloudera (Bengaluru) in May 2019
Interview
1. Hr screening
2. 3 rounds of technical interview
3. 2 rounds of Manager interview.
4. Interview with customer success manager.
5. Director round technical and managerial. He may trick you with situational based.
6. HR round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Docker and kubernetes.
2. JVM related ex: performance/slowness/tuning/GC analysis
3. Linux concepts ex; Slowness/high CPU etc
4. LDAP connectivity issues.
5. JVM Classloading.
6. SSL issues.