Cloudera·Software Engineer

Cloudera Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview stretched across a large number of rounds—around six or seven—and it was very deep on infrastructure troubleshooting.

The questions pushed me hard on Linux, Kubernetes, and Hadoop, and they went into lower-level networking topics like TCP/IP, plus practical scenario-based work.

What stood out was how much time was spent digging into resolution paths. Instead of staying at a high level, I had to walk through how I would debug issues step by step, and how I’d land on a root cause. There was a strong emphasis on being able to handle real-world problems, not just name concepts.

They also explored customer-facing and support experience, which made the whole loop feel closer to an operational role. I didn’t

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