Cloudera Software Engineer interview experience

I had initial contact through recruiters and coordinators, but communication never stabilized—there were long gaps, unclear coordination, and eventually I was ghosted after raising concerns about the product and what it actually looked like in production. Even when the manager pushed back on my concern, it didn’t translate into a transparent hiring process.

In another part of this overall experience, the interview itself felt messy and inconsistent. I ran into a situation where the interviewer seemed more focused on their own past work than on listening to my thinking, and they insisted on