Cloudflare Software Engineer interview experience

The recruiter hadn’t screened me first; instead I got an introduction to the team’s products and how the org was structured, then we dug into my resume and what I’d actually liked or disliked about Software Development Manager–style work. The conversation also moved through how I gather customer requirements, what my career goals were, and what I thought about AI.

Before we wrapped, the interviewer laid out what the rest of the process would look like: two rounds meant to evaluate management skills, two rounds focused on individual-contributor technical skills, and one round centered on