I applied to Cloudflare back in July and got shortlisted for the initial Hiring Manager round in October. The process moved slowly at first, but once it started, it moved fast. All rounds were conducted virtually. I have around 8 years of experience.

Here’s how my interview loop went:

1️⃣ Hiring Manager Round (30 mins)

Mostly resume walkthrough and discussion about:

What I do in my current role

My projects and responsibilities

Whether my experience matched what they were looking for

Casual and conversational — more about checking role-fit than grilling.

✅ After 2 days, I got an email to schedule the Technical Phone Screen (TPS).

2️⃣ Technical Phone Screen – JavaScript (45 mins)

Problem:

A basic coding question that should be solved without using loops.

Pretty straightforward if you know JS recursion / functional basics. There was a small extension too.
Finished everything in ~30 mins.

Interviewer was really helpful and friendly which helped calm nerves a lot.

✅ Same day I got email — selected for panel interviews (3–4 rounds) and asked for 10 days availability.

Eventually, only 3 rounds were scheduled.

3️⃣ Orange Cloud Round (Behavioral) – 30 mins

This round is based on Cloudflare’s values.

Questions like:

Tell me about a mistake you made and what you learned

Something you learned outside your work

Fun/challenging situations in your career

More about culture-fit and mindset than technical skills.

4️⃣ System Design & Architecture (1 hour)

Easily the best system design round I’ve ever had.

Instead of asking to design Twitter or some random system:

Interviewer picked projects from my resume

Deep dive into architecture, decisions, tradeoffs

Discussed how it could be improved

Did not feel like an interview at all — more like a great engineering discussion.

5️⃣ App Coding Round – React + TypeScript (1 hour)

Before the interview, they asked to:

Install npm, nvm, React

Have environment ready

During the interview:

Given a React + TS app repo

Mock UI + API already present

Asked to implement 4 frontend tasks

Allowed 😄:

Google

Docs

StackOverflow

Not allowed ❌:

AI tools

I managed to complete:

✅ Task 1

✅ Task 2

⏳ Almost finished Task 3

Task 4 untouched

I needed literally 2–3 more minutes for Task 3, but time ran out.
Interviewer said he understood my approach, but…

❌ Final Verdict: Rejected

I strongly feel the live coding round was the reason.

Lesson learned:

In frontend-heavy roles, execution speed matters as much as correctness.

Completing just 2/4 tasks wasn’t enough.

🧠 Takeaways

If you're preparing for Cloudflare frontend roles:

✅ Be very fast with React basics
✅ Practice writing code under time pressure
✅ System design will be practical & real-world
✅ Behavioral is heavily values-based
✅ App coding can make or break your offer

Despite the rejection, this was one of the best interview experiences I’ve had.

Professional interviewers.
Transparent process.
Real engineering questions.

Would still 100% apply again 💯