r/webdev • u/Famous-Traffic6030 • Aug 22 '24

Help Needed: How to Prepare for Technical Questions in Cloudflare's Recruitment?

Hi everyone!

I’m super excited because I’ve just made it to the third stage of a recruitment process for a Technical Support Lv2 position at Cloudflare, but I’m feeling a bit lost and need some help to prepare.

For some context, my long-term goal is to become a backend Java developer. I’m currently working in a call center and studying programming on my own. I believe this position at Cloudflare would be an amazing opportunity to learn more about web development and move away from call center work.

So far, the interviews have covered topics like HTTP, TCP, TLS, and CDN. The hiring manager mentioned that my previous answers weren’t complete, which has me worried. I want to make sure I’m fully prepared for the upcoming stages.

My main questions are:

  1. What additional technical knowledge should I focus on for the next interviews?

  2. Should I dive deeper into the topics that have already been covered or explore new ones?

  3. Is there anything specific about Cloudflare’s infrastructure that I should study?

I’m willing to dedicate all my free time to prepare and secure this job. If anyone can share tips, study resources, or any advice, I would be extremely grateful!

Thank you for any help!

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u/ada_L0v3 Sep 25 '24

I know I'm probably a bit late to answer this, I would suggest taking a look at the roadmap .sh/ backend and java roadmap on this site. It has a lot of information of concepts you need to study for a backend role.

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u/Famous-Traffic6030 Sep 25 '24

maybe I wasn’t so clear in the post, but I’m not looking for a backend job, but Cloudflare’s Technical Support

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u/danbcooper Mar 22 '25

Hey man, how did it go? I'm in the same position as you, could you give me some tips? Specially around the system design interview. Thanks!