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Ask HN: Has anyone else been ghosted by Cloudflare?

51 points by macano ↗ HN
I submitted Cloudflare's coding challenge over a month ago, and I've heard nothing since (and like, I get that there's a lot of applications, but if someone puts in the multiple hours to complete the coding challenge I feel like at least some feedback is warranted—especially given how involved the Cloudflare one is). Has anyone else experienced this with Cloudflare? Is this normal?

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favourable
Instead of putting a load of work in, and getting ghosted, why not contact them prior to the work and see if they're really interested in it first? i.e: Build rapport with them first before coding.
stomtania
it's not normal. We apologize that it took this long. Please reach out to stomtania[at]cloudflare[dot]com andI will get it sorted out.
ihatethissite
Sorry if this is inappropriate context but the subject got me looking at the Cloudflare job board and there are some interesting positions and I'm wondering if it's appropriate to apply to multiple positions at once, or is better to apply to the 'favorite' in the case that there are more than one that interests one?
dincer
It's definitely appropriate to apply to multiple job posts at once. Jobs are reviewed by different hiring managers who look at your application independent of other jobs you may have applied.
pjbeam
HM here, don't apply to every job on a website (spamming is obvious) but definitely go for any you're actually interested in. Different recruiters often own different postings and some may be more responsive/amenable than others.
folli
Is Cloudflare yet another company where it's only possible to speak to a real human by using the Hacker News Customer Support Function™?
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nowherebeen
Yes, I believe my interviewer didn’t show up. This was last year.
aynyc
You didn't pass its captcha! /s

Sorry, I can't resist.

somenewaccount1
I once registered the domain cancelcloudflare.com because they made it obscenely difficult to reduce our services from enterprise - where they had already earned $25,000 for doing absolutely nothing - to a more basic plan that fit the companies actually needs.

They are leaders in their domain, no doubt, but they sold any remnant of a good culture to get there. I would count your blessings, I'm sure they would pay well but I'm equally sure the job would be soul sucking. This is just flag number 1.

willswire
I also submitted the code challenge - haven’t heard anything either :/
shazzy
It seems to be a regular occurrence these days. I recently did a take home test for GitHub and got completely ghosted by the recruiter after submitting the test.
readonthegoapp
Part of me feels like you/we deserve to be ghosted if we submit to unpaid and unreasonable tests and homework.

Unreasonable is anything where it only costs one side, for example, or if unduly burdensome on one side.

It's like -- you literally told them to not value your time, and now you're going Pikachu face.

I have done them in the past, I think, so I'm not above it, but I do think we should call out the incongruous thinking, if that's the phrase.

ivanmontillam
Nailed it.

If you/we think are owed anything for unasked work, you/we have to let go of expectations.

If you're to work on a test like this, approach it with "overcome challenge" mindset and not with the open hand of "you owe me something."