Has anyone else been ghosted by Cloudflare?

Question

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&mdash;especially given how involved the Cloudflare one is). Has anyone else experienced this with Cloudflare? Is this normal?

somenewaccount1 · Accepted Answer

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.

readonthegoapp · Answer

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.

stomtania · Answer

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.

aynyc · Answer

You didn't pass its captcha! /sSorry, I can't resist.

willswire · Answer

I also submitted the code challenge - haven&rsquo;t heard anything either :/

nowherebeen · Answer

Yes, I believe my interviewer didn&rsquo;t show up. This was last year.

shazzy · Answer

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.

favourable · Answer

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.

Has anyone else been ghosted by Cloudflare?

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.

You didn't pass its captcha! /s
Sorry, I can't resist.

I also submitted the code challenge - haven’t heard anything either :/

Yes, I believe my interviewer didn’t show up. This was last year.

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.

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.