1p3a Question · Oct 2025

Cloudera Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

SWE Senior

Question Details

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Round 1 Low-Level Design (LLD)** *

Problem Statement: Design a system modeling linked services and their associated dependencies. *

Key Objectives: Optimize the querying mechanism for retri

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Round 1 Low-Level Design (LLD)** *

Problem Statement: Design a system modeling linked services and their associated dependencies. *

Key Objectives: Optimize the querying mechanism for retrieving dependent services. *

Design Constraints: The solution must strictly adhere to SOLID principles, ensure effective class design, and maintain a clear separation of concerns.

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Round 2 Technical Stack and Scenarios** *

Domain: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and architecture of the candidate's current project. *

Scenario 1 (Spring Boot AOP): Address the behavior of @Retryable when a method invokes a retryable method within the same class, specifically focusing on internal method calls bypassing the AOP proxy. *

Scenario 2 (Database Operations): Define a strategy for renaming an active database column in a production environment while maintaining zero downtime.

About This Question

This is a reported interview question from a cloudera interview for a swe role (senior level) reported in 2025.

It covers the following topics: Ml, Oop, Sql, Stack, System Design .