Confluent·Software Engineer

Confluent Software Engineer interview experience

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My process started with a recruiter contact, but the scheduling was rough.

I had to reschedule because the recruiter was unresponsive, and then I still got a call at the original time. After that interview, I chased updates a few times and didn’t get clear communication back, which made the whole thing feel oddly disconnected.

The technical round centered on a variadic-function style problem where I had to write a solution and also produce or validate tests. The interviewer was friendly but spoke slowly enough that my pacing suffered, and the time pressure showed. I spent effort on the first part, then the session tightened up and I only got far enough to discuss

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