Confluent·Software Engineer

Confluent Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

BengaluruPosted Jul 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My hiring loop was built around five rounds: three coding interviews, one system design round, and a manager round.

On paper, I finished every round with strong answers—at least that’s what the feedback reflected. I even got a hire call early on.

Still, the final decision was a rejection, and it felt inexplicable because the written feedback repeated the same reasons across follow-ups. One coding round involved a part B that wasn’t explained upfront, and I completed what I was shown with optimized, clean code, but the final label still came back as no hire. The system design and later coding rounds went really well, and the manager discussion also seemed to go positively.

After I completed everything, I

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