Confluent·Software Engineer

Confluent Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

Boston, MAPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an intense onsite-style loop that felt long, time-bound, and unusually compressed.

After a first coding conversation went very well, the process moved into an onsite section with multiple rounds: several coding interviews plus additional conversations that included a hiring manager and a networking/deep-dive type discussion.

Scheduling was a bit chaotic around the middle of it. Interviews ended up being split across two days, and one round was rescheduled very late, which ended up pushing the timeline out by a couple extra days. What made it harder emotionally was that one interviewer seemed unprepared in how to run the round, and I had to navigate the process while they

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