Confluent·Software Engineer

Confluent Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

PolandPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process was made up of multiple technical stages, and even though it felt pretty rigorous, it still followed a recognizable structure.

I went through qualifier-style work, then a sequence of DSA and system design rounds, and finally a behavioral conversation with a senior manager.

The DSA portion was mostly LeetCode-medium level, with enough follow-ups to make it harder than a quick warm-up. By the time I reached the behavioral round, the technical foundation had already taken a lot out of me, but I still tried to keep the discussion clear and grounded.

I didn’t receive an offer. The part that stayed with me was how tightly the process focused on technical breadth and depth—there wasn’t much room to “make up” for

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