Confluent·Software Engineer

Confluent Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

London, EnglandPosted Sep 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My biggest issue wasn’t the technical work—it was how the process was handled around communication and timing.

First, I had recruiter contact and got through an initial step where scheduling felt easy. Then things unraveled: I got ghosted after asking for an update, with no clear decline message.

In another part of the pipeline, I was scheduled for an interview only because I happened to be slotted into one of the time windows I’d offered, but I’d already made other plans for that time. I immediately reached out to flag the conflict, and it took days for anyone to respond and then I still ended up waiting a long time after rescheduling. The lack of responsiveness made the whole process feel

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