Confluent·Software Engineer

Confluent Software Engineer interview experience

Medium

Positive

Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with an online assessment that immediately set the tone: it was timed and required monitoring, including a webcam.

I had two coding questions to complete within a 65-minute window, and they were medium difficulty, focused on common data handling patterns like arrays and sets. The whole thing felt more like “get it done” under observation than an interactive technical conversation.

There wasn’t much back-and-forth to clarify requirements once I got started. I just worked through the tasks, trying to balance correctness with speed. The time limit made everything feel tight, and the platform itself added a little stress—especially when I was using the required setup.

I ended up either passing or finishing

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