Confluent·Software Engineer

Confluent Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

IndiaPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I kicked things off with a coding round where I handled a string parsing and matching problem.

I talked through multiple approaches, solved the main part, and also worked through the follow-up. The whole session felt like it was going in the right direction.

Afterward, communication got frustrating. I followed up with the recruiter multiple times, and even though I’d done what I believed was a correct solution, the feedback I finally heard claimed I hadn’t solved it in the allotted time. That contradiction felt honestly ridiculous given how much effort I put into getting to working code.

I didn’t receive an offer. The surprising part wasn’t just the rejection—it was the disconnect

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