Confluent·Software Engineer

Confluent Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

CanadaPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience was less about the technical content and more about how the process drifted once I completed key steps.

I got pulled in via a recruiter after connecting on LinkedIn and sent in an OA, and then the follow-up just never really turned into a decision. I even reached out by email multiple times hoping for closure, but I didn’t get anything back.

Another part of the loop that stuck with me was how long it took to get the next step scheduled. After an initial screening, it took several weeks to actually land the next technical interview, and I had to sign an NDA for the interview process. When I finally got to the technical stage, the problem felt presented unclearly, and the interviewer didn’t

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