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Confluent Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Experience

Confluent · Software Engineer

ResultGot the offer ✓
Timespan3 weeks
DifficultyMedium
Rounds2

Interview process

In coding rounds, the questions asked were NOT leetcode based. Both coding rounds had follow ups. Expection is to have working solutions.

In one of the system design rounds, there was unusally more focus on the APIs than the actual design.

Interview rounds · 2

  1. 1

    Technical round

    CodingSystem Design
    1. Q1. Implement a queue.
    2. Q2. Design Twitter.
    3. Q3. Design an event booking system.
  2. 2

    Final / onsite round

    Behavioral
    1. Q1. Talk me through your work experience in the past year.

Tips from the candidate

Confluent has a limited pool of coding and system design questions and they only ask from there. Practice those thoroughly.

Company culture

Company offers permanent WFH. No daily standups. You are trusted to deliver things on time, don't lose that trust.

Details

CompanyConfluent
RoleSoftware Engineer
LocationIndia
InterviewedJan 2026
Questions asked4