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Confluent Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Experience

Confluent · Software Engineer

ResultRejected
Timespan2 weeks
DifficultyEasy
Rounds3

Interview process

Overall interview process was fairly standard. Coding questions were similar to the previous interview experiences. Make sure to be fluent with file system APIs (reading and writing data within files). System design questions were fairly standard questions.

Interview rounds · 3

  1. 1

    Recruiter screen

    1. Q1. Talk me through your work experience in the past year.
  2. 2

    Online assessment

    Coding

    Standard DSA coding

    1. Q1. DSA coding
  3. 3

    Technical round

    CodingSystem Design
    1. Q1. Implement a phrase search in a list of documents.
    2. Q2. Implement the Unix tail command.
    3. Q3. Design a podcast platform.
    4. Q4. Design temporary email generation service.

Tips from the candidate

Go through previous interview experiences. Make sure to provide the most optimal solutions for the coding questions.

Company culture

Strong engineering culture and interesting work. Roles are mostly remote.

Details

CompanyConfluent
RoleSoftware Engineer
LocationUnited States
InterviewedApr 2026
Questions asked6