I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Confluent in Feb 2024
Interview
The first thing after the application was an OA taken from Hackerrank. The interview after passing the OA consisted of an initial phone screen with 1 coding problem, then the final rounds consisted of 1 technical round and 1 behavioral round.
The interviews and interviewers were very nice and easy to communicate with, I had a good time during the interviews. However, the HR management and decision release don't seem to be organized, they initially said the decision would be released in around a 1-week time frame, then I followed up when not receiving it, and they revised it and said it's going to be ready the next week, and I followed up once more as I did not hear back from them, it was pushed to the next week again. So I decided to take an offer from the other company due to the unprofessional after-interview handling from the HR department,
I've applied to Confluent twice, and I was able to make to the final rounds for both tries, I can tell you that this is the way they handle things because they kept pushing things back during the first time as well. Not to mention, now I've started my new position while still haven't heard back from them lol.
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Other Software Engineer I interview reviews for Confluent
I went through a SWE interview process. It was a positive experience. The problems were of medium difficulty, with some harder follow ups. I had two technical interviews and a manager round. Ultimately, I did not receive an offer, but I would reapply.
I went through three technical rounds. The interviews were interesting, but after that, they didn't respond. They didn't provide the results of the process which was not professional on their part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Implement a LRU Cache
2. Find if a sudoku is valid and also find the correct solution for it.
I applied online. I interviewed at Confluent (Toronto, ON)
Interview
I interviewed for an entry level frontend engineer position. There were 4 rounds - a qualifying hackerrank, followed by 2 technical interviews, and then a final round with the hiring manager.
The process moves quickly, which was really refreshing (many large companies take weeks or months to invite you to an interview). In my experience, recruiting was very responsive, and they let me know ahead of time what general topics to expect for each interview, so there were no big surprises.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I can't give details, but you should know the fundamentals of javascript