Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Confluent with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 25 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Confluent overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Confluent as a Software Engineer according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 24%
Presentation: 12%
Skills test: 10%
Group panel interview: 7%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Confluent (Bengaluru) in Jul 2020
Interview
For me the interviews were all held remotely given COVID situation. There were fitment assessment, coding and system design rounds.
Confluent's interview process was the best I have ever seen. The HR keeps you informed at all stages about the timelines and expectations. The interviewers are really smart. Questions are carefully chosen and well thought of.
The great thing about these interviews was it was an exercise of exploring what me and the interviewer could achieve in 45 minute given a problem. It was nothing like a typical interview where interviewer would judge you based on a question they had already seen.
I really enjoyed the interview process and kudos to the talent/people team for making it such a delightful process.
Questions are difficult and not standard LC questions but you get them right with strong fundamentals and team work with the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Fitment assessment
Coding rounds
System Design rounds
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