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Confluent

Company-specific interview questions, preparation material, and candidate experiences for Confluent.

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THE LOOP

How the Confluent loop usually runs

Software Engineer

Based on 24 candidate reports, latest Sep 2026

Technical phone screen42%
Onsite or virtual loop38%
Coding rounds54%
System design33%
Hiring manager17%
Behavioral33%

Percentages are the share of reports that mention each stage. They come from what candidates wrote, not from an official process.

WHAT TO PREPARE

Topics that come up most

Software Engineer

Based on 24 candidate reports, latest Sep 2026

Caches (LRU/LFU)8
API design and integration6
Concurrency5
SQL and data modeling5
Intervals and scheduling3

Topic counts are the number of candidate reports that mention each topic. They are based on reported experiences, not an official company syllabus.

INTERVIEW QUESTION BANK

Prepare by role and interview round.

This page has 24 candidate experiences, 4 interview questions, 8 free LeetCode links. Unlock Confluent ($12) to read detailed candidate experiences and interview insights.

SELECTED ROLE

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Access	Type	Question or experience	Open
Free preview	Experience	Confluent Interview Experience\| SSE2 \| May 2025 \| No Offer Jun 2025	→
Free preview	Experience	Confluent (IBM) \| Software Engineer - L2 \| 2.5 YoE \| Rejected Sep 2026	→
	Experience	Confluent \| Senior Engineer \| Bangalore \| December 2021 \| Reject May 2022	→
	Experience	Confluent \| Staff \| May 2022 \| Rejected Jun 2022	→
	Experience	Confluent \| Senior Engineer \| Bangalore \| June 2022 Aug 2022	→
	Experience	Confluent \| On-Campus \| 6 Month + FTE Aug 2023	→
	Experience	Confluent \| Senior/Staff Software Engineer Experience Oct 2023	→
	Experience	Confluent Onsite Interview Experience [Rejected] Apr 2024	→
	Experience	Confluent \| Senior Software Engineer \| Offer May 2024	→
	Experience	Confluent - Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience \| London Jul 2024	→
	Experience	Confluent \| SSE \| Bengaluru (Remote) Aug 2024	→
	Experience	Confluent SSE \|\| 2024 \|\| Rejected \|\| Remote Sep 2024	→
	Experience	Confluent \| Software Engineer \| Remote Sep 2024	→
	Experience	Confluent \| SSE \| Nov 2024 \| Reject Dec 2024	→
	Experience	Confluent Onsite Round Dec 2024	→
	Experience	Cleared Confluent Onsite but waiting for team matching (SSE) May 2025	→
	Experience	Confluent \|\| Interview done \|\| Hiring on hold May 2025	→
	Experience	Confluent Onsite \| India Jul 2025	→
	Experience	Confluent UK (Remote) Interview Experience Sep 2026	→
	Experience	Confluent SSE Onsite 2025	→
	Experience	Confluent \|\| interview cleared \|\| hiring pause	→
	Experience	Confluent interview (Senior Software Engineer)	→
	Experience	A coding round interview with confluent for SSE II	→
	Experience	Worst confluent interview experience	→

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