Confluent Software Engineer I interview questions

Initial rounds of interviews were video interviews for HR screen and Basic Coding screen. Very straightforward process for each of those. I was interviewing for a remote position, so my on-site interview was booked through recruiting and my hotel and flights were nice. Reimbursement for interview expenses took longer than anticipated though.

I had great interview experience at Confluent. I applied online when they just received Series D. There were 3 rounds of phone interviews, one with hiring manager, and two technical phone interviews. Shortly after the 2nd technical phone interview, I was invited to onsite. Onsite has 1 medium coding question, and 2 system design questions, the last 2 rounds are interviews with hiring manager and VP of engineering. You can easily tell the engineers there are very smart. For general engineering positions, it's usually very common to hear interviewers told you their coworkers are great, people are nice. I heard more at my interview at Confluent, almost every interviewer I met told me they like working here because people are nice and very smart. Confluent is a very tech driven company, and people have very strong background. The company is growing super fast, and it's a good time to join. I have my personal issues couldn't join the team, but it's on top of my list if I decide to move to west coast.