Process
The interview process involved over 5 hours of interviewing, a technical walkthrough challenge, and a coding challenge.
The process felt very convoluted due to the number of recruiters involved.
The recruiting team went back and forth on the pay range for the role.
The core values interview was very generic.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Confluent Engineer role in United States.
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Pass Rate
Confluent's interview process for their Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Confluent's Engineer interview process in United States.
Confluent Work Experiences
5.0
Confluent is a fun and challenging company
Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
February 5, 2020
Pros: Great leadership that is extremely transparent.
Amazing co-workers that are extremely smart and give you confidence in the ability to execute within the company.
Amazing growth and exciting tech.
Confluent places as much value in its people as it does in its product.
Cons: This is a demanding job. The tech landscape is ever-changing, and this product is on the edge of innovation. People who aren’t motivated by this may find this job extremely challenging.
5.0
Transparent and Driven
Engineer • Current Employee
October 10, 2017
Pros: Confluent embodies the modern, transparent, open-source startup. It is fast-paced, collaborative, distributed, and the executive leadership is tuned into the needs of the modern engineer (since they are all modern engineers themselves).
* The brand is super strong and sales are good. Competition is fierce in this space, but being the company behind Kafka really helps.
* Above-average compensation for a startup.
* The code quality is exceptional, and the infrastructure and tooling are right up there with the best and continuously improving.
* Cutting-edge technology and ideas.
* Team members are all experienced in this space and willing to put in the work needed to get stuff done.
* Comfortable office in a great location (right next to the train station in Palo Alto).
* Remote employees are considered well (sympathetic work-from-home days, all meetings and meeting rooms have video conferencing equipment, etc.).
* Product offering is very forward-thinking.
Cons: - There are a lot of discussions about product direction that involve so many people (because of the aforementioned transparency) that it could be considered distracting. This is only a con if you're the type of person that would rather not be involved in higher-level strategy, though; for someone who wants this, it's just another positive.
- Being so distributed plus growing so quickly means there are the occasional logistic problems here and there.
5.0
Amazing recruiting process and fair package
Senior Solutions Architect • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
November 17, 2025
Pros: Fair package per experience and interview performance.
Non-toxic environment.
Great career path opportunities.
Cons: Technology is a little bit hard to learn at the beginning.
- 5.0Confluent is a fun and challenging companyEngineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesFebruary 5, 2020Pros: Great leadership that is extremely transparent. Amazing co-workers that are extremely smart and give you confidence in the ability to execute within the company. Amazing growth and exciting tech. Confluent places as much value in its people as it does in its product.Cons: This is a demanding job. The tech landscape is ever-changing, and this product is on the edge of innovation. People who aren’t motivated by this may find this job extremely challenging.
- 5.0Transparent and DrivenEngineer • Current EmployeeOctober 10, 2017Pros: Confluent embodies the modern, transparent, open-source startup. It is fast-paced, collaborative, distributed, and the executive leadership is tuned into the needs of the modern engineer (since they are all modern engineers themselves). * The brand is super strong and sales are good. Competition is fierce in this space, but being the company behind Kafka really helps. * Above-average compensation for a startup. * The code quality is exceptional, and the infrastructure and tooling are right up there with the best and continuously improving. * Cutting-edge technology and ideas. * Team members are all experienced in this space and willing to put in the work needed to get stuff done. * Comfortable office in a great location (right next to the train station in Palo Alto). * Remote employees are considered well (sympathetic work-from-home days, all meetings and meeting rooms have video conferencing equipment, etc.). * Product offering is very forward-thinking.Cons: - There are a lot of discussions about product direction that involve so many people (because of the aforementioned transparency) that it could be considered distracting. This is only a con if you're the type of person that would rather not be involved in higher-level strategy, though; for someone who wants this, it's just another positive. - Being so distributed plus growing so quickly means there are the occasional logistic problems here and there.
- 5.0Amazing recruiting process and fair packageSenior Solutions Architect • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaNovember 17, 2025Pros: Fair package per experience and interview performance. Non-toxic environment. Great career path opportunities.Cons: Technology is a little bit hard to learn at the beginning.
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