Engineering Manager Interview Experience - Cupertino, California
Process
The process is lengthy, but they move very fast.
You give your all, presenting an excellent track record, great past experiences, process insights, and technical problems solved. However, the interview panel may not be strong and could feel threatened by your abilities, fearing you will outshine them. Consequently, they reject you and do not extend an offer.
You will clearly see that the people who interviewed you were below average compared to you.
The company claims to have an open and honest culture, but do not take this claim seriously.
Questions
Nothing specific to share about the questions.
General experience from your past with examples.
Technical problems solved with clear answers.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Confluent Engineering Manager role in Cupertino, California.
Success Rate
Confluent's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in Cupertino, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Confluent's Engineering Manager interview process in Cupertino, California.
Confluent Work Experiences
- 3.0Good if you are looking for a role in data infrastructureEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeMarch 18, 2025Pros: Learnings from a challenging work environmentCons: Challenging work environment, and can be toxic depending on the org and team.
- 3.0Not the best, not the worstEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 18, 2023Pros: - Good company values - Pay is okay - Smart & empathetic engineersCons: - Culture degraded after IPO, values applied inconsistently. - New engineering leadership is mediocre at best. - Work-life balance is low.
- 5.0An organisation that empowers its employees – better than Salesforce, MS, and GoogleEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaApril 14, 2023Pros: 1. The company's work culture is people-centric, then customers. People at the leadership truly care for the emotions of the employees, be it respecting individuals or caring for career growth. They believe an empowered employee will contribute to the company's growth. Most talents are from big branded companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce. 2. They provide enough tools and processes to build a world-class data streaming cloud product. 3. A big part of remuneration is through publicly listed stock. 4. Work-life balance and enough employee benefits/perks are at par with big brands. 5. Remote-first company. Pretty nice office in a prestigious tech park, but underused.Cons: 1. Sometimes high empowerment leads to inefficiencies with output. 2. Remote-first takes away human-to-human interactions required for teamwork. But the world has already moved on with it. 3. Their stock price swings too wildly during industry turbulence! It is an undervalued stock, though.
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