Confluent

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Canada

September 23, 2024

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There are basically four rounds of interviews:

Recruiter interview
LeetCode interview
Five final round interviews, which consist of:
- Two system design interviews
- Two more LeetCode interviews
- One behavioral interview

Questions

Tell me about a time you had to deal with negative feedback.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Confluent Senior Software Engineer role in Canada.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

Confluent's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Canada is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%

Neutral33%

Negative33%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Confluent's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Canada.

Confluent Interview Questions

LRU Cache

Medium

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Linked Lists

Time Based Key-Value Store

Medium

Design a key-value store that supports storing values with timestamps. You should be able to retrieve the latest value for a key that's less than or equal to a given timestamp.

StringsBinary Search

Valid Sudoku

Medium

Determine if a given 9x9 Sudoku board is valid. Check if each row, column, and 3x3 subgrid contains the digits 1-9 without repetition.

Arrays