Confluent

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Toronto, Ontario

March 29, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A recruiter reached out on LinkedIn for an opportunity.

After the initial conversation, they sent me an OA link. I completed it, but have received no response after emailing them.

Questions

Initial talk with recruiter:

Basic questions, and two coding questions by explaining orally.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Confluent Senior Software Engineer role in Toronto, Ontario.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

Confluent's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Toronto, Ontario is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral0%

Negative100%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Confluent's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Toronto, Ontario.

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