Solutions Architect Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
June 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I honestly just wanted to get off my chest the worst interview I've ever had.
This was my first face-to-face interview with Confluent, after having had great talks with a couple of other people.
An interviewer with Confluent UK agreed to interview me on short notice in the London office. He immediately plopped down in his chair and slouched to one side, then lethargically began asking me a few technical questions. I counted at least three yawns, full-mouthed and unabashed.
Look, maybe he wrote me off before the interview started (not sure how – he clearly hadn't read my resume). But that is no reason for such a disrespectful display. All in all, it was a stunning surprise from such a well-regarded company.
Everyone else in the process was stellar! It's frustrating when your hard work and preparation is submarined by one individual.
Questions
How would you debug Java performance issues?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Confluent Solutions Architect role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
Confluent's interview process for their Solutions Architect roles in London, the United Kingdom is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Confluent's Solutions Architect interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Confluent Work Experiences
5.0
The best company I've worked for!
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
October 2, 2019
Pros: There are so many.
To list a few:
* The team at Confluent are absolutely top of class. They are smart, humble, and really amazing to work with.
* The product is game-changing, and it's incredible to be a part of our customers' journey with Apache Kafka.
* The culture of the business makes for such a positive working environment, with dedicated employee experience teams, mentoring programs, and much more.
Cons: I have no cons to note at this time!
1.0
A sinking ship with clueless management
Solutions Architect • Former Employee
September 3, 2025
Pros: Above market pay
Work-life balance
Cons: This company used to be an amazing place to work. But after the IPO, it completely lost course.
They have so many useless middle managers, it almost feels like there are more managers than actual tech workers. The middle managers' job is to play politics all day and mess up the lives of the workers.
All they hire in the US are salespeople, and they hardly hire any engineers in the US anymore. And you can already see the lack of innovation in the product. I still don't understand why customers buy this overpriced junk over MSK or other cloud provider products.
The management is clueless. They go and invest billions of dollars on pet projects like Flink and can't execute it properly, as they don't have good engineers anymore. The Flink offering is a multi-million dollar disaster, and no one is buying it.
The stock has been in the gutter for a long time, and it adds insult to injury to shareholders if you look at the sheer waste that the company continuously does for sales and marketing. They will randomly have useless events to fly in everyone from all over the world just to get drunk. They will randomly distribute RSUs like it's free candy and dilute the stock, while their top management continuously sells off all their holdings.
There is absolutely no fiscal discipline in this company. If you want to party, do politics, talk clichés, and don't care about your skill growth, this is the place for you. If you are not, run away from Confluent as fast as you can.
4.0
Passion for streaming data is a must
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
February 11, 2023
Pros: Customer-facing work is interesting and offers a lot of variety. Transparent management provides a lot of autonomy to do the work your way. Good work-life balance, if you choose.
Cons: No team projects; mostly working with customers on your own.
- 5.0The best company I've worked for!Solutions Architect • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomOctober 2, 2019Pros: There are so many. To list a few: * The team at Confluent are absolutely top of class. They are smart, humble, and really amazing to work with. * The product is game-changing, and it's incredible to be a part of our customers' journey with Apache Kafka. * The culture of the business makes for such a positive working environment, with dedicated employee experience teams, mentoring programs, and much more.Cons: I have no cons to note at this time!
- 1.0A sinking ship with clueless managementSolutions Architect • Former EmployeeSeptember 3, 2025Pros: Above market pay Work-life balanceCons: This company used to be an amazing place to work. But after the IPO, it completely lost course. They have so many useless middle managers, it almost feels like there are more managers than actual tech workers. The middle managers' job is to play politics all day and mess up the lives of the workers. All they hire in the US are salespeople, and they hardly hire any engineers in the US anymore. And you can already see the lack of innovation in the product. I still don't understand why customers buy this overpriced junk over MSK or other cloud provider products. The management is clueless. They go and invest billions of dollars on pet projects like Flink and can't execute it properly, as they don't have good engineers anymore. The Flink offering is a multi-million dollar disaster, and no one is buying it. The stock has been in the gutter for a long time, and it adds insult to injury to shareholders if you look at the sheer waste that the company continuously does for sales and marketing. They will randomly have useless events to fly in everyone from all over the world just to get drunk. They will randomly distribute RSUs like it's free candy and dilute the stock, while their top management continuously sells off all their holdings. There is absolutely no fiscal discipline in this company. If you want to party, do politics, talk clichés, and don't care about your skill growth, this is the place for you. If you are not, run away from Confluent as fast as you can.
- 4.0Passion for streaming data is a mustSolutions Architect • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 11, 2023Pros: Customer-facing work is interesting and offers a lot of variety. Transparent management provides a lot of autonomy to do the work your way. Good work-life balance, if you choose.Cons: No team projects; mostly working with customers on your own.
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