Confluent - Interview Experience - Software Engineer

User-8s148May 7, 2026

how hard was the temp email system round? that one looks tricky from what I've read on the forums

liam.davisMay 7, 2026

definitely the hardest one. bloom filter discussion took most of the time. know your tradeoffs going in

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mayachen5731May 7, 2026

tail -n comes up so often. did they specify memory constraints upfront or did you have to ask?

benheMay 7, 2026

congrats! was the wasAlive window size fixed at 500ms or configurable?

liam.davisMay 7, 2026

5 slots x 100ms each. fixed for my round. 3 consecutive inactive = down

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User-99i2aMay 7, 2026

small question bank cuts both ways lol. easy to prep but they know you prepped