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ryanchen02Jun 8, 2026

Confluent phone screen - waiting, a bit nervous

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User-mr5zwJun 8, 2026

How long was the problem statement? Like multiple pages?

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ryanchen02Jun 8, 2026

It was one big doc but very dense. Lots of formatting requirements and edge case specs buried in it. Maybe 600 words of problem description?

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jacobmiller03Jun 8, 2026

Confluent phone screens are generally not the hard part. The onsite system design is where most people get filtered.

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emilyzhang02Jun 9, 2026

Good luck. 3 days to a week is accurate based on my experience.

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arjundesai02Jun 8, 2026

The search word + phrase search combo is a known Confluent phone screen problem. You probably did fine if you got both.

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