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grace.wang02Jun 16, 2026

Confluent SD interviewer ended the round 15 mins early

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User-14lttJun 16, 2026

had a similar experience at another company where the interviewer was checked out the whole time. got rejected too. some interviewers just shouldn't be running loops

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jacobmillerJun 16, 2026

that's rough. failing SD when the interviewer barely engaged sounds like a coin flip not an eval

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User-bihzjJun 16, 2026

"not that far off" is the vaguest feedback possible lol. sorry this happened

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User-y3pu9Jun 16, 2026

passing both coding rounds is no joke. frustrating that SD is the bottleneck when the interviewers aren't even present

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neha91Jun 16, 2026

the early wrap-up is wild. did you push to keep going or just let it end?

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grace.wang02Jun 16, 2026

kind of just let it end. she made it clear the round was over. didn't want to force it

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