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User-y7n5sAug 12, 2026

Confluent onsite, system design got me

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User-tpoiaAug 12, 2026

went through something similar last month, coding was fine for me too and SD is what got me. felt like the bar there was just higher than the coding rounds

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oliviabrown491Aug 12, 2026

yeah that matches what I'm hearing from you and a few others. kinda wish they gave more color on what a passing answer even looks like

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User-j68q8Aug 12, 2026

damn the temp email one always sounds like a nightmare, seemed like people get torn up on the persistence part specifically. did they say what they wanted for that part

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ravikumarAug 12, 2026

yeah I think they wanted some kind of ttl or cleanup story instead of hard deletes, at least that's what I gathered when I went through it. could be wrong tho

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arjunpatelAug 13, 2026

SD at Confluent felt deeper than I expected too when I went through it, worth prepping beyond the basics if you're going for it

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nehadesai1996Aug 13, 2026

agreed, mine was more about tradeoffs and pushback than just drawing boxes. caught me off guard the first time

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ananyaiyer1009Aug 13, 2026

sorry man, their loss honestly. passing both coding rounds is still solid, you'll get it somewhere else

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