User-nf0ucAug 29, 2026
Confluent rejection, coding passed but system design didn't
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Did they say how close you were on the design rounds or just a flat pass/fail?
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Just pass fail unfortunately, no more detail than that.
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SD really is the filter there. Passed both design rounds myself but bombed the random queue thing lol.
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Yeah the two coding rounds felt way more approachable than either design one for me too.
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Good luck next time, SD is definitely the harder half there.
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Bloom filters come up a lot for that dedup step, worth knowing cold going in.
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Confluent ghosts a lot from what I've heard, at least you got a real answer back.
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