@Test
  public void convertWithConfluentAvroBytesConverter() throws SerDeException {
    Integer offset = 5;

    Properties tbl = new Properties();
    tbl.setProperty(AvroSerdeUtils.AvroTableProperties.AVRO_SERDE_TYPE.getPropName(), "SKIP");
    tbl.setProperty(AvroSerdeUtils.AvroTableProperties.AVRO_SERDE_SKIP_BYTES.getPropName(), offset.toString());

    runConversionTest(tbl, simpleRecordConfluentBytes);
  }
Tests that the skip converter skips 5 bytes properly, which matches what Confluent needs.
kafka-handler/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/kafka/AvroBytesConverterTest.java