Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Databricks with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 122 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Databricks overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Databricks as a Software Engineer according to 122 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Databricks (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
TL;DR: I should have looked at the Glassdoor reviews before picking up the phone, don't waste your time here - many red flags about their culture.
• Technical sourcer reached out to me for a role that sounded great (job description was for a specific role; written to be very inclusive and right up my alley and skillset).
• Technical sourcer was slow to reply, finally scheduled a recruiter call.
• Recruiter said she got double-booked and rescheduled the day before.
• Recruiter was late to the call, and didn't apologize or acknowledge.
• Recruiter was disorganized when on the call: asked what my background was even though she was looking at my resume or LinkedIn, said they weren't looking for non-traditional backgrounds. Had an extremely haughty and dismissive attitude around my abilities (I declined to mention that I have previously had a FAANG offer.) Asked what role I applied for (hello, your technical sourcer is the one that reached out - I didn't apply to anything.)
• Recruiter then said they'd be happy to do a technical interview anyway, which they outsource to a third-party company. Ghosted anyway.
From this and other reviews, seems like the technical sourcer and recruiters aren't aligned at all and are fairly disorganized. It also seems like the engineers there only care about finding people who wipe themselves with red-black trees in the morning, regardless of any other applicable skills, and have enough of a better-than-thou attitude that they can't be bothered to interview the people that they'd work with day-to-day.
Like hires like - maybe 300 Leetcode hard problems are really relevant to their day-to-day job. Maybe they're secretly a thinktank for solving P vs. NP. But overall, I'd avoid unless that's the kind of culture you're looking for, or love wasting your time.
Recruiter called after I applied online on their site. Great call, met with the hiring Manager next. Now haven't heard back in 2 weeks, ghosted I guess. My professional experience with Databricks is limited. I spent lots of times with free edition, but didn't get to that point where I could show that.
Had an initial recruiter screen for a Software Engineer position. The call lasted around 15 minutes and covered the usual ground: my background and experience, motivation for applying, current role, and salary expectations. The recruiter also gave a clear overview of teams, the product, and the full interview process ahead.
1. Phone interview with HR.
2. Technical coding question using coder pad. Have to implement from scratch.
Interview process was very fast and recruiter was friendly
Question was little vague but it seems to be leaked a lot on the internet
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Databricks?
Past experience.
Projects you have worked on