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 online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (Amsterdam) in Oct 2019
Interview
I strongly recommend not to waste time and energy by interviewing for this company. I don't understand how they can expect a person to solve fully working (I mean it should be fully compiling) three long and medium level questions in 45 minutes in their karat screening interview.
Let me give you more insight if you can provide the proper approach of the third question and wrote code as well but didn't get time to compile the same; then, they will not consider your third question at all. Also, the karat interviewers follow a strict procedure:-
1) Write the code.
2) After writing, compile it and then fix the compilation Errors.
3) Run-on some test cases.
4) Tell Time Complexity and Space Complexity. (you are not allowed to tell the complexities before completing the 2nd step as they mention they only consider it after the 2nd Step. Generally, any good company will ask you in the starting once you tell them your approach.)
It's a one-sided interview where the interviewer doesn't care about the optimized solution. They don't interact, as well. So, focus on solving maximum questions as possible without interacting at all as they don't care about anything else except your three fully working codes (Above three steps).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode medium level graph questions. And, most of the questions use hash maps as well.
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