I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks
Interview
1. Quick phone screen with recruiter
2. Interview with hiring manager - more a resume walkthrough and talking about interests
3. Take home coding assignment. Given 3 options, pick 1. Not too difficult
4. Soft skills interview - behavioral
5. 1 hr presentation. Given a case to prepare for. More of a discussion on your proposed solution. Hiring manager helps prepare.
6. 3 back-to-back 1 on 1. 1 conversational, one technical (ML, Spark, SQL), last one a fit interview
Overall difficult but smooth process. Everyone was super helpful along the way and they really want you to succeed. Recruiter was very responsive.
I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter for an initial call. My background and experience were not aligned with the role, so we did not proceed to the next round.
Unfortunately, the interview experience was not very positive. The recruiter was late to the scheduled call, and the communication style felt somewhat one-sided and pushy rather than collaborative. I would have appreciated a more balanced and respectful conversation.
Multiple rounds of interview , take home assessment was not very tough . But panel presentation round was tough , it seems they want candidate who can wow them even though all rounds went fine .
I go the first phone call which went pretty well. Then I passed a first panel round on simple architecture. Did first round technical round, but never heard back again.