I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2017
Interview
Fairly standard process. Recruiter schedules phone screen, phone interview with short technical screen, and then onsite. Everyone was really nice onsite and I talked to over ten people, but in the end the recruiter was very unprofessional. She told me I would be given feedback and a result a day or two after my onsite but ended up not replying at all. I followed up and asked for any kind of feedback and there was no response. I expected that I was rejected, but at least just send an email or something.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly programming questions. Final question was more of a design question that got harder as we went on.
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
didn't make it past the first technical round. questions are decently challenging (ie: leetcode med/hard level difficulty), and can range from very mathy topics to bit manipulation, to dynamic programming. be prepared for all scenarios and all topics on leetcode.
