The process left a really sour taste in my mouth.
Got an OA a few weeks after the application. 70 minutes time limit, 4 problems on code signal. The provided environment did not have all C++ STL containers. This prevented me from solving all of the problems effectively.
The OA assumes you are planning to cheat, so you have to share your camera, your mic, and your screen. Tells volumes of the company culture, I'm happy to not apply ever again.
I had no recruiter call or OA. I just had a technical screen and an onsite. Technical screen is just coding. Onsite has a Leetcode, Sys Design, Hiring Manager round.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Nov 2025
Interview
First you have 20 min HR interview, than one Algorithm, than 4 interviews on 2 days (Coding, Algorithm, Architectural and Cross-Functional). Interviews were very pleasent, but when I asked for feedback for being denied I just got ghosted.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Databricks (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
1 phone screen
1 hr call
2 coding vos
1 system design vo
1 bq vo
within one month, the vos are back-to-back
very easy, coding should be fast
the interviewers were friendly and brilliant
