I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Databricks (Paris) in Dec 2022
Interview
I was interviewed for the presales solution engineer/solution architect. Overall the interview process was quite smooth but a bit long at the end: - discussion with hr+ hiring manager - coding home assignment (spark/databricks coding exercise) - 3 "technical" interviews: the first one is really technical, going in depth into details but no coding, 2nd is architecture/system design interview and the 3rd is a situational interview, as if you have prospects/customer in front of you. - wrap up with hiring manager - exec interview They are also doing a referral check so be prepared to list few former managers/colleagues. This interview process required quite some preparation and time investment but was overall very relevant and interesting. The interviewers seems all very smart, in addition to be welcoming and helping me feeling comfortable. The recruiter was proactive and answered all my questions in a timely manner.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding assignment (spark/Databricks) Technical interview (asking about your knowledge on different topics: from ml ops to monitoring) Architecture interview/system design Situational interview
first round was with the recruiter. did not get past that. Mostly because the experience didnt match. They are very precise on years of experience. They are very precise on years of experience.
Poor interview process. Were unclear about stages and mixed up the sequence of stages. I cleared the advanced stages first but didn’t clear the HM stage. A bit of a let down to both parties as it wasted our precious time due to misaligned expectations.
The hiring process consists of several stages: a recruiter interview, technical interviews, a hiring manager interview, a case study interview, and a technical assessment assignment to evaluate candidate skills and suitability in python and spark.
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