I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
Met with several leads from the team.
- Two separate system design interviews.
- One coding interview
- A couple of fit calls
- A presentation to walk through a previous project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Present a previous project with the challenges and how they were solved.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Databricks (San Francisco, CA) in May 2024
Interview
The interview process was quite structured for a startup and seemed to have been thoughtfully crafted. It was thorough and elaborate beyond the interviews to include a detailed reference check process. I needed to keep prodding the recruiters and hiring manager to keep the process moving forward.
Offer negotiation was reasonable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was one project that I worked on and how did I lead it?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks in Feb 2022
Interview
In my case it was pretty standard interview loop, similar to Google or Facebook. The only difference is that matching with hiring manager is happening at very early stage, basically the position you apply for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In my case the focus was about security and abuse domains, so many questions were around this topics.