Rejected after submitting application within 30 seconds. Process was easy to apply, and good that I heard back very fast instead if having to wait for a long time for ghost
The Databricks interview is notoriously tough and they absolutely live up to that reputation. The process moved quickly but the technical bar is incredibly high. They do not care how fast you can solve a generic LeetCode puzzle. They want to see if you understand memory management, distributed state, and thread safety. The virtual onsite had a mix of deep system architecture and a heavy live coding session where you actually have to compile, run, and debug your code.
Ich habe mich über einen Personalvermittler beworben. Vorstellungsgespräch absolviert bei Databricks
Vorstellungsgespräch
Screening round was a system design question.
Did not make it through. I do think for such an involved question, the interviewer spent a bit too long explaining the question at the beginning and didn't leave enough time for me to implement the solution. But that was probably not the reason for not passing.
Fragen im Vorstellungsgespräch [1]
Frage 1
Standard system design question. Practice with Hello Interview or similar site.
Ich habe mich über einen Personalvermittler beworben. Der Vorgang dauerte 3 Monate. Vorstellungsgespräch absolviert bei Databricks
Vorstellungsgespräch
Interview consisted of 5 rounds: 2 system design (single box and distributed), 1 coding and 2 behavioral and personal deep dive. Overall the experience was pretty good. The interviewers were nice, seemed to pay all attention, and all of them were really smart and fun to talk to.
Fragen im Vorstellungsgespräch [1]
Frage 1
Coding was not a typical leetcode style, instead it was a generic problem, which could be tacked on with follow ups like better structuring, modularity etc. Single box design focussed on concurrency, reliability and crash recovery. The discussion on past projects was extremely detailed and technical. The system design question seemed too focussed on the domain rather than one of the standard distributed design questions.