I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Databricks (Durham, NC) in Jan 2022
Interview
1. Recruiter call
2. Hiring Manager call about experience
3. Technical Interview
3a. Hands-on Assignment
4. Panel + Presentation + Architecture Interviews
Fairly lengthy, but the hiring manager stayed in touch with me in between every step to let me know things were going well and what the next steps would be and timelines.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Experience
2. How does Databricks stack up to competitors? (During panel interview)
3. Let's go through a hypothetical architecture (related to your experience)
I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter for an initial call. My background and experience were not aligned with the role, so we did not proceed to the next round.
Unfortunately, the interview experience was not very positive. The recruiter was late to the scheduled call, and the communication style felt somewhat one-sided and pushy rather than collaborative. I would have appreciated a more balanced and respectful conversation.
Multiple rounds of interview , take home assessment was not very tough . But panel presentation round was tough , it seems they want candidate who can wow them even though all rounds went fine .
I go the first phone call which went pretty well. Then I passed a first panel round on simple architecture. Did first round technical round, but never heard back again.