I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Databricks in Jul 2023
Interview
The interview consisted of 4 rounds, including a technical take home screening. The final round consisted of a panel interview that required me to present a project kick off scenario for a client.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you mitigate risks for a client on a cloud modernization path, moving from an on-prem hadoop infrastructure to Databricks hosted on Azure?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks in Jan 2024
Interview
Several rounds of interviews including with a very responsive and helpful recruiter, the hiring manager, current members of the team and a senior leader. A coding assessment was given early, and the process ended with a comprehensive presentation showcasing all of the skills required to preform well in the role. All references provided were checked with a 15 minute call at the end. Hiring the wrong person for a role can be expensive for any organization, so while the amount of assessment at first seemed long and difficult its made me respect Databricks even more as a company that each employee is properly vetted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to review several solutions that I had led previously, explaining from an architecture perspective and then from a project management perspective. I was also asked to explain how I might improve upon those project's solutions with Databricks, or with the advances in Databricks since that solution was implemented.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (Singapore) in Aug 2023
Interview
Good: The whole process is shared at the start, so clear visibility. Bad: Towards the end, recruiter started to disappear and uncontactable for 3 weeks, kept guessing and gave up. There is no transparency in sharing interview feedbacks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the complexity of your past delivery project, and how you handled it.