The hiring process at Databricks takes an average of 60 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Big Data Architect had the quickest hiring process (on average 60 days), whereas Big Data Architect roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at Databricks in Apr 2026
Interview
Initial Hiring Manger screen, with high-level technical questions like "which db type would you use", "difference between hashmap and list", generic DSA questions, some questions on DB indices
After the initial, went on to hard system design, design a stock broker API, implementing the buy and the sell APIs. Be careful to read the requirements very carefully.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
"which db type would you use", "difference between hashmap and list", generic DSA questions, some questions on DB indices
Design a stock broker system, to handle BUY and SELL orders. We just forward the orders to a trading desk. But we must make sure when an order is expiring it's never sent. Note expiring orders will likely cluster at the end of the day.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Databricks (New York, KY) in Mar 2026
Interview
Not very good. Recruiter sent auto reply after a 1 hour interview and it felt like time wasted. I never got any feedback to know where it went wrong. I can’t say Im impressed.