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).
I interviewed at Databricks (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2021
Interview
Seven interviews. No females or diversity with interviewers. Hiring manager was initially a championed but turned sour late in process. These interviewers and managers (VP & RDs) spoke like elitists. They knit picked at my 30/60/90 presentation and treated me as if I am incapable of doing this job. A job I have been doing for over 15+ years. Their culture is all talk and I’m glad to not join them as they did not offer me the job (I beat 30 other candidates in my current new role selling SaaS). Advice: if you’re a minority enterprise seller, don’t waste your time because they will gladly waste yours. This is a good old boys club. Look at their LinkedIn’s. Many have worked together at Splunk and HP. Entire process felt like they were hitting an “underrepresented minority” checkbox for HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My concern on your resume is primarily hardware vendors. Have you spoken to anyone about that?
It was a pretty unique interview process. Started with phone screen, coding challenge, on-site which was 4 rounds.
Standard questions, ranging from streaming algorithms to system design. I'd recommend brushing up on web technologies, system design and having a good understanding of Databricks products and what the company does as a whole. Positive interview experience.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Databricks
Interview
Recruiter reaches out. Hop on a call. They disparage my current employer right off the bat. Perception I got was that of arrogance and hubris. Didn't move along, but the red flags were clear and apparent. I will never interview here again.