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).
The interview was a one-hour phone screening. After a brief mutual introduction, we moved directly into a live coding question similar to a LeetCode problem, where I needed to implement the solution and write test cases to verify it. There's also a short followup after that.
The process consistesd of an HR call, 2 algo interviews and one manager call. During the manager call, I was asked about my previous internship in great depth. E.g.: what negative feedback have you received? what do you know about Databricks and the company values?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (Londres, Inglaterra) in Oct 2025
Interview
A structured hiring process. Multiple rounds that included recruiter screening interview, hiring manager interview, coding assignment, technical interview, stakeholder interview, panel presentation and finally a senior executive interview. Took around 6 weeks from the time of application to complete all the rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
As the role was more customer facing, they wanted to assess the stakeholder management capabilities more than the technical capabilities.