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).
1st round recruiter, 2nd hiring manager, extremely friendly and professional with the interviews. Would go through the process again. Great people and provided a lovely environment.
Hiring for big teams of Product folks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Detail your past experience with delivering a feature from 0-1
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Databricks (Brisbane) in Jan 2025
Interview
1. Hiring Manager - wanted to understand previous experience, motivations for wanting to work at Databricks, and other behaviour-based questions.
2. Technical with Solutions Architect and Senior SA - I bundled out at this stage. Make sure you read up on cloud concepts if you're not intimately familiar with them!
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks in Nov 2024
Interview
Standard interview process, unfortunately the recruiter is very vague on timeline, slow to respond and I got fairly far in the process to be denied the job by a no-reply alias which felt completely 180 from how they frame their "culture".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you did xyz project, how did you handle failiure, etc