The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks
Interview
Recruiter was initially friendly but later was not responsive. Questions were not hard and except for one interviewer that was really not nice the rest of interviewers were smart and nice and enjoyed the interaction. Topics include multi threading and low-level system design, high-level system design, behavioral questions. I really liked they do not include leet-coding and that questions are more related to the job.
I definitely got the feeling that company is not respecting your time fully since interview process is super long, including 6 interviews, one of which includes reading a paper ahead and a take home exam, while they are not responsive during the recruiting process. I also got mixed signals, I was told that I will be getting an offer, talked with people in my future team, then later got semi-ghosted and finally was told I was rejected with a very vague reason. Similar thing happened to other people I know. I respect the company is very hot right now but it’s not a justification to not respect the candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Respecting the NDA so not adding any specific questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Databricks
Interview
You go thru' so many rounds which require tons of investment. You need to invest too. much of your time. ROI is low.
3-4 rounds. Includes multiple levels. Do coding assignment, etc.
Heavily banking on IPO pop as offer was no-go
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Regular coding problems. Nothing out of the blue. They have no set way to judge your performance (may be they don't like the way you answer)
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I applied online. I interviewed at Databricks in Jan 2021
Interview
The interview process was outstanding and I liked it a lot. Everything started with a usual phone-screen session and moved on to onsite with the following sections:
1. Coding and Algos
2. System design
3. Coding in a language that I've never used before (very fun section)!
4. Behavioral
Afterward, there were background checks with my former colleagues. In parallel, I had a take-home assignment. This one appeared to be pretty tough, however, I really liked it because it felt like I returned back to university times with huge assignments and zero time to do them. In the end, I went through a team matching and got a pretty good offer to an amazing team. I accepted it in the end :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Don't want to reveal questions that I'd probably use in the future :D
So, here is the one from the behavioral section:
Q: Tell me about the most complex project you had?