Databricks

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

May 14, 2026

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Typical: recruiter call, 2 technicals, final behavioral.

Know how to be collaborative and quick.

The coding rounds aren’t always traditional leetcode so know how to write clean, structured code (design problems on LC with intentional solutions will help).

Questions

How do you work with ambiguity?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 65 interview experiences for the Databricks Software Engineer (Internship) role.

Success Rate

22%

Pass Rate

Databricks's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive62%

Neutral29%

Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Databricks's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process.

Databricks Work Experiences

Excellent place to work

Senior Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

August 12, 2022

Pros: Databricks (as a company) is driven by a common goal. We all strive to be the best we can and support each other as needed. Over the last two years, I have, honestly, not met a single person I disliked, which is uncommon. Additionally, the team at Databricks is very innovative, which makes it a fun and fast-paced place to work. Love it here!

Cons: I do not have any negative opinions.

Excellent place to work

Senior Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

August 12, 2022

Pros: Databricks (as a company) is driven by a common goal. We all strive to be the best we can and support each other as needed. Over the last two years, I have, honestly, not met a single person I disliked, which is uncommon. Additionally, the team at Databricks is very innovative, which makes it a fun and fast-paced place to work. Love it here!

Cons: I do not have any negative opinions.

Exciting Products, Testing Needs Freedom

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

February 14, 2021

Pros: Super exciting to work here! Attractive products!

Cons: Testing environment with more freedom (IAM role, etc.)

Exciting Products, Testing Needs Freedom

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

February 14, 2021

Pros: Super exciting to work here! Attractive products!

Cons: Testing environment with more freedom (IAM role, etc.)

Great Company to work for

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Databricks cares about you. You will receive help to become the best in the industry.

Cons: Nothing comes through my mind.

Great Company to work for

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Databricks cares about you. You will receive help to become the best in the industry.

Cons: Nothing comes through my mind.

Excellent place to work

Senior Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

August 12, 2022

Pros: Databricks (as a company) is driven by a common goal. We all strive to be the best we can and support each other as needed. Over the last two years, I have, honestly, not met a single person I disliked, which is uncommon. Additionally, the team at Databricks is very innovative, which makes it a fun and fast-paced place to work. Love it here!

Cons: I do not have any negative opinions.

5.0
Excellent place to work
Senior Solutions Architect • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
August 12, 2022
Pros: Databricks (as a company) is driven by a common goal. We all strive to be the best we can and support each other as needed. Over the last two years, I have, honestly, not met a single person I disliked, which is uncommon. Additionally, the team at Databricks is very innovative, which makes it a fun and fast-paced place to work. Love it here!
Cons: I do not have any negative opinions.

Exciting Products, Testing Needs Freedom

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

February 14, 2021

Pros: Super exciting to work here! Attractive products!

Cons: Testing environment with more freedom (IAM role, etc.)

5.0
Exciting Products, Testing Needs Freedom
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
Tokyo, Japan
February 14, 2021
Pros: Super exciting to work here! Attractive products!
Cons: Testing environment with more freedom (IAM role, etc.)

Great Company to work for

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Databricks cares about you. You will receive help to become the best in the industry.

Cons: Nothing comes through my mind.

5.0
Great Company to work for
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
March 11, 2022
Pros: Databricks cares about you. You will receive help to become the best in the industry.
Cons: Nothing comes through my mind.

Databricks Interview Questions

Design Hit Counter

Design a hit counter that records hits and retrieves the number of hits in the past 5 minutes. You need to implement methods to record a hit and get the total hits in a sliding window.

Design Tic-Tac-Toe

Implement a Tic-Tac-Toe game where players take turns placing their marks. Design the game logic to efficiently determine the winner after each move.

IP to CIDR

Convert an IP address and a number of addresses to a CIDR block representation. Find the smallest list of CIDR blocks that covers the specified range of IP addresses.

Bit Manipulation

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