Databricks

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

August 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Very nice, very friendly.

Phone screening first, then a technical interview.

Both interviewers were really nice and helpful. The technical interview involves a problem that can progressively get harder. The interviewer will help you with hints if you are stuck. Overall, a great experience.

Questions

Make the algorithm work in a distributed environment.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 24 interview experiences for the Databricks Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

8%

Pass Rate

Databricks's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive33%

Neutral21%

Negative46%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Databricks's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

Databricks Work Experiences

Being great in these 3 months

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Smart and nice people around - Interesting and challenging work - Promising

Cons: WLB is fairly OK, not great.

Being great in these 3 months

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Smart and nice people around - Interesting and challenging work - Promising

Cons: WLB is fairly OK, not great.

Great place to be

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: In the intersection of the biggest tech trends: AI, Big Data, Cloud. A great opportunity to learn from the best in the field.

Cons: At times, there's a lot of work to be done. It's a somewhat top-down culture that makes it difficult to bring change as an entry-level software engineer.

Great place to be

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: In the intersection of the biggest tech trends: AI, Big Data, Cloud. A great opportunity to learn from the best in the field.

Cons: At times, there's a lot of work to be done. It's a somewhat top-down culture that makes it difficult to bring change as an entry-level software engineer.

Promising but..

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Seems very promising in the future.

Cons: Too many re-orgs in the past few months.

Promising but..

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Seems very promising in the future.

Cons: Too many re-orgs in the past few months.

Being great in these 3 months

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Smart and nice people around - Interesting and challenging work - Promising

Cons: WLB is fairly OK, not great.

5.0
Being great in these 3 months
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
May 24, 2021
Pros: - Smart and nice people around - Interesting and challenging work - Promising
Cons: WLB is fairly OK, not great.

Great place to be

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: In the intersection of the biggest tech trends: AI, Big Data, Cloud. A great opportunity to learn from the best in the field.

Cons: At times, there's a lot of work to be done. It's a somewhat top-down culture that makes it difficult to bring change as an entry-level software engineer.

4.0
Great place to be
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 2, 2021
Pros: In the intersection of the biggest tech trends: AI, Big Data, Cloud. A great opportunity to learn from the best in the field.
Cons: At times, there's a lot of work to be done. It's a somewhat top-down culture that makes it difficult to bring change as an entry-level software engineer.

Promising but..

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Seems very promising in the future.

Cons: Too many re-orgs in the past few months.

3.0
Promising but..
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 12, 2023
Pros: Seems very promising in the future.
Cons: Too many re-orgs in the past few months.

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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