Databricks

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

October 9, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

This interview process was very difficult, involving a recruiter call, a first-round interview, and a final round with four separate interviews. I made it to the final round but did not pass. The final round included a system design component, and this was for a new graduate position. Overall, the interviewers were very nice, and I enjoyed the interview experience.

Questions

Construct an API for a practical problem.

Interview Statistics

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

Success Rate

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 Interview Questions

Design Hit Counter

Medium

Design a hit counter to track the number of hits recorded in the past 5 minutes. Implement methods to record a hit and retrieve the total hits in the past 5 minutes.

Arrays

Design Tic-Tac-Toe

Medium

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.

Arrays

IP to CIDR

Medium

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