Databricks

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

October 28, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview was a one-hour phone screening.

After a brief mutual introduction, we moved directly into a live coding question similar to a LeetCode problem. I needed to implement the solution and write test cases to verify it.

There was also a short follow-up after that.

Questions

They asked the hit counter question.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 92 interview experiences for the Databricks Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

12%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive36%

Neutral26%

Negative38%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Databricks's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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