Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
The interview process consisted of three rounds: two technical rounds and one behavioral round. The interviewers were nice, professional, and knowledgeable, making it a good interview experience overall.
You would receive hints from the interviewers to help you proceed, so they were interactive. This was a welcome contrast to some unprofessional interviewers who seemed to be having a bad day and projected their feelings onto the candidate.
Questions
The first two rounds involved medium-hardness algorithm questions. The final round focused on distributed system knowledge.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Databricks Software Engineer (Internship) role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Databricks's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Databricks's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in San Francisco, California.
Databricks Work Experiences
- 5.0Awesome teammates, amazing leadershipSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 26, 2021Pros: Super helpful and collaborative teammates. Solving interesting and impactful problems. With accelerated growth comes the challenge of scaling the service to meet the demand, which has been a great learning experience. TC is amazing with stock growth.Cons: Everyone is very intelligent and hardworking. They push you to work harder, even if you prefer a less demanding workload.
- 4.0Smart Team, Growing BureaucracySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 17, 2024Pros: High growth, but also very nerdy (depends on the team as well). Very smart people to work with.Cons: Scaling rapidly and getting more bureaucratic
- 5.0Excellent vision and execution, an innovative product, and huge growth projectionsSenior Solutions Architect • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 23, 2021Pros: The CEO is very popular and well respected. My colleagues are brilliant, and the product is cutting-edge. You will become a data and AI expert, no matter what role you are in.Cons: Hypergrowth companies will have its scaling pains. The culture has shifted as the company started to hire people by the pack from the same companies, and priorities became focused on revenue goals as a pre-IPO company.
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