Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - San Jose, California
October 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Applied online. Had a recruiter phone call, two technical rounds, and one manager call.
Everyone was great. The process was pretty quick and painless. The interviews were interesting but not too hard.
Questions
DFS in constant space
Was this helpful?
Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Databricks Software Engineer (Internship) role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Databricks's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Databricks's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in San Jose, California.
Databricks Work Experiences
5.0
Challenging But Worth The Pay
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
February 7, 2023
Pros: Good challenge, interesting. Good pay, nice peers.
Cons: Tough. No conversion. Bad work-life balance. Ok. Ok.
3.0
High expectations but good pay
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
November 1, 2025
Pros: Good pay (mostly from stocks).
Good experience and opportunities to learn.
Solid benefits and flexible RTO.
Cons: Becoming more toxic and political.
High expectations and usually unreasonable deadlines.
Bad tech debt.
1.0
It didn't work out for me ...
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, CA
November 10, 2025
Pros: As far as I am aware, no employee ever committed a crime in my presence.
Cons: - Micro managers
- Delusional schedules
- Irrational decisions from upper management
- Fear of IPO, and they will probably never IPO.
- 5.0Challenging But Worth The PaySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesFebruary 7, 2023Pros: Good challenge, interesting. Good pay, nice peers.Cons: Tough. No conversion. Bad work-life balance. Ok. Ok.
- 3.0High expectations but good paySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2025Pros: Good pay (mostly from stocks). Good experience and opportunities to learn. Solid benefits and flexible RTO.Cons: Becoming more toxic and political. High expectations and usually unreasonable deadlines. Bad tech debt.
- 1.0It didn't work out for me ...Senior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, CANovember 10, 2025Pros: As far as I am aware, no employee ever committed a crime in my presence.Cons: - Micro managers - Delusional schedules - Irrational decisions from upper management - Fear of IPO, and they will probably never IPO.
Databricks Interview Questions
Explore Interview QuestionsTaro 75Google Interview QuestionsMeta Interview QuestionsAmazon Interview QuestionsApple Interview QuestionsNetflix Interview Questions
Explore Interview ExperiencesOpenAI Interview ExperiencesAnthropic Interview ExperiencesPerplexity Interview ExperiencesWindsurf Interview ExperiencesMistral AI Interview Experiences
