Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience
Process
Codesignal Recruiter call 2 technicals Final hiring manager call
I did badly in the very last behavioral round and was rejected at the end. The questions in general required a discussion/understanding phase, as they had lengthy problem statements. There were many follow-up questions to build off of if you implemented the first parts correctly.
Questions
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Design a data structure that supports insertions and finds the k next largest numbers greater than a given number.
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Optimize sparse matrix multiplication.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 42 interview experiences for the Databricks Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
Databricks's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Databricks's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
Databricks Work Experiences
- 5.0High pay and great culture, but intense pressureSenior Data Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandJuly 1, 2026Pros: Culture High Compensation Tech StackCons: Long working hours. Super intense work pressure.
- 1.0Great Business, Terrible Place to WorkSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 29, 2025Pros: The company as a whole is doing well, with good revenue numbers. The talent bar is generally pretty high, but it's not as good as it once was, and the company is starting to lose top talent.Cons: - Toxic management and terrible work-life balance. - Becoming increasingly political, which projects you get to work on, promotions, and performance reviews have been increasingly about who you know. - Within AI, there's constant project churn, changing roadmaps, and a lack of product vision, leading to very few successful products. - Substantially decreased refreshers and compensation recently, especially for those who have been there a long time. - Slow career growth and promotion timelines, and no longer with the increased pay to justify it. - No longer really innovating or doing anything interesting as a company. - Still no 401k.
- 5.0Fastest growing company with a great productSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, NYJune 24, 2026Pros: Fastest growing company Good productCons: Work-life balance can be improved for employees.
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