I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months.

I was connected to a leader at the end of March, he sent me a job posting for a SA role in Chicago with the healthcare industry. About 3-4 weeks go by and I hadn't heard anything after he 'submitted me' for that role. My friend who connected me followed up with this individual, then a few weeks later I hear from a recruiter who wants to do the recruiter screen.

This recruiter asks me partway through, what had me interested in an SA role within manufacturing. I paused since the role I was submitted for was not within manufacturing. But after taking 60 days to get a recruiter screen after the day of application referral I didn't want to delay things further and technically I was agnostic to the sector.

After the recruiter screen it was several weeks before I was told I would be moving on to the next steps. I got a congratulations email we would like to connect you with a hiring manager email. But never received a follow up to schedule. I reached out a few weeks later and was told that because I had expressed interest in potential leadership roles (only in response to his offer to socialize my candidacy, I ignorantly assumed sharing my interest would help him know who to socialize things to) he hadn't reached out. But after a brief phone call we were back on track.

A week or so later I received an invitation to book an interview with the hiring manager. However, the link that I was given did not come with any availability, before selecting my availability it defaulted to telling me there were no times available. This went on for a week or so before I finally booked my interview.

At my interview there was a last minute switch and someone else was sent to fill-in on my interview instead of the original hiring manager. Interview went well, was very easy, hiring manager said they're in the middle of a 'hiring blitz.' Upon sending a thank you email I was informed I was not being moved forward in the process.

Somewhat demoralizing since I have already passed through this job application process twice before. Overall, rejection is part of this game. I would say Databricks is moving at a snail's pace. Is running at a 4/10 in terms of raw communication.

Regular questions 'tell me about a time...' and whatnot. Not very technical.

I received constant responses from the interviewer, 'very good response' to multiple responses I gave, but apparently that wasn't the case(?)