Databricks

Solutions Architect Interview Experience - Munich, Germany

January 1, 2020

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

First round with HR. Then one rough date with Hiring manager. Two tech interviews: one about architectures and one about code. Also a coding assignment for PySpark, which took roughly 8 hours to do.

Questions

How would you design a data platform?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Databricks Solutions Architect role in Munich, Bavaria.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Databricks's interview process for their Solutions Architect roles in Munich, Bavaria is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive25%

Neutral50%

Negative25%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Databricks's Solutions Architect interview process in Munich, Bavaria.

Databricks Work Experiences

Great place to grow

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

October 5, 2021

Pros: * Learning opportunities * Working together with smart people * Excellent transparency (all the way from top to bottom) * Time for self-development * High hiring bar

Cons: Some meetings happen late to accommodate different time zones (Europe and Western US).

Great place to grow

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

October 5, 2021

Pros: * Learning opportunities * Working together with smart people * Excellent transparency (all the way from top to bottom) * Time for self-development * High hiring bar

Cons: Some meetings happen late to accommodate different time zones (Europe and Western US).

Growing company, but bad work-life balance

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

October 4, 2023

Pros: Databricks products are very good, and adoption is growing. Working with the popular product increases chances of career growth. Opportunity to work with a variety of customers.

Cons: Sales account executives are given insane targets, and they do everything desperately to destroy your work-life balance. Leadership is not doing much to improve the situation, rather bringing in crappy processes to increase the amount of workload. This results in bad vibes and bad relationships between colleagues, where nobody really cares. It is getting worse over time.

Growing company, but bad work-life balance

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

October 4, 2023

Pros: Databricks products are very good, and adoption is growing. Working with the popular product increases chances of career growth. Opportunity to work with a variety of customers.

Cons: Sales account executives are given insane targets, and they do everything desperately to destroy your work-life balance. Leadership is not doing much to improve the situation, rather bringing in crappy processes to increase the amount of workload. This results in bad vibes and bad relationships between colleagues, where nobody really cares. It is getting worse over time.

High Growth Company that Values Employees

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 12, 2022

Pros: The excitement and energy within Databricks is palpable. Management prioritizes work/life balance by giving one extra day off per quarter.

Cons: I have heard that some people are hesitant to take PTO as they feel they have too much more to accomplish.

High Growth Company that Values Employees

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 12, 2022

Pros: The excitement and energy within Databricks is palpable. Management prioritizes work/life balance by giving one extra day off per quarter.

Cons: I have heard that some people are hesitant to take PTO as they feel they have too much more to accomplish.

Great place to grow

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

October 5, 2021

Pros: * Learning opportunities * Working together with smart people * Excellent transparency (all the way from top to bottom) * Time for self-development * High hiring bar

Cons: Some meetings happen late to accommodate different time zones (Europe and Western US).

5.0
Great place to grow
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
October 5, 2021
Pros: * Learning opportunities * Working together with smart people * Excellent transparency (all the way from top to bottom) * Time for self-development * High hiring bar
Cons: Some meetings happen late to accommodate different time zones (Europe and Western US).

Growing company, but bad work-life balance

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

October 4, 2023

Pros: Databricks products are very good, and adoption is growing. Working with the popular product increases chances of career growth. Opportunity to work with a variety of customers.

Cons: Sales account executives are given insane targets, and they do everything desperately to destroy your work-life balance. Leadership is not doing much to improve the situation, rather bringing in crappy processes to increase the amount of workload. This results in bad vibes and bad relationships between colleagues, where nobody really cares. It is getting worse over time.

3.0
Growing company, but bad work-life balance
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
October 4, 2023
Pros: Databricks products are very good, and adoption is growing. Working with the popular product increases chances of career growth. Opportunity to work with a variety of customers.
Cons: Sales account executives are given insane targets, and they do everything desperately to destroy your work-life balance. Leadership is not doing much to improve the situation, rather bringing in crappy processes to increase the amount of workload. This results in bad vibes and bad relationships between colleagues, where nobody really cares. It is getting worse over time.

High Growth Company that Values Employees

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 12, 2022

Pros: The excitement and energy within Databricks is palpable. Management prioritizes work/life balance by giving one extra day off per quarter.

Cons: I have heard that some people are hesitant to take PTO as they feel they have too much more to accomplish.

5.0
High Growth Company that Values Employees
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
January 12, 2022
Pros: The excitement and energy within Databricks is palpable. Management prioritizes work/life balance by giving one extra day off per quarter.
Cons: I have heard that some people are hesitant to take PTO as they feel they have too much more to accomplish.

Databricks Interview Questions

Design Hit Counter

Design a hit counter that records hits and retrieves the number of hits in the past 5 minutes. You need to implement methods to record a hit and get the total hits in a sliding window.

Design Tic-Tac-Toe

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.

IP to CIDR

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

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