Their product portfolio is respectable and keeps growing.
The company has plenty of money to keep the engineering teams as busy as possible.
The overall business strategy is sound, and Databricks now enjoys a solid presence in the cloud analytics space.
They claim they're still a startup and talk about values during the kickoff events, but the reality on the ground is that they now have all the toxicity of a large, cut-throat corporation. Sucking up to managers and adhering to their politics can be the only way to get promoted and recognized.
Once a company gets off-track on meritocracy, it's hard to feel motivated to stay. Better move on.
Constant management shuffling and reshuffling brings in new people with zero history and sometimes zero interest in understanding what happened before them, so they try to reinvent the wheel and force their ideas down other people's throats.
You have a team, and you can't really do anything without them. Both you and your team work for the clients.
Disagreements and questions are healthy and should not be taken as attacks on your ego.
The process started with an HR round and then moved on to a technical coding round. It was followed by a technical round and a final panel interview. They moved between interviews pretty quickly. There was also a prep call with the Hiring Manager.
I had a multi-day, seven-part interview at Databricks. The discussions covered various subject areas and included both technical and personal questions. Additionally, I had to prepare and present a presentation to the team to demonstrate my analyti
HR Screen > Manager Interview. The first 15 minutes felt normal. * Standard questions about my background * Why I was interested in the role * My experience with product roadmaps Then things took a sharp turn. Instead of asking about my leadershi
The process started with an HR round and then moved on to a technical coding round. It was followed by a technical round and a final panel interview. They moved between interviews pretty quickly. There was also a prep call with the Hiring Manager.
I had a multi-day, seven-part interview at Databricks. The discussions covered various subject areas and included both technical and personal questions. Additionally, I had to prepare and present a presentation to the team to demonstrate my analyti
HR Screen > Manager Interview. The first 15 minutes felt normal. * Standard questions about my background * Why I was interested in the role * My experience with product roadmaps Then things took a sharp turn. Instead of asking about my leadershi