No longer a startup
No longer a startup
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.
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Solutions Architect
Very well structured: manage consistency all through the interview process. Establish standards and judge candidates on performance, not just on prior experience. Start by defining the key requirements of the job.
Solutions Architect
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.
Solutions Architect
Someone reached out to me through LinkedIn. This was followed by an over-the-phone interview. After which, an assignment with around 10 Spark questions was provided. This can take from 3 days to a week. After the Spark exercise, there was a half-day
Solutions Architect
IndiaDecember 20, 2022Very well structured: manage consistency all through the interview process. Establish standards and judge candidates on performance, not just on prior experience. Start by defining the key requirements of the job.
Solutions Architect
Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSeptember 25, 2025The 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.
Solutions Architect
San Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2019Someone reached out to me through LinkedIn. This was followed by an over-the-phone interview. After which, an assignment with around 10 Spark questions was provided. This can take from 3 days to a week. After the Spark exercise, there was a half-day
