Databricks·Software Engineer

Databricks Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

Bellevue, WAPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Databricks interview process felt thorough and fairly standardized, taking anywhere from a couple weeks up to about eight weeks.

It started with a recruiter screen where I talked through my background and why I was interested. After that, there was a technical phone screen where I solved algorithm or coding problems live on a browser tool.

If I did well enough, I moved to a virtual onsite with three to five rounds split across coding, system design, and behavioral questions. The technical bar leaned into data structures and algorithms, plus scalable system design rather than just surface-level implementation. The process also increased in complexity as it went, and I felt that the emphasis was on whether I could

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