Databricks·Software Engineer

Databricks Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

United StatesPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied for a role focused on distributed systems and database engineering, and the preparation materials they sent me emphasized system design topics like APIs, server architecture, and databases.

I felt aligned with that and went into the technical interview expecting those themes.

Instead, the technical interview centered entirely on frontend coding and had a strict requirement to use TypeScript. I raised concerns with the recruiting team because it felt like the evaluation didn’t match what the role description was emphasizing. They told me it was standard for their process, which was hard to reconcile with how different the scope felt.

I ended up withdrawing from the remaining onsite interviews because the evaluation criteria didn’t reflect the skills and responsibilities I

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