Databricks·Software Engineer

Databricks Software Engineer interview experience

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AmsterdamPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process began with a recruiter conversation, and then I moved into a technical interview where I shared my screen and solved LeetCode-style questions.

I was evaluated by both a senior and a junior engineer, and the rules were strict: I couldn’t use AI assistance, and I couldn’t look things up or rely on external help.

I ended up not making it past that round, and it felt like the focus was almost entirely on whether I could work through the LeetCode problem cleanly on my own. The coding environment itself had a specific setup too—when I did get to other stages in this general flow, the coding round happened in a terminal setup where I wasn’t supposed to refer to or prototype in other tools. That constraint made everything feel more direct

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