Databricks·Software Engineer

Databricks Software Engineer interview experience

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AmsterdamPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter screening, my process jumped into a challenging but clearly structured stretch: four technical interviews covering algorithms and system design, followed by a behavioral interview.

Even though the interviewers were often described as personable and even easy to contact, the overall difficulty was real—I felt like the process was designed to stress test how I reasoned across multiple topics.

On top of that, one of the technical interviews in the middle of the loop felt notably rough. The interviewer seemed impatient and even withheld part of the question, which made it harder to stay in a good rhythm and focus on the actual problem. Elsewhere, the feedback and interaction style pushed me to be very deliberate—like how comments, exception handling, readability, and

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