Databricks Account Executive interview experience

The first real meeting was with a TA, and it was mostly about getting to know each other, including some personal questions that weren’t major.

What I remember most was that the conversation didn’t feel tuned to what actually makes sales complex—it leaned heavily toward metrics like average deal size. I found that a bit limiting because the complexity of a sale can come from a lot of other factors like how you land and expand or the broader market.

I didn’t get an offer, and honestly the biggest disappointment was that the early stages seemed overly focused on the wrong proxy for