Databricks·Software Engineer

Databricks Software Engineer interview experience

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AmsterdamPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

A recruiter initially reached out through a referral, and the hiring manager pulled me in early before anything felt formal.

The first official step was a recruiter screen where we talked through role fit and they walked me through how the process would work. After I was confirmed as a fit, I could decide how long I wanted before scheduling, and I ended up being fast-tracked—suddenly they lined up four interviews within a single week.

All four rounds were an hour each: two technical and two behavioral. On the technical side, one round focused on system design—laying out the architecture for a challenge-style application—while the other was more of a deep dive into trade-offs from projects I’d worked on before. The

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