Databricks·Solutions Architect

Databricks Solutions Architect interview experience

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Posted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through the full Solutions Architect process in Europe and ended up receiving an offer.

The flow felt pretty clearly laid out: recruiter screening, then a hiring manager call, followed by an architecture and design interview, a live coding interview, a panel interview, a reference check, and finally an executive interview.

The technical part included prompts that were explicitly architecture-focused, and the live coding round used an AI-assisted workflow (they had me code with tooling like Genie). The panel presentation stood out as the hardest and most high-stakes part, because they didn’t just want technical correctness—they wanted me to come across like someone who could

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