I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Databricks in Mar 2021
Interview
Timeline:
01/29/2021: Phone screen (Pass)
02/26/2021: Hire Manager (Pass)
03/18/2021: Onsite Interview (Positive based on what recruiter told me)
03/31/2021: Take home assignemnt(Very positive based on what recruiter told me)
04/07/2021: Reference check(Very positive based on what recruiter told me)
04/08/2021:
Recruiter called me and told me that hire committee would like to know if I got a return offer from my internship back in 2016.
I said no. I didn't get return offer because I was not doing well in that internship.
04/09/2021: Rejected
I don't have any comment for this interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Medium Algorithms. System design questions with multi-thread.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Databricks in Dec 2020
Interview
Fast communication when I applied.
Interview was okay, the interviewers were trying to help and provide hints, but were pushing to finish in optimal time the first problem, so no more time for a second problem
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Max sum in array, but without choosing neighbours elements.
Phone Coding Interview (1 hour, pure coding, interesting, hard level) + Hiring Mgr Culture Fit (ask a bunch of questions: your goal, strength, project, etc) + Onsite (4 Rounds, 4 different rounds, overall interesting) + Take-Home Coding + 2 References Letters from my previous hiring manager and previous tech leads.