I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2019
Interview
There were multiple rounds. First was a video call with the director, then a VP, solution architect, another commercial account executive. These were the calls prior to the face to face. After that, I was flown in to NYC for a 30 - 60 - 90 day presentation. The interview process was very well explained. The entire team was amazing to speak and work with. The role seemed really exciting considering it was going to be the first for Toronto. The presentation was attended by 6 or 7 different people and after that, there are a few 30 minute conversations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Went into background, why sales, why databricks, how did you close your deals, challenges you faced, how did you work with solution architects, sales cycle, deal size, a few behavioral questions etc.
The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Databricks (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2019
Interview
I was contacted by Databricks, had an initial phone call with a recruiter, and then did a technical phone screen. I did not pass the phone screen. It was not a good experience (see details in the interview question section).
My suggestion to Databricks is that you choose interviewers with good English skills for phone screens and train them how to talk into the phone and present the material to the interviewee. Otherwise you'll keep losing competent candidates like you did with me. FWIW, it was such a bad experience that I wouldn't recommend Databricks to anyone. This interview was a waste of my time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a list of servers numbered with nonnegative integers, like this: [0, 1, 5, 4, 2]
You have n + 1 servers numbered 0, 1, 2, 3...n
If they fail, we have to bring up a new server
Each new server has to be numbered with the lowest possilbe number
Write a function that returns the smallest nonnegative missing integer from input array, and if none are missing, return the next number in the sequence.
So it would return 3 for the above input.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2019
Interview
So many interviews and changing job descriptions. I started out talking to a recruiter for one position, fours weeks later a different recruiter called me back for something new. The process is like for someone just out of school and no life. Three calls and escalating technical questions, which is great. But then a 10 - 16 hour project. WTF? Facebook, Google and Amazon coding test is about an hour. I asked if they would pay my hourly rate to take off work for this project? They said no, I told them I would spend 2 hours on it... I am not waiting for them to get back with me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your passion... What is your passion... What is your passion...