Databricks interview questions

No OA, straight to technical interviews. Both were standard LC questions with a current engineer. Had to explain thought processes and was stressful if one test case didn't pass. Last round was a behavioral / resume grill with a senior employee or manager.

The Databricks interview is notoriously tough and they absolutely live up to that reputation. The process moved quickly but the technical bar is incredibly high. They do not care how fast you can solve a generic LeetCode puzzle. They want to see if you understand memory management, distributed state, and thread safety. The virtual onsite had a mix of deep system architecture and a heavy live coding session where you actually have to compile, run, and debug your code.