Software Engineer - New Grad applicants have rated the interview process at Databricks with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer - New Grad roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Databricks overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Databricks as a Software Engineer - New Grad according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 14%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
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short 20 min recruiter screening. Asked basic questions: Tell me about yourself, what role are you looking for, etc. Asked about my previous internship experience and the work I did there, kind of just a resume walk through. Recruiter told me he'll move me to the next round which is a 60 min technical interview with an engineer.
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How did your work at [previous internship] end? What was the result?
Interesting questions but the interviewers did not seem super interested and all were pressed for time. One of the interviewers (I think the most senior one) was the most interesting/interested to talk to. Phone screen, technical screen, then 4 final rounds (2 technical, 1 SD, 1 behavioral).
Technical screen (algorithms question with coder pad) and then final round with behavioural, coding, algorithms and systems design. They provided information about things like the final round interview contents before the interview.
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Standard leetcode style questions and systems question was a simple API that they asked to modify to support new features/requirements.
I applied online. I interviewed at Databricks (Bellevue, WA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Applied with referral from a senior engineer, got interview call. 1 Hr technical coding round, starting with 5 mins of Intro and then jumping up to coderpad. Asked me dynamic programming house robber 1 and as a follow up house robber 2.
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Dynamic Programming, House Robber 1 and House Robber 2