Databricks interview notes, page 1 of 22

“Classic problem that floats around on interview prep forums.” The rest of the author's notes on Backend Engineer interview at Databricks, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I'd actually prepped this one, which made the rejection sting more.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Databricks, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Spent way too long bikeshedding the constructor signature before writing any real code.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Databricks, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Pretty much just a resume walkthrough.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Databricks, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one went longer than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Databricks, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The two-pass structure tripped me up at first.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Databricks, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to throw everything into one big multi-modal graph and run Dijkstra once.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Databricks, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This sprawled in a way I wasn't ready for.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Databricks, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is the kind of question that feels straightforward until you start drawing boxes and realize you haven't thought about what happens when a document fails halfway through.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Databricks, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was the naive scan approach, check all four directions from the placed cell and count.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Databricks, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.