Software Engineer Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Databricks with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Databricks overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Databricks as a Software Engineer Internship according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 40%
Presentation: 20%
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Typical: recruiter call, 2 technicals, final behavioral. Know how to be collaborative and quick. The coding rounds aren’t always traditional leetcode so know how to write clean, structured code (deisgn problems on LC with intentional solutions will help).
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Dec 2025
Interview
At the start was 20 min interview with a recruiter. 2 weeks later were technical interviews (Coding and Algo). In 10 day I have final interview with senior engineering leader.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my CV at the first interview. At the technical interviews were to leetcode style problems.
Overall, the process was fairly typical. It started with an initial phone screen, followed by back-to-back technical interviews that focused on problem-solving and core concepts, and concluded with a conversation with the hiring manager to discuss experience, team fit, and expectations for the role.