devmatt91May 2, 2026
Databricks - Interview Experience - Software Engineer - Remote
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SKRSKRMay 23, 2026
leetcode.com Algorithm round was a graph problem.
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junez94May 2, 2026
HC rejected me at DBX too even though my recruiter said all rounds came back strong hire. Genuinely a black box.
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xwang204May 2, 2026
This is stressing me out, I'm at VO stage right now and thought my rounds went ok. HC is such a gamble.
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junez94May 2, 2026
Reply to @xwang204Honestly just hope for the best. All you can do after the rounds are done.
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User-xz9ypMay 2, 2026
File system concurrent access is always the trap. They want you to proactively bring up locking vs optimistic concurrency without being asked. Interviewers love seeing that.
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devmatt91May 2, 2026
Yeah in hindsight I should have raised it proactively instead of waiting for them to push. Lesson learned I guess.
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User-f1yowMay 2, 2026
How open-ended was the job scheduler design? Did they give you a specific scale target or leave it up to you?
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emilyc2021May 2, 2026
Feel you on the startup equity thing. Good luck on the next one.
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alexm2018May 2, 2026
Was the CIDR phone screen the one with multiple ordered rules to match against? Like you get a list of CIDR rules and an IP and find the first match?
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devmatt91May 2, 2026
Yeah exactly. Ordered rules, binary prefix matching. Convert the IP and check each CIDR range in sequence.
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