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User-bgr6fJul 28, 2026

Databricks full loop, one bug, rejected next day

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emilywuJul 28, 2026

rip. the clarification eating up the clock thing happened to me too, felt like i spent half the round just answering why questions before i got to write anything

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noahdavis47Jul 28, 2026

did they give you a reason beyond the test cases thing or was that it

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User-e9n8nJul 28, 2026

wait they actually pushed back on you needing a lock during payment? that's wild, i had a similar architecture round and mine just wanted to hear the tradeoffs out loud

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mchenJul 28, 2026

optimal commute again lol. feels like every single databricks post starts with that one

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User-jtur7Jul 28, 2026

seems like it comes up in every post about them, i've seen it mentioned a bunch of times now

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User-m7s3yJul 28, 2026

the system programming round is brutal ngl, that's the one that gets people. sorry it didn't work out

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User-wp2n6Jul 28, 2026

same, i totally blanked on the concurrency stuff too. wish there was more prep material for that one specifically

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ryanzhang89Jul 28, 2026

Reply to @User-wp2n6yeah honestly i knew going in that was gonna be my weak spot, just didn't expect the rest of the loop to go so smooth and still get cooked at the end

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User-m3yi2Jul 28, 2026

honestly the fact that the question bank is everywhere and they still nitpick you over one bug is wild. good luck on the next one

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