Databricks interview questions

What project are you most proud of?

Companies: Databricks, Adyen, Amazon, Anthropic +37

Last reported Aug 2025

SnapshotIterator over unordered set

Build an iterator over unordered set, but the iterator operates over a snapshot of the set when the iterator was initialized (i.e. iterator is not…

Companies: Databricks

Last reported Aug 2025

Tell me about a project of your choice and its challenges

Companies: Databricks, Apple, Atlassian, Bloomberg +7

Last reported Aug 2025

What other companies are you in process with, at what stage, and what's the deadline? Do you have offers from any other companies? How do you weigh Databricks against those other offers?

What other companies are you in process with, at what stage, and what's the deadline? Do you have offers from any other companies? How do…

Companies: Databricks

Last reported Aug 2025

Pure FE question restricted to Typescript.

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Last reported Feb 2025

Implement a file writing function that maximizes throughput while minimizing latency and guaranteeing file durability.

Companies: Databricks

Last reported Nov 2024

Tell me about yourself and the company you’re currently working for. Why do you want to work here? Why are you looking to leave your current job? Technical: a shortest path problem

Tell me about yourself and the company you’re currently working for. Why do you want to work here? Why are you looking to leave your…

Companies: Databricks

Last reported Oct 2024

My interest in databricks etc

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Last reported Sep 2024

what is the situation u solved a problem

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Last reported Aug 2024

Design an algorithm to get the load on the server in past 5 mins given the time stamps of requests.

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Last reported Jul 2024

Design key value store like redis?

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Last reported Jun 2024

Design a durable, concurrent key-value store

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Last reported May 2024

BFS graph question with several followup parts

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Bit manipulation question (not obscure or scary)

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Coding. Just general coding question

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Comparable to a leetcode med-hard question, but nothing like it is on leetcode from what I’ve searched after.

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Construct an API for a practical problem

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Design Hit Counter

Design a hit counter that records timestamps of hits and returns the number of hits in the past 5 minutes (300 seconds). The challenge is…

Companies: Databricks, Adyen, Apple, Cisco +5

Array · Binary Search · Data Stream · Design

Diff btn terminal and intermediate operators in java 8

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Difference between Thread vs process

Explain the difference between thread and process

Companies: Databricks, LinkedIn, NVIDIA

During coding interview, I was asked a regular lc question. The follow up question is to support scalability and high throughput. The interviewer cared a lot about the data structure and the reason why using a certain structure.

During coding interview, I was asked a regular lc question. The follow up question is to support scalability and high throughput. The interviewer cared a…

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Explain Linear Regression Feature Transformation Equivalence

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Regression & Statistical Modeling