I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Databricks (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Recruiter screen was followed by individual interviews with various leaders on the team and finished with a panel interview to present a 30/60/90 plan for the role. Overall great process, timely follow-ups and brilliant team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Share your professional experience and why you would be a great fit for this role.
Fairly standard approach. Phone screen with recruiter, then video call with hiring manager. Both I thought went well. During the discussion with hiring manager, they confirmed an interest for an additional meeting. I sent in a standard thank you, and over the next three weeks I checked back to lock down that next meeting. Got no response back and was ghosted. Seems the standard these days, and disappointing as the team could have at least sent a simple email on my candidacy.
Q: Can you tell me a time when you needed to convince senior leadership to a direction. What steps did you take. What level of information did you provide. What was the outcome?
Went through four rounds of interviews only to be ghosted at the end—not even an email acknowledging they wouldn't be moving forward with my employment. I followed up multiple times with the HR team and no response from them either. All around, disappointing after investing time in the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Role specific questions were posed throughout the process.
