I interviewed at Databricks (Mountain View, CA) in Sept 2025
Interview
Open-ended coding question in CoderPad. Interviewer was helpful and mostly wanted to see my thought process. Brush up on some Python and Pandas syntax. Also know conceptual machine learning basics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the problem with doing regression if you have 10000 predictor variables?
Two rounds, first was a technical screen second included a more advanced case and conceptual ML and stats questions. you were allowed to use the language of your choice interviewers were mostly helpful
Question on designing algorithm and data manipulation where you can choose what language to solve in. 2 questions on basic ML/stats. Questions on linear regression, model evaluation, data processing choices
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the assumptions of linear regression and what happens if they are violated?