The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (New York, NY)
Interview
Absolutely Awful. Recruiter (Andre) reaches out to me via LinkedIn 3 weeks before asking to set up some time to speak. I get back to him the day he reaches out with times that I am available to speak. I then get ghosted by him and have to reach back out 4 days later asking if there were other times that would work for him. He gets back to me saying the same thing, "let's set up sometime next week, what days work for you and send me your contact information". So I email him back again with new dates and same contact info again. I once again get ghosted and have to reach back out again. He then responds another week later on Sunday, wanting to set up a call the next day on Monday. He then finally calls me on Monday (10 minutes late), only to tell me that the position had already been filled and he would reach out to me again if there was another position available.
This is probably the worst interview process I have ever experienced. Not only was there zero communication but due to Andre's ineptitude, I was not even given a fair chance to interview and my time was wasted. And the sad thing is that I have been reading a lot of the interview experiences of potential candidates for this company and this is somewhat of a pattern. Please make sure your recruiters are on top of their stuff because you are losing a lot of quality talent due to very poor execution.
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Other Sales Development Representative interview reviews for Databricks
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Databricks (New York, NY)
Interview
First there was a phone screening, recruiter was very nice and it was straightforward, she talked about salary, job description and talked about next steps. Then there was a Zoom interview with the Hiring Manager who was extremely nice, outgoing and interested in the conversation. Last interview was a role-play and then another conversation with an SDR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself Why Databricks How do you keep yourself organized Why should we hire you and not another candidate
1. Recruiter Screening
2. Hiring manager round (includes one mock cold call)
Interviewer was rude, keep looking down at something the entire time and was not actively listening. I eventually was rejected and I’m glad I did because I would’ve declined the offer anyway. I had high expectations about databricks being a revolutionary company but if this is the kind of people that the company has, then I’d stay away from it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is Databricks
Why do you want to join databricks
Tell me about a time you mentored someone
Tell me about a time you failed
Why Sales?
What resources do you use to keep yourself updated (books, podcasts, other sources..)
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Databricks (London, England)
Interview
Process was straightforward, people I spoke to along the way were very friendly and approachable. I don’t think that I fit what they were looking for but the experience itself was positive. No feedback offered.