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Updated 20 Feb 2025

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12 interviews found

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Finance related
  • Q2. Finance
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cancelled without intimation
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Finance questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interviewers are given wrong feedbacks after multiple rounds even though the answers are given properly. Final round cancelled without informing. Time waste of candidate for 3 weeks.

Financial Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Suppose you have 10000 US dollars with you, out of which you took a loan of 5000 US Dollars. Now suppose you have purchased two assets of 5000 US Dollars each, one through cash and other through bank loan. How would you show this transactio... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding - 1 hr, Graph

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding - 1hr, Algo + Implementation, Bitwise, Prefix search, Intervals.

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Coding - 1 hr, Implementation, Testing.

Round 4 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Details around projects.
  • Q2. Standard Behavioural Questions.
Round 5 - Coding Test 

Coding - 1hr, Systems Design with coding, Multithreading.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on multithreading, rest of the things you'd already know if you're prepared for any standard coding interview.
The interview was not difficult as such in my opinion, I just messed up last round.

Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Devops Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Shyamprasad Reddy

posted on 22 Aug 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Complete flow of CICD pipelines
  • Ans. 

    CICD pipelines automate the process of building, testing, and deploying code changes.

    • Code is pushed to version control repository

    • Automated build process is triggered

    • Unit tests are run to ensure code quality

    • Integration tests are performed to check compatibility

    • Code is deployed to staging environment for further testing

    • If all tests pass, code is deployed to production environment

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. There will be many question on kubernetes

Skills evaluated in this interview

Devops Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Reverse the String Problem Statement You are given a string STR which contains alphabets, numbers, and special characters. Your task is to reverse the string. Example: Input: STR = "abcde" Output: "edcba" Input: The first line of input cont... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What would you use to build a web app?
  • Ans. 

    To build a web app, I would use a combination of front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, along with back-end technologies like Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.

    • Front-end technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

    • Back-end technologies: Node.js, Express, MongoDB

    • Frameworks: React, Angular, Vue.js

    • Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

    • Version control: Git

    • Deployment: AWS, Heroku, Netlify

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hiring manager seemed distracted.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Databricks interview questions for popular designations

 Software Engineer

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 Business Intelligence Analyst

 (1)

 Devops Engineer

 (1)

 Financial Analyst

 (1)

 Senior Security Engineer

 (1)

 Software Developer

 (1)

 Solution Architect

 (1)

 Technical Solutions Engineer 2

 (1)

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Spark, Data engineering, Modeling
  • Q2. Data quality and governance
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Data solution architecture and data security
  • Q2. Cloud data ecosystem solutioning
Round 3 - Project Delivery 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Project delivery and management operations
  • Q2. Project experience and handling challenges
  • Ans. 

    I have extensive project experience and have successfully handled various challenges.

    • Led a team in implementing a complex ERP system for a multinational corporation

    • Resolved integration issues between different software systems by creating custom APIs

    • Managed a project with tight deadlines and limited resources by prioritizing tasks effectively

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare heavily on spark and data solutions architecture and implementation along with data security and governance

Solution Architect Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Difference Between classic folder and Modern folder?
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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
No response

I was interviewed in Jun 2024.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain about traceroute working
  • Ans. 

    Traceroute is a network diagnostic tool used to track the path data takes from one networked device to another.

    • Traceroute sends out packets with increasing TTL values to determine the path to a destination.

    • Each router along the path sends back an ICMP Time Exceeded message, allowing traceroute to map the route.

    • Traceroute displays the round-trip time for each hop, helping to identify network issues or delays.

    • It can be u...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Explain ICMP and how it works in traceroute
  • Ans. 

    ICMP is a protocol used for error reporting and network diagnostics. Traceroute uses ICMP to trace the route to a destination.

    • ICMP stands for Internet Control Message Protocol

    • It is used for error reporting, diagnostics, and network management

    • Traceroute sends ICMP echo request packets with increasing TTL values to map the route to a destination

    • Each router along the path decrements the TTL value and sends back an ICMP Ti

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They never respond back very slogged back interview process

Skills evaluated in this interview

Technical Solutions Engineer 2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Explain ICMP and how it works in traceroute
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Jobs at Databricks

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked to do real time log analysis for a live incident

Senior Security Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. How can we make an Symantec agent that is offline for too long time to communicate back to SEPM?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in May 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

60 minutes, CIDR network masks

Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding question from leetcode

Technical Support Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Admin Questions :- What is Relationships what are types of relationships
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Total of 5-7 rounds with case study, assignment, coding, techinal and 1-1 with higher levels

Business Intelligence Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What features do I know about Tableau desktop, Tableau prep and Tableau Server?
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Databricks Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Databricks interview?
Databricks interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Databricks interview process are Coding Test, Technical and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Databricks interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Databricks. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Databricks expect are SAN, Python, Medical Insurance, Spark and travel insurance.
What are the top questions asked in Databricks interview?

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