Spoke to a recruiter at Databrics. Here is the recruitment process for Databricks as she told me. 1 hr technical phone screen + 1 hr technical communication screen If you clear the above then you go through- 5 hours of onsite - algorithmic + system design If you pass the above then you get a take home homework which the recruiter told me is expected to take 3-5 hours to finish. After spending 12 hours of your life, you will now go through team matching process. If you find a manager who is interested in hiring you then your packet is forwarded to the hiring committee. What is the point of conducting a 7 hour interview if you need to judge a candidate with a take home test? What signals are you getting from the take home test that you aren’t getting from the interviews? If those signals are really important to you then why can’t you change 1 hour of the 5 hour onsite to get those signals? My perception is that the homework is meant to weed out people who like to have a life outside work. If a candidate is willing to spend their weekends or evenings after work doing a homework assignment, they are the same ones who will work on weekends after joining the company. Just talking to the recruiter made me so angry when she smugly said “Yeah that’s the process”. Why do companies think this obnoxious 12 hour of dance to hire is ok? What next? You will be put on an unpaid internship and only get paid after 3 months of exceeding expectations? Rejecting databricks. Won’t interview with them. Obligatory TC: 400k
Take home is something I wouldn’t do anymore
“Trust the process”
Ben Simmons or GTFO
- Mikel Arteta
They gave me take home after clearing phone screen And manager round. I said no. I don’t have that much time to waste
AT&T also gave me a take-home after their coding test and after the recruiter screen for their 2021 internship.
Who on earth is so into a job that they would go through all this BS? Also imagine you cleared everything and then get a lowball offer that you reject. 😂 The only way I would consider such a process is if the TC is already locked to a range I would be okay with if I pass. However, even then I am not sure if I would be up for it.
Thanks for advice! I'll be applying to Databricks as my warmup round!
My databricks interviewer looked burnt out, miserable, and disinterested
Yeah just avoid Databricks. What these companies don't seem to understand is 1. there are literally so so many options for good candidates. 2. Good candidates are usually very capable at weeding out these crap processes. 3. Even if someone goes through it, it leaves a really bad taste and competing offers get an edge. A good clean interview process is really important for any company and you just don't want tk optimize on making the process fool proof or long but also something that reflects company culture and leaves the candidate happy once they are don with the process.
Agree totally. Manager interviews are similar extra steps and super low-ball scope at the end. Recruiters are creepy and shady when they give info. Hate myself for wasting time with them.
They hire elite talent, and the pay is just crazy compared to anything else. Idk what to tell you man
"elite talent"
My team has 9 engineers. 6 PhD + 3 Master. 4 PhD are from Stanford/Berkeley/CMU and 2 CMU masters. The other 3 people are also from top 20 universities. Good school does not mean elite talent, but they are likely very good.
Sounds so tiring to read the process tbh