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← Databricks

Senior Full-stack at Databricks

Full-stackSeniorOutcome unknown◆ Commonly asked· 2024

6-round senior fullstack process. Coding-heavy early, design and behavioral later.

The loop · 6 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Container with most water.
    SeniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #two-pointers#array
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Pacific Atlantic water flow.
    SeniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #dfs#grid
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Trapping rain water.
    SeniorHard◆ Commonly asked
    #two-pointers#array
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 2 questions

Machine Coding

Build a working component or service under time pressure.

  • Implement an LRU + TTL cache library.
    SeniorHard◆ Commonly asked
    #cache#ttl
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Build a modal/dialog with focus trapping.
    SeniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #react#a11y
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design an image-heavy gallery with lazy loading and a CDN.
    SeniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #frontend#perf#cdn
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a search indexing pipeline (crawl to index to serve).
    SeniorHard◆ Commonly asked
    #indexing#pipeline
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 3 questions

Tech Deep-Dive

Deep questions on your core stack and fundamentals.

  • What is tree shaking and when does it fail?
    SeniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #bundling
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Difference between CSS Grid and Flexbox — when to use each.
    SeniorEasy◆ Commonly asked
    #css#layout
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • How do you prevent XSS in a React app?
    SeniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #security#react
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
05

Round 05 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

Scope, ownership, and role-fit discussion with the manager.

  • How do you decide what to build vs. buy vs. defer?
    Senior◆ Commonly asked
    #judgment
06

Round 06 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

Values, collaboration, and past-experience (STAR) questions.

  • Describe mentoring or unblocking another engineer.
    Senior◆ Commonly asked
    #mentorship#star
  • Tell me about receiving hard feedback and acting on it.
    Senior◆ Commonly asked
    #feedback#star

◆ This experience is composed from commonly reported questions for this role and level. Real, individually-shared interviews will be layered in over time.