Databricks interview questions

54 questions22 coding4 system design28 behavioral8 freeUpdated

This is every question in the Databricks guide, in one list: 22 coding problems, 4 system designs and 28 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Databricks interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 8 are free to read in full. The other 46 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

Databricks coding interview questions

22 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.

1Time-Based Key-Value Store: Versioned LookupFreeMediumKey-Value Stores & Caches
2In-Memory Key-Value Store With Transactions: Nested ScopesFreeMediumKey-Value Stores & Caches
3LRU Cache: Hash Map + Doubly Linked ListFreeMediumKey-Value Stores & Caches
4Design Tic-Tac-Toe: O(1) Win DetectionFreeMediumObject-Oriented Design
5Snapshot Array: Versioned ReadsFreeMediumObject-Oriented Design
6Logger Rate LimiterFreeEasyObject-Oriented Design
7Sparse Matrix MultiplicationFreeMediumObject-Oriented Design
8Premium medium problemMediumConcurrency & Threads
9Premium medium problemMediumConcurrency & Threads
10Premium easy problemEasyConcurrency & Threads
11Premium medium problemMediumArrays & Hashing
12Premium medium problemMediumArrays & Hashing
13Premium medium problemMediumArrays & Hashing
14Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & Grids
15Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & Grids
16Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & Grids
17Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
18Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
19Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
20Premium medium problemMediumParsing & Simulation
21Premium medium problemMediumParsing & Simulation
22Premium medium problemMediumParsing & Simulation

Databricks system design interview questions

4 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.

#Question
1Design a Durable Key-Value StoreFree
2Design a Distributed Rate Limiter (Premium)
3Design a Streaming Aggregation Pipeline (Premium)
4Design a Distributed Job Scheduler (Premium)

A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.

Databricks behavioral interview questions

28 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.

Truth seeking & changing your mind on data (4)

All 4 are Premium

Raising the bar: quality, reliability & toil (4)

All 4 are Premium

Bias for action & ambiguity (4)

All 4 are Premium

Customer obsession & trade-offs (3)

All 3 are Premium

First principles & simplification (3)

All 3 are Premium

Conflict & stakeholder alignment (4)

All 4 are Premium

Ownership, failure & learning (3)

All 3 are Premium

Proudest-project deep dive (3)

All 3 are Premium

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Premium opens the 46 locked questions on this page, each with the full prompt and a worked answer, and every other lesson in all 100 company guides.

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How many questions are in the Databricks interview guide?

54: 22 coding problems, 4 system designs and 28 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Databricks interview questions come from?

All 22 coding problems come from the coding rounds. The 4 system designs and 28 behavioral questions come from the system design and behavioral rounds. Every row in the list carries its round, so you can start with the one you have booked.

Which Databricks interview questions are free?

8 of the 54 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 46 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.