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What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The title says "Sr".

Main responsibilities

  • Collaborate with your fellow Solutions Architects, using your skills to support each other and our users

Competencies an interviewer will look for

  • Technical skill Core
    In the posting: “Solutions Architect on the AI native team supporting the Digital Natives business, you will shape the future of the big data landscape by working with the mo…” · “Reporting to the Field Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with customers, product teams, and the broader customer-facing team to develop architectures…” · “Consult on Big Data architectures, implement proof of concepts for strategic projects, spanning data engineering, data science and machine learning, and SQL …”
    Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
  • Teamwork and collaboration Core
    In the posting: “Reporting to the Field Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with customers, product teams, and the broader customer-facing team to develop architectures…” · “You will partner with the sales team and provide technical leadership to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems.” · “Collaborate with your fellow Solutions Architects, using your skills to support each other and our users”
    Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
  • Customer focus Core
    In the posting: “Reporting to the Field Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with customers, product teams, and the broader customer-facing team to develop architectures…” · “You will guide customers through the competitive landscape, best practices, and implementation, and develop technical champions along the way.” · “You will partner with the sales team and provide technical leadership to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems.”
    Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
  • Data and analysis Core
    In the posting: “Solutions Architect on the AI native team supporting the Digital Natives business, you will shape the future of the big data landscape by working with the mo…” · “Reporting to the Field Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with customers, product teams, and the broader customer-facing team to develop architectures…” · “Consult on Big Data architectures, implement proof of concepts for strategic projects, spanning data engineering, data science and machine learning, and SQL …”
    Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
  • Problem solving Supporting
    In the posting: “You will partner with the sales team and provide technical leadership to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems.”
    Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
  • Leadership and mentoring Supporting
    In the posting: “You will partner with the sales team and provide technical leadership to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems.”
    Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
  • Planning and organisation Supporting
    In the posting: “More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Datab…”
    Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
  • Attention to detail and quality Supporting
    In the posting: “We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards.”
    Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.

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  1. Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
  2. If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
  3. Built from this posting (8):
  4. Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
  5. Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
  6. Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
  7. Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
  8. How have you used sales in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
  9. Tell me about a problem you solved using sql. From this posting
  10. Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
  11. Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
  13. This posting reads as Software engineering: its questions come first.
  14. Walk me through a feature you built from start to finish. What tools and languages did you use? Software engineering
  15. Tell me about the hardest bug you have tracked down. How did you find the cause? Software engineering
  16. Describe a technical design decision you made and the trade-off behind it. Software engineering
  17. Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate in a code review. Software engineering
  18. Production is down and you are the first engineer to notice. What do you do in the first 30 minutes? Software engineering
  19. How do you decide what to test before you ship a change? Software engineering
  20. Tell me about a time you helped a less experienced engineer get unstuck. Software engineering
  21. Your estimate for a feature turns out to be badly wrong halfway through. What do you do? Software engineering
  22. How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
  23. Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
  24. Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.
  25. Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
  26. Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
  27. Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
  28. Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
  29. Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
  30. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
  31. Describe a process you improved.
  32. Do you have any questions for us?
  33. Why do you want to work here?
  34. Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
  35. Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
  36. Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
  37. What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
  38. What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
  39. You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
  40. Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
  41. A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
  42. How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
  43. Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
  44. You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
  45. Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
  46. How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
  47. Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
  48. Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
  49. A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
  50. How do you keep your pipeline organised?
  51. Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
  52. You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?