process Databricks reject after hr

[torn prawn]

did they send you anything before the reject?

[crisp bay]

I did a 20 minute recruiter call and got generic reject email after a day, nothing else

It was meh so kinda saw it coming

[torn prawn]

what was meh about it

[meager notch]

damn

[torn prawn]

i just finished my phone interview

[meager notch]

hr phone soujds ruined

[crisp bay]

I didn’t have a good answer for why Databricks lmao

[torn prawn]

oh ye thats tuff

[halcyon citrus]

whats a bad answer lol

[crisp bay]

I said something like DB is doing cool stuff in the storage space

Super generic

And smart ppl work there

And I want to learn backend infra stuff

Also my previous work exp is all full stackish and mobile

Nothing backendy

So managers may not like me

And they asked “how is success measured at my internship”

I was like “I make the project work ig?”

[torn prawn]

lmao

[crisp bay]

Product engineering moment

[halcyon citrus]

I think saying storage space was the mistake

apparently they use aws for storage

they focus on data processing

[crisp bay]

Yeah that’s true, managers saw that and prob just vetoed me

[dire hazel]

bruh lmao

talk about learning and communication

as an intern

imo

[crisp bay]

Measured tho?

[dire hazel]

yeah say both

success is getting a working product AND learning a lot

[crisp bay]

Ah my interpretation is that’s two different things

[dire hazel]

if your manager sees you asking questions and learning new technologies that's measured success imo

[crisp bay]

One is what is success and one is how it is measured

But my why Databricks answer was the main reason I feel like

[dire hazel]

your manager might not think you're successful if you never interact with your team. even if you have a successful product

anyways yeah

just my opinion

[crisp bay]

True I could’ve expanded more on it

Overall that’s why it’s meh

[dire hazel]

you win some you lose some

gl with the rest of your cycle

[crisp bay]

Yeah wasn’t too interested in them hence I didn’t even prep for why Databricks

[wispy palm]

oh LMFAO i barely had an answer

i just remember my friend saying smth about how the interviewer said they give interns meaningful project

so i just repeated that back

[dire hazel]

nice

[crisp bay]

Bruh 💀

I foresee interview for you

[wispy palm]

ye i have phone like next week

[crisp bay]

Nice nice

[sage meadow]

Recruiter prolly thought u can’t communicate well enough to pass the technical and behavioral so recruit cut them losses

[crisp bay]

True

[sage meadow]

Very surprised tho, recruiters want you to pass to fill their quota n stuff

[crisp bay]

Managers decide whether to interview you or not

[sage meadow]

I thought it was recruiter

My recruiter told me I moved onto technicals before the interview ended

[crisp bay]

Maybe the recruiter didn’t want to break the bad news to me up front lol, or you were so good your recruiter was confident you’ll get interviewed

[dire hazel]

I would guess recruiters aren't allowed to just pass everyone lmao

obviously if they could pass everyone they would

[sage meadow]

Well in every recruiter screen Ive had the recrutier always told me I moved on to technicals at the of the interview

[dire hazel]

not me

probably depends on firm

[sage meadow]

Ig it just a coincidence

[crisp bay]

Yeah it depends on the company and role