Our notes on Databricks
We wrote these notes when we read the Databricks site for our SQL comparisons. For each note, you see the day of our check and a link to the page that we read.
Databricks certificate
- Databricks lists the exam on its certification page, with an exam guide dated October 2025. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- You pass a proctored exam, online or at a test center. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- You answer 45 scored multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes. You cannot use test aids. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- Databricks charges a $200 registration fee. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- You must recertify every two years to keep the certified status. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- When you pass, Databricks gives you a digital badge on its credentials site, credentials.databricks.com. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- 20% of the exam is on the execution of SQL queries, and 15% is on query analysis. The other areas are dashboards and visualizations (16%), AI/BI Genie spaces (12%), the Databricks Data + AI platform (11%), managing data (8%), securing data (8%), importing data (5%), and data modeling with Databricks SQL (5%). Checked October 20, 2026 (source)
- You use Databricks SQL. Databricks says: "the SQL in this certification exam adheres to ANSI SQL standards." Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- You pass a proctored exam, and Databricks says that its SQL is in line with ANSI SQL standards. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- SQL queries are about a third of the exam. Databricks says that to recertify every two years, "you must take the current version of the exam." Checked October 17, 2026 (source)