diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/README.md b/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/README.md
index 8a0a3713f9a..6aea3bcfe6d 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/README.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 * [Samples](#samples)
   * [Create Cluster](#create-cluster)
   * [Quickstart](#quickstart)
+  * [Create Cluster](#create-cluster)
 
 ## Before you begin
 
@@ -59,8 +60,16 @@ __Usage:__
 `node samples/quickstart.js`
 
 
+### Create Cluster
+
+View the [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-dataproc/blob/master/samples/createCluster.js).
+
+[![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-dataproc&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/createCluster.js,samples/README.md)
+
+__Usage:__
 
 
+`node createCluster.js`
 
 
 [shell_img]: https://gstatic.com/cloudssh/images/open-btn.png
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/package.json
index 85c8fdd5a6c..8b61e363d13 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/package.json
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
     "test": "mocha system-test --timeout 600000"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/dataproc": "^1.4.4",
-    "uuid": "^3.3.3",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.0"
+    "@google-cloud/dataproc": "^1.4.1",
+    "@google-cloud/storage": "^4.1.3",
+    "sleep": "^6.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/quickstart.js b/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/quickstart.js
index 0371d123b46..0fcac7aa846 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/quickstart.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/samples/quickstart.js
@@ -14,42 +14,135 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-// [START dataproc_quickstart]
-const dataproc = require('@google-cloud/dataproc');
-const client = new dataproc.v1.ClusterControllerClient();
-
-async function quickstart() {
-  const projectId = await client.getProjectId();
-  const request = {
-    region: 'global',
-    projectId,
-  };
-  const [resources] = await client.listClusters(request);
-  console.log('Total resources:', resources.length);
-  for (const resource of resources) {
-    console.log(resource);
-  }
+function main(projectId, region, clusterName, jobFilePath) {
+  // [START dataproc_quickstart]
+  const dataproc = require('@google-cloud/dataproc').v1;
+  const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');
 
-  let nextRequest = request;
-  // Or obtain the paged response.
-  const options = {autoPaginate: false};
-  do {
-    const responses = await client.listClusters(nextRequest, options);
-    // The actual resources in a response.
-    const resources = responses[0];
-    // The next request if the response shows that there are more responses.
-    nextRequest = responses[1];
-    // The actual response object, if necessary.
-    // const rawResponse = responses[2];
-    for (const resource of resources) {
-      console.log(resource);
-    }
-  } while (nextRequest);
+  const sleep = require('sleep');
+
+  // Create a cluster client with the endpoint set to the desired cluster region
+  const clusterClient = new dataproc.ClusterControllerClient({
+    apiEndpoint: `${region}-dataproc.googleapis.com`,
+  });
 
-  client.listClustersStream(request).on('data', element => {
-    console.log(element);
+  // Create a job client with the endpoint set to the desired cluster region
+  const jobClient = new dataproc.v1.JobControllerClient({
+    apiEndpoint: `${region}-dataproc.googleapis.com`,
   });
+
+  async function quickstart() {
+    // TODO(developer): Uncomment and set the following variables
+    // projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'
+    // region = 'YOUR_CLUSTER_REGION'
+    // clusterName = 'YOUR_CLUSTER_NAME'
+    // jobFilePath = 'YOUR_JOB_FILE_PATH'
+
+    // Create the cluster config
+    const cluster = {
+      projectId: projectId,
+      region: region,
+      cluster: {
+        clusterName: clusterName,
+        config: {
+          masterConfig: {
+            numInstances: 1,
+            machineTypeUri: 'n1-standard-1',
+          },
+          workerConfig: {
+            numInstances: 2,
+            machineTypeUri: 'n1-standard-1',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    // Create the cluster
+    const [operation] = await clusterClient.createCluster(cluster);
+    const [response] = await operation.promise();
+
+    // Output a success message
+    console.log(`Cluster created successfully: ${response.clusterName}`);
+
+    const job = {
+      projectId: projectId,
+      region: region,
+      job: {
+        placement: {
+          clusterName: clusterName,
+        },
+        pysparkJob: {
+          mainPythonFileUri: jobFilePath,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    let [jobResp] = await jobClient.submitJob(job);
+    const jobId = jobResp.reference.jobId;
+
+    console.log(`Submitted job "${jobId}".`);
+
+    // Terminal states for a job
+    const terminalStates = new Set(['DONE', 'ERROR', 'CANCELLED']);
+
+    // Create a timeout such that the job gets cancelled if not
+    // in a termimal state after a fixed period of time.
+    const timeout = 600000;
+    const start = new Date();
+
+    // Wait for the job to finish.
+    const jobReq = {
+      projectId: projectId,
+      region: region,
+      jobId: jobId,
+    };
+
+    while (!terminalStates.has(jobResp.status.state)) {
+      if (new Date() - timeout > start) {
+        await jobClient.cancelJob(jobReq);
+        console.log(
+          `Job ${jobId} timed out after threshold of ` +
+            `${timeout / 60000} minutes.`
+        );
+        break;
+      }
+      await sleep.sleep(1);
+      [jobResp] = await jobClient.getJob(jobReq);
+    }
+
+    const clusterReq = {
+      projectId: projectId,
+      region: region,
+      clusterName: clusterName,
+    };
+
+    const [clusterResp] = await clusterClient.getCluster(clusterReq);
+
+    const storage = new Storage();
+
+    const output = await storage
+      .bucket(clusterResp.config.configBucket)
+      .file(
+        `google-cloud-dataproc-metainfo/${clusterResp.clusterUuid}/` +
+          `jobs/${jobId}/driveroutput.000000000`
+      )
+      .download();
+
+    // Output a success message.
+    console.log(
+      `Job ${jobId} finished with state ${jobResp.status.state}:\n${output}`
+    );
+
+    // Delete the cluster once the job has terminated.
+    const [deleteOperation] = await clusterClient.deleteCluster(clusterReq);
+    await deleteOperation.promise();
+
+    // Output a success message
+    console.log(`Cluster ${clusterName} successfully deleted.`);
+  }
+
+  quickstart();
+  // [END dataproc_quickstart]
 }
 
-quickstart();
-// [END dataproc_quickstart]
+main(...process.argv.slice(2));