Software Engineer (Backend) applicants have rated the interview process at Spotify with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer (Backend) roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Spotify overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Spotify as a Software Engineer (Backend) according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
IQ intelligence test: 15%
One on one interview: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Other: 7%
Background check: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Apr 2016
Interview
I had two Skype call-interviews in a very awkward matter. The staff seems very dead and uncomfortable about using Skype as a interview tool. I have no experience of this either and find it unnecessary since I live 200 meters from their main office here in Stockholm.
The first interview was stupidly short and just ask questions they already find answered in my CV. I had another interview after numerous follow ups from my side of contacting. The second interview was two developers who ended up in silence several times. The purpose of their tests seemed to be missing so it seemed a bit too improvised at their part and gave another awkward feeling of not knowing what their target it to understand my skills.
I wasn't offered a position but wouldn't have accepted one either. The interview process is stupid and the recruiter are mindless. Very shocking!
Was reached out by recruiter after cold apply. Interviewer asked basic questions to know the background as initial screening step, but didnt proceed to next steps after cancelling the scheduled interviews. suspect its bc visa issues
In overall, it was a positive experience. Everybody's nice there. I like every step and challenge.
Everybody was supportive and well informed about the whole interview process which was really long.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in Dec 2021
Interview
1) 15min recruiter screening. The recruiter was nice but seem to be in a rush the whole time.
2) 1hr screening with a senior engineer and one person shadowing. The question was pretty easy and dealt with implementing a cache using a language of your choice. The interviewer was super nice and pleasant to work with. He seemed to know a lot and care about D&I.
2 weeks later I asked for a follow up and the recruiter told me the position was closed. Bruh. A waste of my time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Something along the lines of implement a cache.
And a bunch of general questions regarding CS concepts that you either know it or don't. (It won't be hard if you have a CS degree or experience with SWE),