Data Scientist 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 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 43 days to get hired, when considering 57 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 Data Scientist according to 57 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
Presentation: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm)
Interview
Very chaotic. Five months between recruiter first contact and process end, with multiple recruiters involved. I declined when first offered to proceed, but then got a mail saying I had been accepted to the next step. Got a test which seemed fun, so I did it, but then never got any feedback. Confused mails where exchanged. It was always unclear about where I was in the process, which position we were really discussing (there were multiple and I asked several times for descriptions but never got one).
I was in interview process with Google at the same time, and the difference was huge. With Google I knew exactly what was going on, who I was talking to, what the next step was and how to prepare for it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Got an open exercise with a dataset, and was free to analyse and present any findings in any way I wanted.
Gonna do it in a few days, so i'll get back with more info after that. I recieved the email invitation, with some instructions. Tone is inviting right now, we'll see how the interview feels after this
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2026
Interview
So, At first it was HR interview, After that a technical interview (SQL and Python - 2 questions each) and a long code of SQL that needed to be explained.
After that. I had an interview with Hiring Manager and a case study in the last round. It had 4 rounds in total.
The hiring manager started the first round interview with "I'm gonna get ahead of this but based on your experience I don't think it's a good fit." Huh?? Then why do the interview in the first place? this wasn't even a referral? They were dismissive the whole interview and I couldn't wait for it to end. Also mentioned the role wouldn't be technical which tells me the JD was misleading. Additionally, the pay is below average for the level of experience they were requiring. Overall, not worth it - especially if the interview would be indicative of management style.