Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Spotify with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 28 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 Engineer according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 13%
Group panel interview: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in Feb 2019
Interview
The interview process started with a phone screen that was pretty simple.
When it came time for the on-site, I showed up at the WTC. I got a badge from the ground floor that allowed me to scan in and take an elevator up, but when I got to the floor for the interview I was stuck in the elevator atrium (As I couldn't scan into the actual office) and had to wait for ~5 minutes for somebody else to let me in. My recruiter was supposed to meet me at a given time, but showed up around 15 minutes late, meaning that I showed up to the first interview late through no fault of my own. The room I was interviewing had a broken overhead light, meaning I spent the entire day interviewing in a dark room.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build out the architecture to go from a stream of user-level event data on their devices to time-aggregatable metrics in a dashboard.
The interview process was long. I had a positive interview with HR. But the next stage was coding round with 2 senior engineers interview was tough need to good practice before going to the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HR process just had general questions. But in coding round. It first started with a few basic questions about what is garbage value. About the distinction between process and program and what is columnar approach in tables.
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (Dallas, TX) in May 2026
Interview
Recruiter
Asked about background and visa status, and had secluded for 30 mins but didn't know she was in a rush and wind up in 12 mins and after that got selected for next round tech screen
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in Mar 2026
Interview
Received an offer for an interview with a recruiter around early March, it was 20 minutes and the recruiter was very sweet! I was asked about my background, she asked me to elaborate on specific experiences on my resume, challenges I encountered, what technical frameworks I used, the standard questions. It was very straightforward and I received the offer later that day for the final round interview consisting of a 45 min behavorial interview and a 45 min technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What challenges did you run into on a project and how did you navigate it?