Engineering Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Spotify with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Manager roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Engineering Manager according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 16%
Presentation: 16%
Group panel interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Skills test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Aug 2019
Interview
The process was quite intensive but pretty well defined.
1. Initial call with a recruiter to discuss background, experience, current position, expectations and more.
2. Interview with the hiring manager to check background, expertise, current role, expectations, cover specific examples about the role. In this case it was about leadership criteria, management scenarios and a little bit about technology.
3. Informal lunch with the team you will be part of. A great chance to get to know them and ask questions.
4. On site interview covering different aspects.
A: System design and technical discussion.
B: Leadership criteria
C: Project & Product management
D: Values and cultural fit.
Interview questions [7]
Question 1
Can you define leadership? What are the qualities of a good leader?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Mar 2026
Interview
First call with a recruiter was very short. The recruiter was first 5 min late and then it was over after 10 min. They only hardly asked any questions and then said thank you, no chance to elaborate.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (London, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
it was one screening call, then one hiring manager interview, and then a round of five final virtual interviews - two product interviews, then two engineering interview, and one values round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how a transformer based TTS model works and reason about common issues
A first interview with the recruiter, a day with different areas of the business and a case study and a last one meeting the team consisting of Engineering manager and five team members